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To not want to suffer other people's cats in our own gardens??

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Kione · 14/10/2016 10:46

They have peed on DP veggies, they have some acidic pee or something that killed strawberries? I do not touch anything that grows in our garden as I am pregnant. Bliming unfair.
One killed mt DD's bunny last year, bunny was about 12 weeks old. Can you imagine DD's heartbreak?? I well up just remembering.
There is one that has made his den in the front garden bushes, the grass around his den is gone and he is there all day.
Yesterday I stood on poo in my own garden.
I am seriously pissed off now!!!

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:24

get a life yes, a cat free one please if I must

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SoupDragon · 14/10/2016 13:26

i want to put down rat poison in my own garden and i suppose i cant.

Put it in a bait box like you see in public areas.

TheCatsMother99 · 14/10/2016 13:27

You ran over a cat in it's owner's property?

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:28

Hmm NO. We are talking about "what would happen if".

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Bloopbleep · 14/10/2016 13:29

I let my dog out into the garden. If it's natural for cats to shot in the veg patch then it's natural for dogs to chase them away

Zaphodsotherhead · 14/10/2016 13:30

Mozfan - my Patterdale has had one or two. Luckily she lets go when I tell her..she's greased lightening when a cat runs. It's the main reason my cats have learned to just lie down when they see her coming...

TheVirginQueen · 14/10/2016 13:32

Soup i saw them on amazon for about 30e
an expense i could do without right now.

TheCatsMother99 · 14/10/2016 13:32

Except you stated 'just like I had to', hence my question Hmm

SuperFlyHigh · 14/10/2016 13:33

If you touched my cat personally I'd be beyond furious.

Your rabbit was not secured properly.

I live in an area where a sick bugger has killed and decapacitated cats (Croydon cat killer) so am angry.

My cat is scared of dogs. Get one perhaps.

MamaMoose1 · 14/10/2016 13:34

I find it hard to believe a cat would kill a rabbit, my sister's cat never went for their rabbit, it was most likely a fox and still it should have been more secure. You can buy devices to keep in your garden to stop cats form entering your garden, a friend had one, which helped massively, other than that I'm not sure there's much you can do, but others have suggested things that may help you.

TheVirginQueen · 14/10/2016 13:35

My house is too small to buy retaliation animals for a defence army.
i wish my neighbours realised their house is too small for 3 cats and a dog.

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:36

TheCatsMother99 because I had to pick my own killed pet.

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SuperFlyHigh · 14/10/2016 13:37

Did you actually see the cat next to the rabbit OP?!

Mistykit · 14/10/2016 13:37

Wait. What?! You want to put down rat poison to kill someone else's pet?! Psycho much? I think the drama lamas on this thread should have a word with themselves. They're cats ffs.. cats will be cats. You don't even know for sure it was a cat that got your rabbit. I can't understand people who are deliberately cruel to animals. I really do not get them.

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:39

mamamoose1 No foxed on the island were we live.

My bunny was in my property, it was secured. But mainly he was in my property, other peoples pets are not welcome but there is nothing I can do.
I don't want a dog as I don't want to pick poo. Let alone other people's pets poo. We have consider the barking not being nice for neighbors. Yes we have actually considered that, how weird we must be.

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Mistykit · 14/10/2016 13:39

Mama.. I agree.. my cats were afraid of my rabbit. My dog was ok with but also would not have attacked it.. curious about the rabbit more than anything. Foxes on the other hand....

MumOfTwoMasterOfNone · 14/10/2016 13:40

Also find it disgusting and don't understand. Actually think it's anti-social to own an animal that you know is shitting all over someone else's property, potentially dangerous shit too.
My dog's eaten it and thrown it up in the house, stood in it in the garden and dragged it through the house and so have we. DP has been covered in it doing the lawn. Our neighbourhood is full of cats.
DP worked away so I couldn't even pick it up when I've been pregnant.
I always pick up the dogs poo, but I do think what on earth is the point when cats are shitting everywhere!

Mistykit · 14/10/2016 13:41

Kione.. get a fish in that case.. would suit your personality I think

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:42

SuperHighFly we never saw him until we got the bunny, then he appeared and sat on top of our shed looking at the bunny. We threw water at him a few times. After the rabbit was killed didn't urn up again. Now I see him looking at another bunny in a garden up the road. The other two that shit all over the place are friendly and never bother with the bunnies.

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annandale · 14/10/2016 13:42

'cats will be cats'

Yes, hence why getting a cat where you have neighbours is something to think about. Far too many pet cats in this country.

YANBU, the next door cat poos like a fucking train all over our garden. Revolting. I'd recommend an old-school washing up liquid bottle filled with water, and let them have it every time you see them. According to my mother it does work eventually but then she's retired so can be on the case throughout the day.

AlcoChocs · 14/10/2016 13:42

I've got 2 dogs, one of which really hates cats and I'm sure would kill if he caught one (he's managed to catch and kill squirrels in the woods).
Never had a cat in the garden till a few months ago when there was a ginger tom on the lawn one morning. Chased by dogs and only just made it over the wall in time but it wasn't put off.
Carried on coming into the garden so I had to do a search every time I let dogs out as really didn't want cat torn to pieces in front of me.
Then I managed to give it a good drenching with a supersoaker and it hasn't been back since Smile.

littlepippip · 14/10/2016 13:42

The people talking about putting rat poison down and getting dogs that kill cats/run them over etc... are the sort of people I would not trust around children. Disgusting!

TheCatsMother99 · 14/10/2016 13:44

So the owner of the cat you THINK killed your rabbit (even though you didn't actually see it happen) left you to pick up your rabbit yourself rather than them helping you? Is that your point? Are they even aware of this supposed attack?

My point was about leaving an animal which can be saved to die at the side of the road just because you don't have to legally report it.

Mozfan1 · 14/10/2016 13:45

Kione we used to have greyhounds, they would be allowed out into our secure garden to go to the toilet and such (garden was deemed secure by rescue centre after stringent steps). A distant neighbour had a cat that would frequent our garden. We warned the owners frequently that our garden was the dogs, and as they are trained to chase etc it's probably not safe for their cat to come into it. I guess it's pretty impossible to control where your cat goes, we took as many steps possible to prevent the cat wanting to enter the garden (urine, orange peel, various old wives tales) as we didn't want our dogs to accidently injure the cat. Well, one day the cat was too slow. Wasn't our fault, but needless to say the owners were fuming. Not a lot we could do unfortunately.

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Kione · 14/10/2016 13:46

Mistykit thanks for the advice. DP is thinking of getting a dog and train him to go for cats whilst in our property.
Again, nought to do with me, I don't want to pick poo.

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