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Hahaha88 · 2021-02-18T12:26:50+00:00

So my ndn stopped my partner yesterday and mentioned that our cats are pooing in their garden a lot. When he told me I was a bit [hmm] because I'm not sure what she expects me to do? I've said to my partner we'll buy some sort of cat deterrent she can put in her garden but other than that I'm not sure what I can do. My cats (2) are outdoor cats and I won't be keeping them in as they love to be out. I keep a clean litter tray for them, which they do use but no doubt they will be pooping outside too as cats do. We don't have the only cats on the estate so potentially it's not just mine pooing in it (I assume she's seen them rather than just deciding it must be mine). Aibu to do nothing but provide cat deteerant?

AmberWavesOfGreen · 19/02/2021 05:13

@Mally2020

if you don't let your cats out I will be finding out IP of you and reprting you for abuse to rspca

😂😂😂

Seriously though, I know of one cat who roamed into a yard it shouldn’t have roamed into, and was killed by the dog who lived in the yard. But that’s what happens when your cat roams, it shits where it wants and it can get killed by dogs, snakes or traffic. But if you don’t mind that happening to your cat, rock on.

And Australia, being ahead of the UK in regards to the welfare of cats and native wildlife (and very possibly neighbourly relations), makes it illegal in some council areas for your cat to roam outside the confines of your own yard. So you fence it in, using a cat system, or keep it inside. Simple really.

fuzzymoon · 19/02/2021 05:43

I have made a large patch of soil which was a flower bed a outdoor toilet for our cats.
It's soil that's plant free, I clean the poo away daily and rake it over every now and then. It's a perfect spot for them to go and has stopped them pooing next door. It looks awful but does the job.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/02/2021 05:56

so many stupid people on here take better care of your dogs and kids before coming and attacking cat owners when you don't know how being one even is, you ignorant pos

I like dogs, but not enough to want to have to take responsibility for one and picking up its poo - so I don't have a dog. I do have a child, but even then, I didn't expect strangers or neighbours to deal with his poo when he was little.

I'm not 100% certain from your phrasing, but are you really coming on here to aggressively abuse people for expressing a desire not to want to have to tread in turds from other people's pets on their own properties - like they're the disgusting ones?! Or was it meant to be ironic/a joke that I missed? Deciding to become a cat owner is a (preferably) informed choice you are free to make or not to make - it isn't an impossible position that you just suddenly find yourself landed with through no fault or decision of your own.

Somuddled · 19/02/2021 06:03

One of our cats is big on public pooing. By this I mean she doesn't care what the medium is, grass, soil, concrete, gravel. As long as it is bang in the middle of everyone's view. Knowing this, we made neighbors aware. Bought them thoes frequency deterrents and did a check every couple of days of front gardens. It's not amazing but it's no more hassle that always picking up after a dog. If you have pets, you need to take responsibility for their behaviour.

Beseigedbykillersquirrels · 19/02/2021 06:26

@Mally2020

so many stupid people on here take better care of your dogs and kids before coming and attacking cat owners when you don't know how being one even is, you ignorant pos

You are making a fool of yourself.

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timeforanother1 · 19/02/2021 07:05

@Somuddled

One of our cats is big on public pooing. By this I mean she doesn't care what the medium is, grass, soil, concrete, gravel. As long as it is bang in the middle of everyone's view. Knowing this, we made neighbors aware. Bought them thoes frequency deterrents and did a check every couple of days of front gardens. It's not amazing but it's no more hassle that always picking up after a dog. If you have pets, you need to take responsibility for their behaviour.

This!
I wish you lived by me.

When you would like a cat/ dog but can't dedicate the time- or when you don't want an animat at all, you shouldn't have to pick up cat poo's from other peoples cats.

For those saying cat poo is no issue/ get over it, imagine opening your door every day to another couple of poo's on your garden where you want to sit/ let kids play.

14 poo's in a week- you think it's fair?!
Op I would do what this person above suggests to be seen as someone taking responsibility.
You hear so many stories where cats are harmed and there's usually a similar history of angry neighbours.

SelkieQualia · 19/02/2021 07:08

@AllBellyandBoobs

People get so precious about this. Presumably your cats aren't pooing on their lawn but in the soil? There could be fox poo, hedgehog poo, rodent poo, all kinds of poo hanging around, which is why we wear gloves when digging about in soil. I think your suggestion is a good one and little else you can do.

Cat poo happens all the frigging time - often daily. Wild animal poo doesn't happen nearly as often.

Covidcorvid · 19/02/2021 07:10

@Mally2020

if you don't let your cats out I will be finding out IP of you and reprting you for abuse to rspca

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I have a very pampered and expensive pedigree cat, no way is he going out and risk him being stolen.

I also have a moggy who does go out but she shits in the middle of the dining room floor so at least she’s not annoying the neighbours! 🙈

BlackKittyKat · 19/02/2021 07:12

Get some lion poo. It will scare your cats and they won't go in the garden 🤣

www.waitrosegarden.com/product/_/silent-roar-lion-manure/classid.2000004185/

sbhydrogen · 19/02/2021 07:17

Surely it's part of the experience of having a garden? My neighbours' cats used to destroy my flowers (they liked to sit on them) but I didn't go knocking because what are they supposed to do? I'd just go outside and shoo them away when I saw them.

AyrshireAmbler49 · 19/02/2021 07:21

My neighbour has recently told me that my cat has taken to using a patch of her garden as a litter tray. She’s put a sort of membrane down and is planning to put a string criss cross deterrent down. I told her if she’s the car doing it when we’re all out and about more in the summer she should feel free to scare her away. It’s awkward really. I’ll offer to pop round and pick it up later on.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 19/02/2021 08:02

Can they be sure it is your cat?

I suggest you sellotape one of those shape forming things from a Playdoh extrusion set to the rear end of your cat then if the poo the neighbours finds is say, star-shaped you will know it is your cat.

Tip: if you change the shape each day you may be able to calculate regularity.

Earlybird00 · 19/02/2021 08:08

I have 2 cats and do daily poo pick ups in my garden. I read that your cat can go elsewhere to poo if your soil is not clean. I think if your neighbour could break the cycle of your cat entering the garden that might help. Mine both go out to garden straight after breakfast so I see them going.

DdraigGoch · 19/02/2021 08:10

@Hahaha88

Well I guess in the collective opinion of munsnet I'll just have to be unreasonable. I'm not fencing them in, cats roam it's what they like to do. They have access to a clean litter tray in the house. I will supply some deterrent and offer to clean the garden for her. If that's not good enough she'll just have to hate us/anyone else with an outdoor cat.

I'm sure that most dogs would like to roam too. We don't let them though, we fence them in, keep them on a lead and are obliged to pick up their faeces.

Elai1978 · 19/02/2021 08:54

Best deterrent I’ve found is a sighthound with a high prey drive. No cat is stupid enough to enter our garden.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 19/02/2021 09:12

So if your cat ever comes a cropper outdoors - running in front of a car or maybe attacked by a dog - you'll happily shrug and cheerfully accept it as just the way it is for free-roaming/semi-wild animals?

You can't have it both ways.

LST · 19/02/2021 09:41

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

So if your cat ever comes a cropper outdoors - running in front of a car or maybe attacked by a dog - you'll happily shrug and cheerfully accept it as just the way it is for free-roaming/semi-wild animals?

You can't have it both ways.

Yep. It's a risk I take letting them out and having the freedoms they are used to. They'd have a shit life being locked in the house when they are used to being out. Even my elderly black cat likes his hour outside a day.

cheesybean · 19/02/2021 10:03

I made a deal with my NDN because he bought one of those high pitched noise things to deter my cat (that humans shouldn't hear) but I could hear it and it was horrible. In exchange for him getting rid of it, every other day I take a bag and a scoop to his garden 😂

AnneElliott · 19/02/2021 10:09

I'd tell the neighbours that they can soak your cats with water if they see them - and yes I'd buy a gel thing that my meant to deter them.

However it's unlikely to be just your cats. My neighbours were convinced it was just mine until the day she came by shrieking that my cat was on her bed and would I come and get it! I went in to find a big ginger Tom (I have 2 black and white girls).

After that she was slightly less unreasonable about them!

LST · 19/02/2021 10:21

@AnneElliott

I'd tell the neighbours that they can soak your cats with water if they see them - and yes I'd buy a gel thing that my meant to deter them.

However it's unlikely to be just your cats. My neighbours were convinced it was just mine until the day she came by shrieking that my cat was on her bed and would I come and get it! I went in to find a big ginger Tom (I have 2 black and white girls).

After that she was slightly less unreasonable about them!

My big ginger tom enjoys lying on my neighbours bed too! He even manages to sneak past their Jack Russell! Thankfully my neighbours like him.

TheViewOutsideMyWindow · 19/02/2021 11:38

We have this issue with my two cats going next door and pooping in next doors garden. Like you I'm not going to keep them in as they are real explorers and I think (for these particular cats) it would be cruel. No judgement on those who have indoor cats; I used to. We have a good relationship with our neighbours so I've bought them some bark mulch which apparently cats don't like to poop on. If that doesn't work I'll buy them a repeller. They've never mentioned it, but I've seen one of my cats poo in their garden several times so feel I am obligated to try and so something!

supernova21 · 19/02/2021 13:10

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

So if your cat ever comes a cropper outdoors - running in front of a car or maybe attacked by a dog - you'll happily shrug and cheerfully accept it as just the way it is for free-roaming/semi-wild animals?

You can't have it both ways.

Wtf? My cat was attacked and killed by an out of control dog right outside my old house. Was the onus not on the owner of that dog to keep it under control?

If it had happened in a private garden then it's an unfortunate accident imo, but it happened on the street outside my house. I caught it on my CCTV. The dog owner had a legal responsibility to keep their dogs under control. That's the law.

I don't see how you can compare a cat pooping in your garden to a cat being mauled by a dog, and simply see it as fair enough.... One is annoying but can be prevented with deterants; the other causes extreme suffering to both animal and human due to the failure of an owner to act responsibly. The devastation of losing our beloved pet in such a traumatic way was untold... I needed counselling to deal with what had happened and we had to move houses because it served as a constant reminder. Pretty sure nobody has ever needed counselling because a cat shat on their garden but it's Mumsnet so you never know!

ilovesooty · 19/02/2021 13:42

One of my neighbours has a cat anyway and the other loves cats and used to have one. In any case my two cats rarely wander far and use the soft soil bed at the bottom of my garden for their toileting needs during the day. They're in after teatime and have a litter tray so I'm fairly sure they aren't an inconvenience to anyone else in the neighbourhood.

Insomniacexpress · 19/02/2021 13:51

I can sympathise with your neighbour. I am constantly chasing the neighbour’s cat out of our raised veg beds ( and out of the hedgerow when they kill all the fledglings which is IMO much more of an issue). I’ve stopped growing root veg as I get so annoyed finding a whopping great cat shit next to something I had hoped to eat. It’s so grim. I have had to stop my toddler from helping outside because of it. I know cats roam but why should I have to deal with the consequences of another person’s choice to take on a pet.