Returning cat poo to owners garden

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Can't tell if this is U or not.

There is a cat that lives in a nearby house that is a serial garden pooper and nothing will stop it. 99% of households surrounding us own at least one dog so most cats are deterred, except this one.
This particular cat is a nuisance. You can't open upstairs windows more than half an inch because it will come in. Many a time I have found it staring at the small furry we have in our house. So now we don't open those windows as I also don't want it going in to our LOs room.

A few people have moaned about constant cat shit in their gardens despite owning several dogs (which are trained to toilet in a certain area rather than all over). I know from experience the general deterrents don't seem to work with this cat as I have tried. Nobody around seems to have the electric things because they annoy dogs also.

DP got chatting to a neighbour who mentioned that he just throws it over to the neighbour's garden as he is sick of cleaning up after somebody else's pet when he has young children that play in the garden. He has also found the cat in his house in the past.

Is this U? I think it is, because to me (unfortunately) that is part of having neighbours. Cats seem to come with living near other people, and perhaps some others don't like the amount of dogs that live nearby (obviously they don't clean up after them but they have to deal with some barking).
But the other household do not see this as U at all.
Not really my business as such but I am curious. I just bag up the poo and deal with it.

Don’t mind my ‘tone’, fuck sake.
My point was that while your parents efforts are admirable, most people who choose to have a cat will absolutely not ever clean it’s stinking crap out of other people’s property, or train it to shit on their property, because they don’t want to clean up after their animal at all

I'd be v surprised if this cat is really going in all these gardens with dogs in... cats generally aren't that stupid. Perhaps the dog owners don't like to admit to themselves how much their dogs shit everywhere?!

I agree with your comments Femodene

All threads about cat shit - enough of the cutesy, twee poo, it's shit - bring out the "it won't be a cat , they bury" or the "it'll be fox poo". Bollocks

If the neighbour is sure who own the cat then he is absolutely correct in lobbing it back

If I knew who owned the sod that kept shitting in my garden, I'd have done the same. Instead it stinks up my bin.

Any chance of visiting you nearest zoo and asking for some lion/tiger/cheetah/any big cat droppings or similar as these things work off a hierarchy system and a small domestic cat wouldn't pee/do its business where a bigger cat does theirs (so I'm lead to believe).

No need to be unpleasant tho is there

Well said!

Sorry for the delay in replying, it has been a busy day.

We use a sensor in our own garden as we have a dog and it will bother him whenever he uses his own garden. The particular neighbour I spoke to (the poo throwing one) also has two small dogs.

I'd be v surprised if this cat is really going in all these gardens with dogs in... cats generally aren't that stupid. Perhaps the dog owners don't like to admit to themselves how much their dogs shit everywhere?!

I have watched this cat poo in my garden, and also sit out of reach of my dog taunting him when he is outside. It really doesn't care about his presence. Yes my dog poos, but he does it in his own garden, and if he does it on a walk I pick it up so it isn't a bother to anyone.

I'm not sure how many times a dag the cat goes but I have noticed that it will go in our garden, and then a few days later go again. Maybe in the meantime it uses other people's?

I think the general consensus is that it is unreasonable to throw the cat poo back to them. Fair enough (although as a dog owner that cleans up after my dog, I can see why it is annoying for others to have to clean up after somebody else's pet, regardless of species).

Wow I'm so surprised by these comments! I have two cats. We have litter trays in doors, well in a kind of shed but they don't go in anyone's garden. But the suggestion that cats should be kept indoors is cruel. Like not taking a dog for a walk. Ever.

There’s a thing online saying all the things a cat kept indoors is missing out on, like being hit by a car, stolen by psychos, tortured by psychos, poisoned, decimating native species, receiving injuries from native species it’s trying to kill, getting stuck on a branch or in a shed, killed by other animals, lost and scared etc etc. They could enjoy their life being in a secure garden that they can’t climb out of without being at risk and without shitting all over people’s property, but I guess that’s a step too far 😄
I’m not being unpleasant, Maddening, I’m saying most cat owners who let their animals roam wild will not train it to shit on their property. HTH.

Motion-activated sprinklers are s thing, I believe. As are water pistols.

As an owner of 2 cats I would totally understand if our neighbours lobbed their poop back over our fence (the cats that is )
Cat poo is bloody awful!
We have trained them to use their litter trays but realistically, they are likely pooping outside too. I’ve told my neighbours to let me know if they notice any and I’ll gladly come clean it up. Also told them to squirt them with water pistols if they become too much of a nuisance.

We had a bad case of them pooping in our flower beds.
We used a green gel that cats cant bare the smell of.
I cant think what its called now but they tend to sell it in bargin shops.
It kept them away they never came in our garden again.

Reading a bit more of the thread... is it a good idea to keep a litter tray in our garden too? Or will that just attract every Tom, Dick and Harry?

I do think it's unreasonable to throw it back. That cat has been seen and definitely owns at least most the poops then. But other cats do venture into gardens. Even ones with dogs, but they choose their moments accordingly. So it wouldn't be fair on that score.

Also, does everyone who throws it back know where it's landing?

If the people with dogs have, or go and buy, one of those poo composting devices where you dig a long but not wide hollow, add a chemical, put a long tube thing with a lid on, into the ground then just add the cat poop to the dog poop in that. It biodegrade it and I think you add something now and again. That's what I was going to do and then the last dog died and now we don't have a garden.

Or, use biodegradable food waste sacks, the small ones, and pop it in your own bin. Not nice, but outdoor cats can't be trained not to do it. And they should be outside doing what's natural to them. I'm not that much of a cat person but this is my take on this. I've had this situation myself.

LongtimelurkerHelen:Cats normally bury their poo, so if it's on the path/grass or just where I'm stepping out in the open it will be a fox.

Tell that to the black cat I regularly shoo off my lawn. Nothing seems to stop it. Also to the long haired ginger cat who prefers to poo on the path in my garden.
I've seen them do it myself but never get out quick enough to stop them.

The ultrasound things don’t go through fences so if you haven’t got a dog just get one of those.

Oh sorry, ignore that! I thought you meant 99% of houses have a dog except yours but just seen your update