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... to put cat shit through next door's letterbox?

259 replies

LakieLady · 04/04/2023 15:54

It's in poo bags!

I've just cut some of the grass for the first time, and have picked up 3 lots of cat shit from an area of lawn about 30' x 15'. I know it's from next door's cat, one lot was in the spot where I saw the beast squatting for a leisurely dump this morning, and the other 2 lots are identical in size, shape and consistency, plus their cat is the only one that dares to linger in my garden.

And we never speak, so it's not as though I'd be damaging our relationship, because we don't have one. Mr NDN has never spoken a civil work to me in the 30 years I've lived here.

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Natty13 · 04/04/2023 16:41

I just use my trowel to chuck it over the fence for them to dispose of. Don't give it a second thought really, I just don't have the wherewithal to be dealing with the faeces of another person's pet.

ForestofD · 04/04/2023 16:42

We had an elderly rescue cat and he was being bullied by other cats in our garden. He had also had most of his teeth removed when we got him, so he wasn't a very good fighter either! We got one of the motion detecting hosepipe sprayers from Amazon. When he went out, we switched it off. As soon as he came back in (he only ventured as far as the patio in his last years) we popped it back on. It's just water, so the cats soon started going somewhere else because it also made a hissing noise.

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 04/04/2023 16:42

"It isn't the neighbours fault"

Of course it is. It's their cat.

I think posting it is a bit much. Could you leave it in a pile in their front garden?

Rosula · 04/04/2023 16:45

LakieLady · 04/04/2023 16:04

I'd have to chuck it over a 5' hedge to do that! Plus it runs away when it sees me, and there's no way I can catch it.

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So just chuck the poo over the hedge. Much easier than faffing about with bags.

ColdHandsHotHead · 04/04/2023 16:46

I'm currently pissed off because there's an area of freshly seeded earth in my garden that I'm hoping will become a lawn by summer, and it's got a cat turd in the middle of it.

Unfortunately it was my cat wot dunnit and when I mentioned it to him he just shrugged.

TheNoodlesIncident · 04/04/2023 16:47

I sympathise, it's incredibly annoying but if people choose not have a litter tray for their cat then the cat has no option but to toilet outside. And then they don't always soil in their "own" garden but a piece of their territory that's a bit further out. If you can put stuff down that repels the cat or perhaps use a water pistol to discourage it, that will hopefully reduce the volume/frequency.

I find quite a lot of poo in our garden but some will be the foxes, some will be the hedgehogs, some birds and some will be cats. My own cat very very occasionally uses our garden for poo (I know her poos when I come across them because I've cleared them out her litter tray for years and I know them by the colour, diameter and volume) which she didn't to start with; she only started to because of the outrage of other cats marking her territory with theirs.

If everybody had litter trained their cats and cleared up after their own, there would be far less angst over this. Obviously as it's outside, there will still be some but wild animals are exempt imo.

You really can't post the poo back to them, even in bags. But you could toss the bagged poo back into their garden, at least it would be easier for them to pick up and dispose of than it was for you...

ofasphodel · 04/04/2023 16:47

That is completely batshit. I only hope you are taking the piss.

luckylavender · 04/04/2023 16:48

How on earth can they stop it? Disclaimer - I don't like cats

jannier · 04/04/2023 16:49

You can't control where a cat roams or Pooh's ...starting a feud about it will mean you need to declare it if you sell and will devalue your house.
Just as well you don't have fox pooh that is awful

MajorCarolDanvers · 04/04/2023 16:50

YAB extremely unreasonable, criminal even.

I'd report you to the police for that.

Cuwins · 04/04/2023 16:51

TheNoodlesIncident · 04/04/2023 16:47

I sympathise, it's incredibly annoying but if people choose not have a litter tray for their cat then the cat has no option but to toilet outside. And then they don't always soil in their "own" garden but a piece of their territory that's a bit further out. If you can put stuff down that repels the cat or perhaps use a water pistol to discourage it, that will hopefully reduce the volume/frequency.

I find quite a lot of poo in our garden but some will be the foxes, some will be the hedgehogs, some birds and some will be cats. My own cat very very occasionally uses our garden for poo (I know her poos when I come across them because I've cleared them out her litter tray for years and I know them by the colour, diameter and volume) which she didn't to start with; she only started to because of the outrage of other cats marking her territory with theirs.

If everybody had litter trained their cats and cleared up after their own, there would be far less angst over this. Obviously as it's outside, there will still be some but wild animals are exempt imo.

You really can't post the poo back to them, even in bags. But you could toss the bagged poo back into their garden, at least it would be easier for them to pick up and dispose of than it was for you...

Even if they have a litter tray some cats will choose to poo outside, it's just natural instinct.

GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok · 04/04/2023 16:51

Nerf gun, water pistol, sprinkler, garden hose (aimed at the cat, not through the NDN's letter box!)🤓

neverknowinglyunreasonable · 04/04/2023 16:51

ofasphodel · 04/04/2023 16:47

That is completely batshit. I only hope you are taking the piss.

Good thinking. Take the piss too. Hard to collect but you could maybe use some guttering to get it through their letterbox.

TheyclosedmyCosta · 04/04/2023 16:52

Not sure what you expect your neighbour to do about it?

bigbluebus · 04/04/2023 16:52

I've just bought some citrus smelling cat repellent to put on my front lawn for this very reason. I also picked up 3 lots of cat poo - plus the Tom cats spray on my front hedge. There's so many cats around here that I'd have no idea whose letter box to post it through even if I was so inclined. Neither of my NDNs have cats.
Someone in our street put a rant on Facebook a while back about her neighbour who had put spikes all around his boundary fence and gate. The post didn't stay up very long as everyone waded in in support of spikes man!

NewBootsAndRanty · 04/04/2023 16:52

If you want to keep cats off your lawn, get a load of cat toys and beds and leave them in the middle. Cats are famous for avoiding these when their owners buy them.

ScentOfAMemory · 04/04/2023 16:53

Ursualesther · 04/04/2023 16:07

Oh the irony

on another thread where the OP accidentally poured some sewage in to neighbours garden but it ended up amicably resolved, this was the OP’s contribution

LakieLady ·
So nice to hear of neighbours dealing with an issue like this in such an amicable way.

Don't you just love a gotcha like that.
Though, as others have said, one does wonder why the NDN has not spoken ever to our OP and has a huge hedge.

Woahtherehoney · 04/04/2023 16:53

What would you hope to get out of this? How you honestly expect them to stop a cat pooing in the garden? Do you want them to get rid of the cat?

honestly 🙄

shutthewindownow · 04/04/2023 16:56

No why would you start a war. That's just scummy

IglesiasPiggl · 04/04/2023 16:57

Surely much less hassle to just throw it back over the hedge with a shovel , instead of bagging it up and carrying it to his front door? Also much less aggressive.

mommatoone · 04/04/2023 16:57

OP i feel this is more to do with the fact that you cant stand your neighbours, rather than their cat shitting in your garden!

Irritateandunreasonable · 04/04/2023 16:57

You don’t KNOW it’s from that cat.

Cats shit in gardens grow up.

Sickofcoughing · 04/04/2023 16:59

What do you expect them to do about it?

SoManyComplications · 04/04/2023 17:00

People’s pets pooing ruins enjoyment of spaces. Whether it’s cat poo in your back garden or dog poo on the pavement.

There is nothing we can do. People will argue their right to own pets and let them shit everywhere.

I just fantasise about rubbing the owner’s face in said lump of poo. Achieves nothing but it distracts me for a bit. And then I move on and don’t risk getting a criminal record myself.

MallMoo · 04/04/2023 17:03

My neighbour has 2 cats that were always in my garden doing their business so I got an ultrasonic cat repellent off Amazon last summer and haven’t had an issue since