AIBU to find it utterly astounding that it's socially acceptable in England for pet cats to poop in other people's gardens??!

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I honestly cannot get my head round this. We've moved into a new house and the garden is full of cat shit. Not a single cat owner I know has a little tray for their cat to use. Where do cat owners think their cats poop? Do you honestly not care that it's in other peoples gardens?
My dh is from in a country where this is not socially acceptable and cat owners have litter trays and the cats bloody use them.

Also - if people have pets next door to you - speak to them and see if you can work something out if there is a problem - I am all for people having pets - it is a nice thing - but but - yes make sure they do not annoy neighbours .

What you’re asking is, Why is it socially acceptable (and legally permitted) for cats to go outside?

All these catz need a stern talking to..... has anyone thought of speaking to them about this issue?

It’s absolutely disgusting, but the cat owners on here literally don’t give a toss that their cat craps all over someone else’s garden. Saves them cleaning up their animal’s filth. Lazy arses!!

If you’re going to get a bloody cat you should be prepared to clean up after it.

I agree it’s annoying (especially if your dog is like mine and rolls in it if he spots it first ). But I’m not sure what can be done realistically?

Out of interest, what happens in your husband’s country of origin?

@TwinklyBranch

Quite right. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are laws against this sort of thing.

😅😅😅

www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-PVC-Coated-Garden-Wire-Fencing---600mm-x-10m/p/187736

Putting this over the soil and planting through it/cutting holes to put plants in sorted the problem. Don’t bother with the high pitched cat deterrents - they don’t work but do annoy teenagers. Citrus didn’t work either. Planting catnip might. They like that but won’t poo near it apparently.

@TheLovelinessOfDemons

It's the comment about another country that intrigues me. Which country is it where the humans get the cats to obey them? grin

In the USA it's illegal to let cats out.

Another reason not to go back to America now. Trump, then Biden & now cat mishandling...

[quote NadiaVulvokov]@MajorCarolDanvers Well, in my part of Scotland the council train special crack squads of attack haggis’s to patrol gardens. They jump out and play a quick blast on a set of specific ultrasonic bagpipes that only cats can hear.

The council had to get the bagpipes custom made, as at first it was just ordinary bagpipes used and the noise at all hours of day and night was worse than the original problem. No end of complaints.

You do have to pay extra on your council tax refund bough if you want your garden to be covered.[/quote]
Are these attack haggis's farmed or caught young in the wild?

Op it's an interesting username.... and interesting first post!!

Actually it reminded me that the poo troll hasn't posted for a while.....

thread is asking that question. I genuinely want to see some good answers

Can we see your marking scheme, op?

@Suspiciousmind20

You can’t control what the cats do. It’s just how it is. Keeping cats indoors isn’t great for some of them. It stresses them out.

I had this problem in a garden (a new cat poo present daily) and put wire mesh over the soil and planted through it. It stopped it completely.

Accept the things you cannot change.
Change the things you can.
Develop the knowledge to know the difference.

Wise words.

@Suspiciousmind20

www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-PVC-Coated-Garden-Wire-Fencing---600mm-x-10m/p/187736

Putting this over the soil and planting through it/cutting holes to put plants in sorted the problem. Don’t bother with the high pitched cat deterrents - they don’t work but do annoy teenagers. Citrus didn’t work either. Planting catnip might. They like that but won’t poo near it apparently.

So you want everyone to fill their gardens with catnip: are you a cat?

I don’t understand why there isn’t a UK wide anti cat shit law? How can cat shit be a devolved matter?
This is horrifying!!

@BigWoollyJumpers

Get a cat. Problem solved.

Nope doesn't solve it as mine is scared of the longer standing cats that use our garden and chase her whenever she goes out to use the toilet facepalm

Really? I am Scottish and have never heard of this law. Any chance of a link please? Genuine request.

I think TwinklyBranch was being facetious.

Someone needs to remember to tell the stray cats to use litter trays..

@HunkyPunk

thread is asking that question. I genuinely want to see some good answers

Can we see your marking scheme, op?

Haha

To all the horrible people saying cats shit so get over it, should dog owners just stop bothering to be responsible picking up poop and just let the dogs run anywhere and shit all over peoples gardens? See how cat owners like that?

No because it anti social and there are things you can do (ie pick up dog poo) to enable to to enjoy your pet and not impact people who don't want that responsibility. Same with cat owners, they should be the ones providing littler trays, cat proofing their own garden to attempt to keep their cats in and making places that are attractive to their cats to poo in to at least reduce the impact on the people around them.

@TheDuchessOfBeddington

It’s a strange concept. You put a fence around some land and sign some papers and it’s yours, no one can use it. Someone should tell the animals that applies to them as well

So grim. Agree with you op but i don't have any answers.

Oh how original.

YABU for using the word 'poop'

It is socially acceptable because we live in a country that values animal welfare a great deal more than some others (still not perfect on that score by any means but much better than most). Cats roam by nature, it is therefore seen as cruel in this country to keep them locked up, ergo they roam and then shit where they want.

I’m really sad that Op hasn’t answered my question.

Cats are wild animals - the majority are feral, stray or rural.

Even 'owned' domestic cats are classified semi-wild (or domesticated wild) in this country.

Do you expect pigeon owners to come to clean all the bird crap off your window every time a pigeon shits in case it's one of theirs?