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AIBU?

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To shoot every fecking cat that comes and shits in my garden...

136 replies

Pheebe · 07/08/2009 12:53

...then send the owners the bille for cleaning dcs clothes, shoes and my carpets

Fecking disgusting bloody animals

OP posts:

hippipotamiHasLost54lbs · 07/08/2009 15:13

Loving the hosepipe idea but sadly it is my side path the cats are fouling. Out of my line of vision and thus am not able to carry out 'operation hosepipe'

I need something I can put down that will deter the buggers!

OrangeFish · 07/08/2009 15:14

So we can flush them down and then complain about them blocking the pipes? [Disclaimer: This is a joke, I would NEVER contemplate the idea of flushing down a cat, honest!)

Hollyoaks · 07/08/2009 15:14

Arsenic?????

Mezley · 07/08/2009 15:24

My delightful neighbours own 15, yes 15 cats! They constantly ncrap in my garden, both on the borders, lawn, gravel and now on top of some felt that I put down to stop them crapping on a piece of ground!

We tried pellets, gel, lion poo and me ,dh and my young son are always on "operation hosepipe and water pistol" duty. They still crap everywhere.

I politely wrote to my neighbours (who are scowling unapproachable plebs) pointing out that we may have to live next door together for a long time and that it would be a good idea if they could think of a solution so we could live side by side amicably. Now they just TOTALLY ignore us.

Arggghhhhh.

Any suggestions that won't get me arrested gratefully received.

Mezley · 07/08/2009 15:28

By the way Phoebe, I don't think it's unreasonable. Sadly the law does.

Agree with posters about dogs though, there is an expectation (quite rightly) that you deal with you dog fouling.

I mean where would I stand if my ds went and crapped on their lawn!!!

Sorry - really obsessed by this issue!

Mezley · 07/08/2009 15:31

You won't believe this, just heard a noise in the kitchen. Went to investigate to find a cat on my kitchen surface licking a plate yet to be cleared away!

That is really taking the piss.

Callisto · 07/08/2009 15:33

Mezley - contact environmental health and rspca. 15 is probably too many to look after so there could be welfare issues, and all of the cat crap is a health hazard. If you're already on non-speaking terms doing this won't exactly harm your relationship with them.

OrangeFish · 07/08/2009 15:35

Mezley, I suspect that 15 cats toiletting in your garden could be considered as an environmental hazard.

Would the agency that receives complaints about excesive barking would be able to deal with a complaint of excesive cat waste?

PErhaps worth a try... after all, that's why we are not allowed to keep pigs or cattle in our back gardens...

GoldenSnitch · 07/08/2009 15:35

Apparently it's like a mild dose of the flu. You are likely have have already caught Toxoplasmosis from your cats trellism but just didn't notice or know that's what it was. You will therefore have antibodies to protect your baby.

I, on the other hand, am allergic to cats so have never been close enough to one for long enough to catch it and getting it now would be disasterous.

And anyway - I chose not to have dogs or cats so I didn't have to clean shit up and do not appreciate having to clean up someone elses pets mess just so my son can play in our own garden.

OrangeFish · 07/08/2009 15:35

snap!

Mezley · 07/08/2009 15:39

Thanks will try environmental health/local council to see if I can get anywhere.

Mezley · 07/08/2009 15:56

Have rung environmental health who state it is a civil matter and perhaps a solicitors letter. Not very helpful. I don't think the rspca would do much, all their animals (they have 5 dogs too) look healthy and well cared for so I think this would just antagonise them. I don't want to do that, just stop the cat poo!!!

QueenEagle · 07/08/2009 15:57

YOU NEED A FOOTBALL!!!!

Aim.

FIRE!

QueenEagle · 07/08/2009 15:59

Does anybody here remember the cat and the football thread. Brilliant!

Anyone clever enough to find it and link? A mumsnet classic it was.

Lobyd · 07/08/2009 16:08

I have two well trained cats who only poo in my garden...or so I think.

I'm told they hate orange peel - an easy/cheap one to try? Some of them also hate the crinkly sound of foil so you could set up a line of milk bottle tops on a thread? Mine think this is a game however....

Shaking a jar of coins if you see them is meant to scare them too.

By the way I do look after my cats and don't spend time trying to frighten them, despite what this post suggests!

Mezley · 07/08/2009 16:17

Oh Lobyd, please come and discuss with my neighbours how to live in a community with a large number of animals and not upset people!!

Jackstini · 07/08/2009 16:18

Love your link Orangefish! They should all be trained like that.
Hot pepper in the area sometimes works - once they get that on their bum they won't poo there again.

katiestar · 07/08/2009 16:37

I chuck them all back over the hedge with a spade onto the owners path.Hopefully their 2 yrold will stand in it and traipse it all through their house.

trellism · 07/08/2009 16:50

Snitch, I haven't, because I requested a test at my first m/w appt.

I agree that it's revolting to have to clear up cat poo from the garden, though. I'm not going to defend anyone who lets their cat do that - it isn't that difficult to make sure they have a dump in the tray before they go out, which is what I'd do if anyone complained to me.

Mezley · 07/08/2009 16:57

I think the chucking it back idea is a good one - might try that next!

Morloth · 07/08/2009 17:04

You could do a letterbox drop saying that you will be laying poison on your property only and that it is the owner's responsibility to keep their animals off your property.

Thankfully my cat can't jump and isn't too keen on outside in any case. But even if she could I wouldn't mind if a neighbour gave me a heads up about the poison before it went down.

After all it gives them a chance to keep their animals safe, if they choose not too then that is their lookout.

Mezley · 07/08/2009 17:11

I like the poison idea, but having done a bit of research previously, this will leave me vulnerable to prosecution. Doh!

Morloth · 07/08/2009 17:15

Really? Even on your own property? How odd.

I would think the onus would be on the owners of the animals to keep them off other people's property. After all if they are not on your property (where they shouldn't be) they can't eat the poison.

saintmaybe · 07/08/2009 17:38

My parents have got a couple of feet of netting attached at a sort of 45 degree-ish angle all around the fence of their back garden. Seems to be v effective in keeping cats out.

SouthMum · 07/08/2009 17:55

Poison !!!

You can't keep cats off someones property unless you keep them indoors all the time which is cruel. To put poison down to deal with a rat is fine but to put it down to kill off someones pet is pretty despicable. I hate cat crap aswell but best thing to do is if you know the owner tell them to come and clear it up.

I'd kick shit out of anyone who tried to poison my pet.

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