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Cats grrr

156 replies

Tiredmumno1 · 19/03/2010 11:35

Right terribly sorry for trying to hijack the other thread.
A cat up the road from us thinks it owns the street .
It scares away any other cat that lives nearby, and keeps jumping all over our car scratching it all over, and shiting in my garden which i have to clean up cos i have kids, its disgusting why the hell should have to put up with this, its caused a lot of damage which we should not have to pay for. What the hell do i do. Grrrr

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ChickensHaveSinisterMotives · 19/03/2010 18:39

My neighbours posh kitties always poo on the front lawn. They are too posh to bury it On the plus side, I never get cats in the back garden. The 8 hens look interesting from the fence, but when they get up close they realise that the chooks are significantly larger and more pecky than they thought. Cats are generally cowards.

poshwellies · 19/03/2010 18:45

The first thought in someones mind is obviously "fucking brilliant we'll get a cat as we won't have any responsibility for them.."

We won't need to vaccinate them or keep up with worming and flea treatments

We won't need to feed them

We won't provide them with a home

We won't pay for vets bills

We don't care if they don't come home or go missing

Fucks sake,what can cat owners do about their cats preference to shitting in gardens?

trice · 19/03/2010 19:09

Cat owners should keep their animals in their own gardens or indoors.

If that is cruel then they should get a hamster.

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 19:14

How do you keep a cat in a garden trice?

Indoors is cruel IMO mso what would you suggest we do with the X million cats in this country?

poshwellies · 19/03/2010 19:22

How about barbed wire and broken glass on the fences?

Failing that people can just tether their cats with chain

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 19:26

Can it be spiked chains please?

Not sure the glass will go with the kids but hey ho, as long as it keeps the rat muchers in eh?

trice · 19/03/2010 19:29

Exactly my point. You are choosing to buy and keep something which causes a nuisance to your neighbours and terrible harm to wildlife. And you don't feel even slightly apologetic.

I think all cats should be neutered. That would solve the problem in about ten years time.

I am a veggie animal rights sort. I wouldn't ever harm an animal. That is precisely why I am against the keeping of cats as pets.

poshwellies · 19/03/2010 19:31

'And you don't feel even slightly apologetic'

You are quiet mad

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 19:37

Trice I said I would ha[p[pily go and clear poo etc up and repair any damage so dont bother accusing me things which are not true

And the cats I take in are ones that evil humans have injured or damaged in teh extreme so maybe if people were nivcer then I woudlnt be needed at all- I am the one that the vets my sister works at calls when nobodyt else can cope

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 19:39

Allc ats should be neutered?

Okaaaaaay well your right to beleive as you wish

So basically: I am prepared to rectify any problems my choices may cause anyone else, you just want to take away my choices. yes?

My ds1 (AS) learend more about empathy and caring from our severely injured last cat than from anyone else, denying himt hat would have been quite wrong and a real shame

TheCatAteMyGymsuit · 19/03/2010 19:46

Trice, a veggie animal rights sort who wants cats to basically die out?
Nice attitude.
Cats kill wildlife - so what? It's natural instinct.
What is your feeling on animals that hunt other animals then? Should they be culled?

God, I'm going to get me and my cats a big juicy steak just for the hell of it.

gerontius · 19/03/2010 21:04

I don't think trice is at all mad. Wy don't you feel apologetic for choosing to buy and keep something which causes a nuisance to your neighbours?

gerontius · 19/03/2010 21:08

*Why, of course.

poshwellies · 19/03/2010 21:13

I don't feel apologetic as my cat lives indoors and even if he didn't I have no urge to apologise to anyone for owning a cat.

I can think of several neighbours who should be apologising to me for having annoying habits/children/cars/motorbikes

gerontius · 19/03/2010 21:23

So because other people do things that are annoying to their neighbours, it's alright for people to own something which poos in other people's gardens?

larks35 · 19/03/2010 21:32

I realise there is a bit of a row going on here and haven't read all threads but has anyone mentioned how cats hate the smell of garlic! I'm not a cat fan and was furious when I planted lots of lovely bulbs a few years ago and local cats dug them up and pooed in my beds. I read up and found out that cats hate garlic! I've planted garlic around some of my beds and shake garlic bits around, it does seem to have put most of the local cats off. If and when they do venture in, especially when they go into trees where birds may be nesting a quick jet blast from my garden hose send them running!!

displayuntilbestbefore · 19/03/2010 21:37

non-cat owner: I don't like having cat shit all over my garden and think cat owners should take more responsibility for their cat's toileting habits instead of us having to clear it up

cat owners : you are obviously a hater of animals and should be ashamed of your attitude to nature's animals. Where my cat shits is nothing to do with me, I have no control over it.

Does that sum it up?

peggotty · 19/03/2010 21:39

display - yep, that's about it. And never the twain shall meet.

poshwellies · 19/03/2010 21:40

Well summed up

AnitaBlake · 19/03/2010 21:45

I have three cats, cat1 will happily go in the litter tray, in fact she comes back in from outdoors to use it. cat2 has never liked the litter tray, he will wait till he can get out. I have always ecouraged him to usethe tray that we have, the second he was allowed out as a kitten he was off using soil, he prefers it, he generally uses our garden but I know (I've seen him) he roams quite a distance, so I doubt he comes back for a vist.

Cat3 is anbivalent and does whatever is available at the time, litter, sand, soil, whatever.

All three are neutered, regularly wormed and deflea'd. As unpleasant is it is, unlike dog poo, which can blind a child, it is incredibly unlikely that you would catch anything from cat poo to be honest. There is a minute risk to the unborn child, but the bacteria that cause the illness are active for the first ten days after the cat is infected only. Furthermore the faeces would need to be ingested in large quanities to actually infect a human being.

Magpies kill more small common birds a year than cats btw.

JollyPirate · 20/03/2010 07:10

Nope - cannot "get" people who don't like cats. Mine is fabulous - an indoors cat at present. It's not about owning an animal for which I have no responsibility. My cat needs food, shelter, vets when she is unwell and good care and lots of fuss which she gets. She is neutered (never had even one litter of kittens), microchipped and uses a litter tray.

In return for her care (always think about "what's in it for the cat" when looking at their behaviour) she is affectionate, pleased to see us, companionable and just generally fabulous. A warm purring bundle of feline contentedness.

A little less interest in the contents of the hamster cage would be nice but I can cope with that.

Airyfairy1965 · 07/08/2010 23:40

i have a dog which I thought might deter the cats next door but I was wrong. I clear up my dogs poo then clear up the cats poo which I am sick to death of doing. When I take my dog for a walk I take a poo bag and if he messes while out walking I get it up. The thing thate worries me the most is that there is something in cat poo that can blind a person especially children as they pick it up without knowing what it is and then if they put their hands near their eyes it can cause blindness ( this actually happened to a 2 year old child ). What would the cat owner do if this was to happen ? say sorry ? that does not bring a childs sight back.

emptyshell · 08/08/2010 00:13

Some of you on here are utterly disgusting tonight. I've got a cat - it's an indoor cat - what harm's it doing any of you? I don't particularly mind other cats coming into my garden - but funnily the problems we're having are with two door's up's dog which is about the size of a small horse but can get out of their garden and keeps ending up in our back garden, upsetting my cat who can see it at the back window and upsetting me a fair bit since I'm not a natural doggy person.

Guess I should cover it in engine oil, run it over, jab it with spiked glass and everything else that's charmingly been suggested on this thread.

mamatomany · 08/08/2010 00:24

"The thing thate worries me the most is that there is something in cat poo that can blind a person especially children as they pick it up without knowing what it is and then if they put their hands near their eyes it can cause blindness ( this actually happened to a 2 year old child )."

I believe that's dog poo actually and god knows there's enough of that on the pavement despite warning signs about £1,000 fines everywhere, honestly some dog owners I'd like to rub their noses in it.

mamatomany · 08/08/2010 00:29

Toxocara - found in dogs, cats and foxes but controlled by regular worming.
Which of course you can do with a cat but not a fox, so we'll blame the foxes.

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