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To invest in a super soaker

45 replies

ConfuciousSayWhat · 21/04/2016 15:53

With the expressed intention of firing it at the local cats when they come into my garden?

I hate cats with a passion and more to the point hate cat shit everywhere.

I'm prepared for the onslaught from the cat lover brigade but a water pistol is the only way I can think of legally ridding myself of this vermin from my garden.

All other suggestions welcomed

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PPie10 · 21/04/2016 15:56

I hate cats too! Electric fencing sorted out the problem for me but not sure if it's legal where you are.

BillSykesDog · 21/04/2016 15:57

I am a cat lover and I say go ahead. It's water, it really annoys them but it doesn't hurt them and will encourage them to stay away. Go for it.

It's your garden, and as long as it doesn't hurt or harm them you are entitled to take whatever measures you want to keep them out. And water doesn't hurt them or harm them. Go for it.

Notthecarwashagain · 21/04/2016 15:58

YANBU.
It won't hurt the cat.

I have a litter trained cat who doesn't crap outside (she barely leaves the house!) and get really pissed off that I have to clean out her litter, pick up my dogs' poo, and then I have to pick up other random cat shit before my puppy gets there first and eats it

It's gross!

Greyhorses · 21/04/2016 15:59

I wouldn't have an issue with you soaking my cat at all Grin
It would take a while for it to sink in though, my cat is thick and would keep coming back regardless of how much it got wet Confused

Notthecarwashagain · 21/04/2016 15:59

(I'm not pissed off at having to clean up after my owns pets btw, worded that wrong!)

YoungGirlGrowingOld · 21/04/2016 16:00

Cat lover here but I say go for it. A few drops of vinegar can make it extra unpleasant apparently (theory is that they remember when they lick it off).

Steben · 21/04/2016 16:00

I love cats and own one but definitely think YANBU - soak away they should soon learn. If be happy for you to give my cat a soaking.

centigrade451 · 21/04/2016 16:01

YANBU to hate cats. That is just how you feel.

YABU to want to zap them with supersoaker even if it would make great youtube videos.

I would suggest something less harmful to cats - like this sonic cat repellant. Far more civilised...

www.amazon.co.uk/STV-STV610-Mega-Sonic-Cat-Repeller/dp/B000NR8Q1U

sianihedgehog · 21/04/2016 16:01

Go for it. I have two cats, but a water spray won't hurt them and it beats telling me to keep them out of your garden. You can actually get automatic motion sensing spray systems to protect your garden, too.

TrionicLettuce · 21/04/2016 16:01

You need one of these.

It doesn't take cats very long to realise our garden is a no go area. All the long term residents give us a wide berth now and any new ones get the idea very quickly as well.

FuckSanta · 21/04/2016 16:03

You're missing something centigrade. They don't work.

I hate cats too. Angry

Pinkheart5915 · 21/04/2016 16:04

YANBU
it's only a little water

Kingsizecrochetblanket · 21/04/2016 16:07

Sonic repellant things don't work.

HanYOLO · 21/04/2016 16:08

YANBU

I like cats. I just don't like them using my garden for shagging, shitting and screeching.

I am getting me one of those watercannons

MangoBiscuit · 21/04/2016 16:13

Sonic repellants work on me! Horrid noise. I'm definitely not a cat though.

NeedACleverNN · 21/04/2016 16:16

Go for it

Little bit of water won't harm the cat

Though you will find some oddballs who love water and will probably come to you for their daily bath

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ConfuciousSayWhat · 21/04/2016 16:19

Brilliant! I was all set for a lynching Grin

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InsufficientlyCaffeinated · 21/04/2016 16:19

I have a cat but use a water soaker to keep another cat away. Haven't seen him in ages since the last soaking. Evil thing made my cat too scared to use his own yard so I had to have a litter tray indoors which I was not happy about, and it killed all my fish and left them strewn across the lawn Angry

FruStefanOla · 21/04/2016 16:20

We have cats. Our neighbours have cats. Our neighbours' neighbours have cats!

I love my cats, but I do get a tad irritated by the various neighbouring cats - and our own cats get pissed off with the neighbouring cats.

So, yes, we have a water spray (not a super-soaker!) to discourage the others. It's water, it doesn't hurt.

Ihangmyknickersontheline · 21/04/2016 16:21

You're on to a winner here, even the cat loving brigade are with you! Good Luck with your water blaster...Grin

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 21/04/2016 16:24

I'm a cat lover and I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Can I get one so I can fire it at the bastard dogs who crap on the pavement by my house?!

RiverTam · 21/04/2016 16:28

I want one to zap the bastard Bengal cat from next door who terrorises my two.

TheWitTank · 21/04/2016 16:28

I like cats, but I'm so pissed off with them coming through my garden. My dogs (lurchers) are VERY likely to try and take a big bite out of one if they catch it, and this means I have to keep a really good eye out if they are outside. They also waltz past my patio doors causing an explosion of barking and jumping up AND they shit not only on the grass but on my driveway and my kitchen roof. Grim. I've taken to flinging the shit back over the fence to my neighbours where the cats come from. I might invest in a soaker too!

Wolfiefan · 21/04/2016 16:30

I bought a soaker to get rid of an aggressive black cat that terrorised mine and even attacked me when I tried to shoo it away.
Under normal circumstances just get an empty washing up liquid bottle and fill with water. Then squirt.

IceMaiden73 · 21/04/2016 16:31

I have a cat and when it used to go into the neighbours garden all the time we bought them a small super soaker to spray him with to stop him

It didn't take long