To throw cat poo over my neighbour's fence?

[Sixofone]

I suspect I probably am but have had a few glasses of wine so here goes!

My neighbour's cat turds all over my garden and it's really pissing me off, especially as dd crawls around out there and will eat anything. So, DH stalks the cat, surmises that, because it spends an inordinate amount of time statistically on one particular neighbour's flat roof, it must belong to them.

So, I tipped a whole bucket of saved up cat poo (I mean, what else can you do with it - it surely isn't nice to put it in the black bin with your food waste?) over the fence, so it is now sat there in a rather suspicious looking mound. Some of the turds have gone mouldy. I expect my neighbours will see it in the morning. I have now had to throw the bucket away. Do you think they'll think it's me, or just a rather large cat? AIBU for being a cat poo thrower?

Is it wrong to shoot cats with an air rifle?

Well yes I do take your point about that SIW.

It's just so intolerant not to be able to put up with a bit of crap on the lawn every now and then.

I hate it, but really, to suggest that cats should all be locked up? Really? And yes they eat voles, so what? I just can't get worked up about voles, I'm sorry, I know I should, but I just can't care about them. Yes they should all have bells on, yes they should be litter-trained, but shot or imprisoned? Blimey O'reilley what has happened to our sense of proportion?

And I speak as someone who really isn't very fond of cats. Particularly the creeps who rub themselves against your legs and try and sit on your lap when you don't want them to. If they were men you'd slap a sexual harrassment suit on them. But I'm honestly not suggesting that.

actually I am totally shocked and appalled that this child is allowed out into the garden when the soil (and other things) have not been sterilised in advance. Do you not realise how many worms, woodlice, slugs, ants, beetles and other nasties live (and poo) in your garden? And where do you think the lovely birds poop? Just because its less obvious doesn't mean it's not there (with the worm poop, the the woodlice poop, the ant poop....). And food is grown in compost and all water on this planet has been through someone's kidneys many times......

I'm sorry but it's just not good enough. You must immediately prepare a sterile bubble for your child!

I feel now is about the right time to refresh our memories with the famous cat/ football thread classic enjoyment

I cant believe so many people are that passionate about steaming piles of sh*t. However funny the topic. Its shocking!

I think you are all missing the main point and that is?????. why throw a bucket full over the fence, when you can obtain maximum overall spread to all cat owning neighbors by investing in a powerful catapult, thereby pebble dashing all surrounding neighbors. Just in case it is their cat!

The best bit on a summers evening is hearing the faint cry of "hey, a packet of cat sh*t has just landed in my gin & tonic darling"

Classic!

it seems that people are missing the point a bit here. maybe chucking a big bucket of cat shit back into a neighbours garden is a bit gross, BUT i totally understand it, we cant let our lo go into our garden either. cat shit - and dog shit -carries certain parasites that can cause blindness, especially in those with weak immune systems...such as babies.
my baby gets totally filthy, i dont believe in bleach and sterility, had to fish a worm out of his mouth only today, and i think its great his desire to explore nature and enjoy it. looking forward to splashing in puddles and mud pies and the like. and he's pissed on the carpet a fair few times andit doesnt bother me! but the cat shit IS different, because its dangerous.
same as, i dont mind him eating the dandelions, disgusting though they taste, but he cant eat the foxgloves cos they are deadly poisonous! i call that adequate parenting!
weve tried loads of ways to keep the cats out of our garden and away from our bird feeders. we know all the cats and who they belong to in the area. and they DONT bury their shit, they have territory wars and leave it all over the place! what seems to be working a bit somehow, is large plastic bottles (fizzy water or lemonade bottles or something like that) 3/4 filled with water spread around the garden. we havent found cat poo for several days now, and let the boy have a bit of supervised play.
ps - i dont hate cats at all, although i have limited interest in all domesticated animals.
good luck sixofone, cant believe its so controversial!!!

God, I'm supposed to be working but this thread is too much . Can't wait for Sixofone's next instalment!

I have similar problem since moving into our new home - nice cottage type 'wild' garden, trying to tame it, keep finding cat poo (no, cat's obviously don't always bury it). I have two cats of my own, but until we moved they were house cats and still use their tray (I assume) rather than going outdoors. They don't seem to wander further than the immediate neighbours' gardens and I keep them in at dusk till morning as I heard that's when they tend to be most active with catching birds.

HOWEVER - there is a gang of cats that are not so well trained - and they bully mine as they are still 'new kids on the block'. I have similarly tried pepperdust, citrus peel and holly branches. The holly seems to work, but how much of it can you spread? Haven't tried the sonic thing yet. The poo only appears overnight, so I feel that if only these cats' owners kept them in as I do, maybe the problem would stop. It's really not nice having to do spade duty every morning, even though it's me and dp who spend most time in the garden (dd is teenager and prefers to entomb herself in her room now). I bag it up and put it in the bin, but it still turns my stomach. Funny, I can deal with my own cats' litter tray without a problem - bit like changing nappies, I suppose, as they are my only 'babies' now ...

Six, I really hope the cat DOES belong to your neighbours - otherwise, poor them!

I tried the bottles of water.... didn't work - caught my own cats just admiring their reflections ...

birds surely would have had more natural predators in the past

yes, birds etc had more natural predators in the past. humans have totally farked over the environment and something as simple as controlling the cats would lessen the damage we not necessarily the cats would inflict on it.

In case anyone is mistaken. I am not here for a fight. just happy to shit stir with some latent comments.

If cats are semi-wild them maybe it is easier to allow them to just go back to the wild than keep them cooped up?

If you don't want walls streaked by cats then don't have one. And certainly don't inflict them on your poor neighbours by allowing them to shit and piss in their gardens.

just because your cat have only brought home 3 or 4 dead wild animals doesn't mean that they have only killed three or four in their lifetime.

that can be a night's hunting for some semi-wild, er, i mean domesticated cats.

ooo the floodgates on cat hatred have opened

I love cats. One of my SEMI WILD (ahahahahaha.. if you could see my cats you would appreciate the joke) vicious monsters is feared far and wide in these parts by all kinds of flying bugs which he stalks and kills mercilessly. Oh yes, mosquitos and flies watch their backs around here, yes siree.

yes mave, my cat turns into a tiger when faced with a butterfly

I can just imagine

how does one keep a cat in though? when its hot you open your windows and out they go, you cant stop them.

i must also be lucky because the only time cats shit on my lawn is when the grass is long. never happens when ive been mowing it regularly.

i have had problems with a cat coming in and spraying in my house though and that is foul, it does annoy me when people dont get them neutered.

love the shit flinging story though, feel bad for poor neighbours who probably dont even own the cat but the image of sixofone leaning out of the window, binoculars trained on a steaming heap is just priceless!

Don't have a cat??

UCM - not funny on so many levels

Katiekin - as well as having two cats we have a very large wildbird population in our gardens thank you - the cats only eat mice round here - they are country cats.

OP - if you want to do scat opera you'd be better off on the bumming thread! Honestly, you are just being petty and silly and you don't even know it was their cat. I bet if your neighbours come round and confront you you'll be really embarassed.

My cats always bury their poo btw. It's not an urban myth. Of course if you are a smart owner you can train them to bury it in a certain part of the garden and keep the kids away (as we have). But that's probably too rational for some of you cat hating people!

nightowl - could have a point about the mowing! it could be that we recently got hold of a lawnmower rather than the bottles trick?!?

why not? i like cats.

every one of my neighbours has a cat, mine are hardly going to make a difference.

and yes, the mowing seems to work for me anyway!

its gone very quiet around here

can imagine you all frantically mowing as i type

sittingonDHlaptonight

I don't really hate cats. Just the ones that try to get in my house and piss.This must be the biggest climbdown in MN history.

That farking cat is called Stumpy. Called because she used to have a little leg, now she is the bitch from hell. She pees in the bath. The one time she shat in the bath was the time my father visited (oh gawd).She finds the new baby's stuff and rolls on it.

I fucking hate the cat, but DH likes her.

Oh shit forgot to change name, I am useless at this. UCM here.

Right you old bags, bugger off, cos I do have a cat.

lol UCM

I once knew a cat wh used to shit in the loo

Quite clever I thought. He never learnt to flush it though.