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Neighbour throwing turds

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Tooslowchickenmarengo · 06/08/2016 12:02

Our neighbour has been throwing cat shit across the fence into our garden. It started about a month ago when I was hanging washing out on the line and was hit in the face by a bit of cat shit thrown across from the neighbours garden. Admittedly, I should have said something about it at the time but was pretty shocked and preoccupied with getting my face clean!

Since then, we've had a growing collection of cat turds gather by the adjoining fence- it's not fresh iyswim so definitely not been laid there by a cat. After not taking the opportunity to say something the first time DP and I were waiting to 'catch them in the act' before saying something, but this morning I've gone into the garden and there are about ten turds glistening in the light scattered around the bottom of the fence; some delicately balanced atop our thyme plant and a few on the bench by the fence- there are hundreds of bluebottles making themselves at home. I've no doubt that the neighbour has chucked them over being annoyed at finding shit in his garden.

We have two cats that we rescued in November. They are outdoor cats but have plenty of space to do their business in our garden, which they take full advantage of. There are lots of cats in the area and we often have some do a business visit our garden too. The neighbours have a cat as well- although I haven't seen it for a couple of months so it might no longer be with them.

I know not everyone likes cats and it's not nice to have cat shit in your garden- but I feel like throwing shit into someone else's garden is petty and rude especially considering there are a number of cats in the area (possibly including theirs), and it's quite possible the turds don't belong to our cats.

Wibu to say go round and say something to them today or am I completely in the wrong for being annoyed by this?

OP posts:

dangermouseisace · 06/08/2016 18:45

ps I do not condone my fathers behaviour in any way...

MrsKoala · 06/08/2016 18:47

I'm with the 'how the fuck can you be hit in the face with cat shit and not have gone absolutely mumrah!' brigade.

There would be a koala shaped hole in the fence. I don't think there is a force that could have held me back.

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 06/08/2016 18:54

We need the person who said about throwing turd to come back and say if they started throwing turd over the fence

Topseyt · 06/08/2016 19:10

I see that the OP's neighbours are also apparently cat owners.

I hope they know with absolute certainty where their own cats shit. Unless of course their cats are medical freaks who never need to shit at all.

I would have been hammering on their door if they had flung shit of any sort at me.

happypoobum · 06/08/2016 19:13

I am now imagining the neighbour walking around their garden looking for shit, picking it up and sniffing it and deciding if it's from their cat, neighbour this sides cat, neighbour that sides cat, neighbour over the backs cat, fox turds....

Like a Catshit Columbo

NotYoda · 06/08/2016 19:19

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specialsubject · 06/08/2016 19:34

Cat shit tennis is probably not the way to solve this.

Assuming their cat has died, time to be the bigger person. Buy a super soaker and give it to them to soak your cats when seen. While this aversion programme is in progress , ask to pop round each day and clean up.

Topseyt · 06/08/2016 21:17

But cat shit tennis could eventually become a new Olympic event!!!

specialsubject · 06/08/2016 22:52

Now that would be worth watching!!

MrsTerryPratchett · 07/08/2016 01:50

Cat shit tennis is clearly a terrible idea. The shit would merely disperse. Cat shit cricket might work. Or that Spanish game with the hooky funnel thingy.

MidniteScribbler · 07/08/2016 05:13

I used to throw my neighbours cat's shit back in to their garden. And it was definitely theirs because we have laws here about keeping your cat in your own home, and they had moved from the UK and were very open about the belief that the law did not apply to them. Never hit them with it though, mores the pity. I also used to lob toads over the fence in to their pool and she was convinced that all the neighbourhood toads were committing suicide in her pool and she couldn't work it out. She was a total weirdo, policed where everyone parked, and if you parked on the driveway instead of in your garage she would have a go at you for making the street look messy. Also wanted all the neighbours to get rid of their dogs so that her cat could have free reign of any yard it wanted.

hungryhippo90 · 07/08/2016 05:31

Um, I think you've missed the perfect moment to have a moan!! Call me over dramatic, but being able to go to someone's front door shouting about having shit lobbed at your face is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
Sorry OP, the only way to show them the error of their ways is Don some gloves, wait till they go out and throw cat shit at their windows!!

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 07/08/2016 06:15

I also used to lob toads over the fence in to their pool and she was convinced that all the neighbourhood toads were committing suicide in her pool and she couldn't work it out.

Loving suicidal toads! You may be my new hero, Midnite

Flashbangandgone · 07/08/2016 07:57

Midnite

Where is that out of interest? I think cats and their 'right to roam' is a British cultural thing. Over my 40-odd years, wherever I've lived I've always had cats from various neighbours roaming around and it's the norm (despite some non-cat owners' disgust).

MidniteScribbler · 07/08/2016 08:32

It's in Australia. Some councils have cat curfews, others outright ban cats roaming. It's wonderful.

Loving suicidal toads!

It was hilarious. Every morning she'd drag her husband out the backyard to count the dead toads in their pool and make him fish them out, all whilst speculating on why they kept drowning themselves in their pool. She was very loud, so several neighbours were all treated to the commentary (along with her terrible piano playing that we were all subject to for several hours each morning).

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 07/08/2016 08:38

Midnite she sounds so entertaining! Toss the television and pop the cork

MrsKoala · 07/08/2016 08:39

I also used to lob toads over the fence in to their pool and she was convinced that all the neighbourhood toads were committing suicide in her pool and she couldn't work it out. and you think SHE was a total weirdo

That sounds one of the strangest and most out of order things i have read on here. Why on earth would you do that? Were they live when you threw them? If they were, why were you just killing toads? Sounds, err, hilarious.

WaitrosePigeon · 07/08/2016 08:52

I do not believe you got hit in the face with shit and said nothing. No way. Nice way to stimulate the monthly Cat Shit thread though.
Dramatic.

Yes, agree

GoulashSoup · 07/08/2016 09:06

OP while throwing cat shit and it hitting you is definitely not on, I am a non cat owning neighbor who returns cat shit to the cat side of the fence. Cats regularly shit in our garden, including in our vegetable patch. Do I not let my toddler run around the garden or risk a third miscarriage thanks to toxoplasmosis and pick it up. I use gloves but it still worries me. It is more than just unpleasant it can be potentially dangerous having cats shitting everywhere and I feel incredibly angry that I can't just enjoy my garden with my child with out this added stress.

OnionKnight · 07/08/2016 09:10

I'd do the same, we don't have cats and if a neighbour had a cat that started shitting in our garden I'd return it to them.

Sparklingbrook · 07/08/2016 09:16

There used to be a man up my road who hated cats in his garden. One day he scooped up what he perceived as cat poo on a shovel and rang the door of where he thought the culprit lived and had a rant. Only their cat had been dead about 6 months.

SpecialAgentFreyPie · 07/08/2016 09:16

Of course the toads were dead, I seriously doubt Midnite is a sociopath

Lifegavemelemons · 07/08/2016 09:26

Have some of you any idea of how far cats range?? A feral cat can range miles, even the most home loving cat will go a lot further than next door! There is no way of knowing where cat poo comes from. Here's a map of just how far some cats went in one village www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22567526

samsam123 · 07/08/2016 09:33

nothing worse than gardening and putting your hands in cat shit esp. if you dont have cats yourself . I would be pissed off as well why should they have to put up with your cats pooing in their garden and not react to it. they are obviously very angry about this and letting you know about it.

MidniteScribbler · 07/08/2016 09:44

That sounds one of the strangest and most out of order things i have read on here. Why on earth would you do that? Were they live when you threw them? shock If they were, why were you just killing toads?

These are cane toads, which are a highly invasive introduced pest and very damaging to the local ecology. People are actively encouraged to destroy them (heck, in the NT you could actually swap cane toads for beer vouchers). Poisonous to dogs and humans, and if you've ever seen your dog after getting hold of one, you'll understand why anyone with pets would try and get as many out of their backyard as possible. They were humanely killed prior to any lobbing over the fence that occurred.

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