To not want neighbours cats in my garden?

[Rainbow3210]

Our neighbour has cats and they keep coming into our garden. They have also made their way into our house several times through the window and back door. I’m currently pregnant and have two young children. The children get upset when they come in as they don’t understand why they come and go (they want them to stay to play with). We have a lot of songbirds birds that sit in a bush in our garden and the cats are constantly trying to hunt the birds.

The cats are also doing the toilet in the garden which my husband has to clean with a hose. I believe it’s not entirely safe to clean up cat mess when pregnant.

I spoke to the neighbour and asked if they could stop the cats coming into my house and garden. They said there is nothing that can be done.

Is it unreasonable that this is bothering me?

If you have a fence out Pidgin spikes on it, you can get them from Amazon

Your husband should spray water at the cat, not next to it, and I would be bagging up and throwing the cat waste over the fence for the neighbour to sort

I would also put in as many cat repellant plants as I can

As to the back door you can get net door things, get one and put it up, it will allow air in but not the cats

You sound lovely, and exactly like my lovely next door neighbour. She planted beautiful roses and honeysuckle which grew up our shared fence spilling beautifully over our shared top- I have never had any issues with her cats. She is so considerate, she even offered to trim them but I was like no way, I am so pleased that your beautiful idea is stopping many cats using that fence (they can’t walk along it!), I will happily trim them, I do loads of gardening any way!

Your efforts with this will genuinely be appreciated so much by your lucky neighbours 😊

As of this afternoon he has now been spraying the actual cat. They’ve come back twice for two more sprays so it hasn’t deterred yet but we shall live in hope. We are in discussions about how much we can actually invest in other cat proofing measures as with two young kids and maternity leave on the horizon means money has to be managed carefully.

If your son starts killing cats then I imagine him going to prison will give you a lot more problems than a bit of cat shit.
You sound like you need locking up yourself quite honestly.

Three kids were arrested for killing a man today - that's what happens when atrocious parents tell their kids to torture things to death for fun. Be very careful about being psychos, a child killed a cat for fun in our town last year and trust me, social media has ruined her life!

Yes, that’s another thing to add to the list, assuming we have endless money to throw at the problem.

No, I'm saying lots of cats shit on every ones gardens! It's not hard to grasp basics here!

And, again, when posters tell you that they KNOW whose cats are shitting on their garden because they have witnessed it over and over, believe them. Don’t add insults to your repertoire.

Oh, you’re the stray cats enthusiast, should’ve known.

Then I can't control if your cat moves into my house 👍

I hate to break it to you but my cats were feral for the first 4 months of their life, they were born on the local steelworks, ferals can be homed anywhere depending on how likely the rescue thinks they are to adapt, you would never know that my cats were ferals, my male is a real house cat by his own choice. This is why I am asking people to sit back and understand that it's complicated when it comes to rescue cats.

This is sounds like my exact roof.
Did you have to replace the gravel up there after using the flash?

We have a small pitched roof (original) next to the flat roof. I've even found poo balanced on the very point now.

Its truly disgusting and stinks my whole house.

We are a terrace, so difficult to cat proof every entry point, and I don't own the fence that is the launch point from my end.

Yeah

Lots of wrong uns about.
And what about the ones that haven't been caught yet
And the traffic
And the lilys
And the car thieves

Better keep sir shnugs in.

That is rank

I wasn't talking to your OP, I was talking to you kiddy tantrum throwers? Your refusal to politely acknowledge the information I'm explaining about why there's cats about is so childish! You won't grasp fundamentals because it goes against your fake narrative.

There are no kids where I live. I hope the parents will be proud when they visit their little thugs in prison.

Lol at kiddy tantrums, your language is pure hyperbole and utterly ridiculous. Anyone would think you’re the leading cat expert. Hmm, you probably think you are….

I've given up trying to post common sense information, their minds can't cope with it.

Bells don't work. They just learn to keep them silent till they spring and it's too late.

Cat bibs work better, but I doubt they are going to make them wear them, and it wouldn't solve the other issues.

Cat spikes on the fence (if you have one) might work, and blocking other gaps. But some cats will still walk on them.

And properly spraying water at them, not just near them (you still probably won't get them anyway, but they're more likely to be deterred if they think you're serious about it). And/or running outside and hissing at them every time you see them. The local cats have much reduced their visits to our garden (and the sparrow-filled bush) since I consistently made it clear they weren't welcome.

Legally cats are allowed to roam, but the owners could be held civilly liable for their actions if they are persistent and dangerous/destructive. It doesn't happen that often though, so realistically it probably is your problem (though I agree it shouldn't be).

It is not all about you! You do realise we aren’t talking about your specific cats don’t you? You seem so self absorbed.

all I know is that it is perfectly ok for cats to be kept in a house with a catio / run or cat proofed garden and that way the owner of the cat can enjoy them ( like I do ours ) and the neighbours are not inconvenienced by them . Hopefully eventually it will be law .

What charity do you work for?

❤️ Thank you for being so considerate. It means a lot.

Ah well. That’s life.

And she's just suggested that it's fine to buy weapons for children so that they can shoot animals.

Is that what you say to your neighbours, so casually and unconcerned? A pass agg shrug of the shoulders.