cats in my garden grrrrrrr

Saint_Chris

Just do like I do, take the offending item back to it's rightful owner.

1st time I put it on a small shovel and knocked on the door, told the owner of the cat that this belonged to her, she just shrugged her shoulders. so I just informed her that in future I would not be knocking anymore, and would just be taking back the offending item back to her house.

It's over 10 years now I have been doing this, same small shovel as well, straight round and drop it at the side of her front door.

And I hate cats to.

Person_one

charliemonkeyface wrote: »

This is a non argument, people who own cats will always justify how it is acceptable it is they can roam free crap where they want and be allowed to terrorize our wildlife. Studies have shown they kill up to 55 million wild birds a year and are threatening entire species of our native birds As long as it's only cats causing this damage then it's ok. If it was any other species of pet then cat owners would be equally outraged.
Next time you moan about fox mess in parks or your garden or foxes or seagulls raiding bins or badgers or moles digging up your garden, mice in your home or rats in your compost remember you are a hypocrite.
And these animals are native to our country unlike the vermin that is domestic cats.
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/cats-birds.html#cr

I've never owned cats, I don't even particularly like cats I'm a dog person. The fact is though that cats are allowed to roam unsupervised in this country, and its just a fact of life.

I do think there's a lot of overreaction, most people don't get so irate and act like cats are practically ruining their lives. Its a minor irritation in the scheme of things, surely?

If you genuinely think the problem is serious enough to devote so much precious time and energy to though, you'd be better off campaigning for a change in the law. Lots of US states/counties now don't allow outdoor roaming cats, you could look at the evidence and see if its made people any happier overall or if they've just transferred their NIMBYism to something else.

Butterfliesarepretty

I have two cats, one is 9 year old male and the other a black female. The black one a few years ago started pooing in next doors gravel in dollops dotted around. I got a sonic scarer which worked but then it was gone a few days later. My neighbour is not the easiest to get on with and took to throwing cat poo all over my front little garden, instead of just talking to me, that's why I got the sonic scarer. I was stressed and worried about my cat doing this and trying everything, my dad was dying at the time and so eventually the cat stopped doing it.

Last week we attempted to try and get on better with my neighbour (I recently got married) and so my husband was making small chat with him and his girlfriend, lo and behold he handed back to my hubby the sonic scarer that I had thought had been stolen 4 years ago. Why on earth did he think I would not remember it???? You can get them for £18 off ebay and they do work.

Cats will poo where they want to, mine uses a litter tray and outside as well. My ginger one has taken to digging the new soil the neighbour has just weeded, (he doesn't usually bother with his garden much) so now the neighbour has put chicken wire over a small patch of soil that one plant is growing in.

heartbreak_star

I do ponder, like others, if it's really cat poop or foxes - cats usually bury it.

I wouldn't be too bothered, and I don't own cats

HBS x

pinkladyof66

i have bark outside my front kitchen window and the cats next door dig it up and crap there and then when it is hot and i have my window open the stink comes in, i got up this morning to see that a cat had actually crapped under my car. Makes my blood boil as another poster said if your dog done it you woulld be expected to clear it up

charliemonkeyface

Person_one wrote: »

I've never owned cats, I don't even particularly like cats I'm a dog person. The fact is though that cats are allowed to roam unsupervised in this country, and its just a fact of life.

I do think there's a lot of overreaction, most people don't get so irate and act like cats are practically ruining their lives. Its a minor irritation in the scheme of things, surely?

If you genuinely think the problem is serious enough to devote so much precious time and energy to though, you'd be better off campaigning for a change in the law. Lots of US states/counties now don't allow outdoor roaming cats, you could look at the evidence and see if its made people any happier overall or if they've just transferred their NIMBYism to something else.

You have misunderstood. i am not irate and it is certainly not ruining my life:rotfl: If you took the time to read what i have already said you would know how much pleasure we get in my house from using the local cat population for target practice. I hate cats and i love a good argument and i don't believe the cat owners argument when justifying their cats crapping in private gardens. Just because society accepts or tolerates it that does not mean it is right. As for NIMBYism if that what it is when someone hates cats them i am guilty.

stebiz

charliemonkeyface wrote: »

You have misunderstood. i am not irate and it is certainly not ruining my life:rotfl: If you took the time to read what i have already said you would know how much pleasure we get in my house from using the local cat population for target practice. I hate cats and i love a good argument and i don't believe the cat owners argument when justifying their cats crapping in private gardens. Just because society accepts or tolerates it that does not mean it is right. As for NIMBYism if that what it is when someone hates cats them i am guilty.

I haven't read all the posts but I agree with you. I hate cats. Not much different than overgrown rats with no real purpose in life - except in areas where they are eaten. Fortunately I don't have a problem in my garden but I have contingency measures and if any decide to pop along and say hello they won't come back in a hurry.

Cat owners are a lot less responsible than most dog owners who at least clean up after their dogs.

Person_one

Georgiegirl256

It isn't just cats who !!!! in people's gardens....today we had next doors dog jump over and !!!! in our back garden. I don't mind as such, as it's a lovely dog, but what annoys me, is the owners, they hardly take their dogs (they have two), for any walks anymore, and just open the back door for them to go into their back garden.

We have a cat, but he doesn't go out until he's been to the loo, it's called being a responsible pet owner.

But as someone else has touched upon already, there are different laws regarding cats and dogs. Cats are independent creatures, you can't follow them round all day with a poopa scoopa.

Also, we get it OP, you hate cats, you've said, but your tone almost sounds threatening, like you would do something to the animals if they don't stop coming into your garden....you've got dogs yourself....call yourself an animal lover. I mean, my Mam doesn't particularly like them, but she'd never do anything to harm them.

Beetlemama

The problem is, we don't want to harm them, we don't want them here in the first place, they are not our pets!

We love our pets, we groom them, bath them, feed them and walk them, we put them on a lead in public and don't let them worry wildlife, we pick up after them, both in our own gardens and in public and we expect other owners to do the same. A cat is no more a free spirit than a dog, it's just less trainable.

My dog is insured if she damages something, forbidden and prevented from invading or damaging someone else's property, and I am wholly responsible for her, the buck stops with me.

If cat owners felt and acted the same, we wouldn't have problems with them.

My vegetable garden is fenced off, even if I leave the gate open the dogs know that they aren't allowed in there, they sit by the open gate waiting for me to come back. Meanwhile, I'm cussing up a storm having just put my hand in someone's cat !!!! in my carefully tended seed bed.

We just ask that the cat people keep their animals in their gardens the way we do.