Neighbours cat fouling our garden

adouglasmhor

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Why are the grand kids playing on the freshly dug flowerbeds.....?

They are not, how are desicated holly leaves going to know where to stay when the wind gets up?

adouglasmhor

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Your cat can exhibit normal behaviours in your home and garden. If your garden isn't big enough then you shouldn't have a cat. End of.

Many breeds of dogs were bred for hunting yet their owners manage to stop them going out and killing things.

The law doesn't agree with your musings though. End of.

aileth

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Your cat can exhibit normal behaviours in your home and garden. If your garden isn't big enough then you shouldn't have a cat. End of.

Many breeds of dogs were bred for hunting yet their owners manage to stop them going out and killing things.

I'm not sure what the size of your garden has to do with your cat pooing in others. A cat isn't going to jump the fence because your garden is two foot too small for it to poo in.

Our cats poo in our veg patch after being let out, then jump the fence to go straight to the local forest down the road. Their leaving our garden has nothing to do with its size, but all to do with all the small squeaky things down at the forest.

Pixie5740

adouglasmhor wrote: »

The law doesn't agree with your musings though. End of.

Which law? The right to roam is a common misconception and doesn't actually exist in law. Cat owners remain 100% responsible for the actions of their cat, that's the law.

Pixie5740

aileth wrote: »

I'm not sure what the size of your garden has to do with your cat pooing in others. A cat isn't going to jump the fence because your garden is two foot too small for it to poo in.

Our cats poo in our veg patch after being let out, then jump the fence to go straight to the local forest down the road. Their leaving our garden has nothing to do with its size, but all to do with all the small squeaky things down at the forest.

It's already been demonstrated in this post that it is possible to keep your cat in your own home and garden. One poster seems to think this is cruel, possible because they don't have enough space available for their cat to exhibit it's natural behaviour.

Some cat owners seem determined not to take responsibility for their own pets though which is a shame.

aileth

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Which law? The right to roam is a common misconception and doesn't actually exist in law. Cat owners remain 100% responsible for the actions of their cat, that's the law.

The right to roam exists under cats not being covered under certain acts which would restrict the right to roam. However, it doesn't cover a cat damaging property or causing injuries, so if a cat attacked a child and caused injuries then said owner would be 100% responsible. Poo on the other hand is a different matter, and I'm not sure how far you'd get arguing that a cat pooing on your begonias is damage to property.

Pont

Anything I choose to put in my garden is MY property - begonias or anything else. I spent time, effort and money by placing said begonias in MY garden. Hence should a cat c&^p on my begonias - they have damaged my property. Absolutely no different to some child (brat!) stamping over my begonias!

Anyway, to all those who want to keep cats out of their gardens (until this stupid 'right to roam' is addressed), get some cactus spikes off ebay - not a pesky feline has set foot in my garden for 3 years plus.

Btw - I don't grow begonias

Hermoine

I have a cat, and I'm also a passionate gardener, so I know that finding cat poo in the soil isn't much fun.

I make sure that I have soil available in my garden, near to the house, so my cat can use it and feel safe, and I also have a litter tray inside. I'm fairly sure, knowing the cat I currently have, that these measures mean my cat doesn't toilet away from my garden - she's insecure and doesn't go far away. On the same note, she is rarely out at night, and a crap hunter. Since all cats are different, I can't guarantee that the next cat I have will be the same - I will, however do the best I can to mitigate this (including keeping them in at night if they are hunters), but I won't keep my cat indoors fulltime as I think its cruel (and hard to maintain if you live in a small house and spend time outdoors). Catproofing my garden would be impossible, given the nature of my garden - which has a shared footpath between it and the house.

If you're gardening and don't want cats around then I'd suggest putting pea sticks or small branches over and around small plants & seedlings - which will also protect them from pigeons - and won't hurt children playing in the flower beds. Where plants are bigger, I would press down the soil, maybe with your foot, as that will make it less attractive to cats. And, yes, the ultra sound things work pretty well.

If you live anywhere where other people are, there will be stuff that annoys you and impinges on your enjoyment of your garden - small boys will kick footballs into it, adults will let their barbecue smoke drift into it, babies, toddlers and dogs will make a lot of noise next to it. If everyone is both tolerant and respectful of each other's needs, then we'll all manage to rub along...

phoenix_w

I had a cat come onto my garden, and I was repulsed that their thoughtless owners had let them do so - they could have done a poo which would have caused me a minor inconvenience, I would have to put it in the bin along with the odd crisp packet I have to pick up. To stop the feline invasion, I buried land mines everywhere and after the first dozen explosions I find that both cats and the postman avoid my property.

Now I have a hedgehog who vandalises my property, any ideas of what I can do to stop it encroaching on my land? I was thinking about camping out and disposing of it using a rocket propelled grenade launcher. Any ideas where I can pick up some cheap RPG's?

Davesnave

phoenix_w wrote: »

Will we be reading threads where people are advising each other to blow up invading badgers with plastic explosives?

You may be closer to the truth here than you realise, but at least real damage and hardship is involved.