Neighbours cat fouling our garden

System

Plant lemon balm plants. There is a Scardy Cat plant which my Nanan has two of and it has eradicated the cats. Her bungalow is on the corner of an group of properties, plus one of the sides of the garden looks onto a green area and cats used to climb the fence and did their business. Even putting the rubber spikes on top of the fence didn't work.

One of my friends does this after reading a tip in a magazine and it works, On areas where the cat(s) do their business, chuck a used teabag with a few drops of Olbas Oil.

Gordon_Hose

TopQuark wrote: »

Oh get over yourself. People without children have to pander to those, like you, who do - all the time. I'm thinking especially in the workplace when it comes to holidays and sick kids etc. Most people have to accommodate the life choices of those around us to a greater or lesser extent, especially when their impacts are difficult to control. So why not join the realms of civilised society and acknowledge this.

You can realistically no more control your kid getting sick than a cat owner can control the movements of their cat.

Get over myself, why?

No one panders to my children. Plus they don't jump over the neighbours fence to take a dump.

None of my 8 colleagues I work with are ever affected by my children being sick. I have a leave allowance of 32 days a year to use how I like, just the same as colleagues with no children.

Happygreen

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Plant lemon balm plants. There is a Scardy Cat plant which my Nanan has two of and it has eradicated the cats. Her bungalow is on the corner of an group of properties, plus one of the sides of the garden looks onto a green area and cats used to climb the fence and did their business. Even putting the rubber spikes on top of the fence didn't work.

One of my friends does this after reading a tip in a magazine and it works, On areas where the cat(s) do their business, chuck a used teabag with a few drops of Olbas Oil.

That's useful - and you can make tea out of it that's good for the nerves :rotfl:
To be honest, my cat goes in her litter tray and I wish she'd go out and go in (my) garden....I also don't take offence if my neighbour's cat comes over and I find evidence (except in the fenced off veg plot). But I get very upset if the other neighbour's dog roams free and sets off giant turds on my property. Dogs should not roam free but cats do.
It's hard if you don't like certain things your neighbour does or you have to put up with a cat (or dogs!) and you hate them. I really hope that some measures offered here will do the job for you.

dorothyjeffery

cats hate the smell of Jeyes Fluid. put some containers around the edge of the garden with it in, and the cats wont come.

Davesnave

dorothyjeffery wrote: »

cats hate the smell of Jeyes Fluid. put some containers around the edge of the garden with it in, and the cats wont come.

The smell of Jeyes fluid might not exactly endear you to neighbours either, unless they have fond memories of time spent in public toilets when coal tar products were in vogue.

mrs_sparrow

prowla wrote: »

I'm happy chasing them off like that, and it's nothing compared to what they do if they catch a bird or a mouse (cats are nasty, vicious animals).

But you would not like to have a mouse problem?

Cats do keep vermin under control and, without them, there would be far more issues with rats and mice. On the flip side, there might be a snake problem instead though, as they are attracted by the mice - and adders can pack quite a bite to an adult, let alone a toddler.

Yes, birds do get caught as well though, this is why they have a few babies, as now all of them survive, but you can say this about all kinds of wildlife, if people did not keep cats as pets there would still be feral or wild cats and these would cause far more issues than pet cats.

The circle we have now, works. Someone mentioned that there is a curfew for cats in Australia - this is one place that has the most dangerous toads, snakes and spiders in the world. They also have HUGE issues with mouse infestations in some areas And people are concerned about cats.....???

My husband used to go to a sugar plant in his job, he said that there used to be a huge pile of unrefined sugar and it was always running alive with rats - who pee and poo as they run. I assume you do not eat sugar if you are worried about a little cat poo.

Do you also wash your lawn to clear away the rat wee that has been left behind during the night...??? Rats carry far more diseases than cats. I know we have rats here as I can see the holes they use, however, until a few months back when the dog noticed something running up the side garden, I have never seen one - I just saw the tail disappear. My cat, dogs and the neighbours cats are clearly doing a rubbish job!!!!

mrs_sparrow

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Get over myself, why?

No one panders to my children. Plus they don't jump over the neighbours fence to take a dump.

None of my 8 colleagues I work with are ever affected by my children being sick. I have a leave allowance of 32 days a year to use how I like, just the same as colleagues with no children.

Then maybe now is the time to consider yourself very lucky that you do not have a child with a disability or long term sickness that means you need time off work. Or that your wife/partner is on call 24/7 to deal with that sickness and they do not bother you with it at work.

If your child is ever in hospital, and you are still working - someone has to be with that child. I am not sure what kind of kudos you require because you would prefer to be at work than with a sick child. Or would you take the time off and let your childless colleagues deal with your work. Oh, I will take holiday you say, but imagine it is month 11 and you have used or your 32 days holiday. What will you do then?

Or will never happen to your family?

mrs_sparrow

Davesnave wrote: »

I don't recall saying that they had a monopoly, though in towns and cities, where most people live, many natural predators are sadly lacking.

Living in the countryside, I have the predators you mention visiting or living here, some of which leave some massive poos marking their territory, but it's all part of life's rich tapestry!

I bet there are more predators than you think, but there would certainly be more rat problems if there were fewer cats.

Fox poo is horrible, LOL. And horses, their riders let them poo everywhere, on the path down the road there is a 'pat' that is 18 inches across by 12 inches high, I am not sure what size horse left that but it is HUGE and the horse owners do not have to clear up their poo either. Think yourself lucky you do not live near bridleways, a little cat poo would be the least of your worries.

mrs_sparrow

Pont wrote: »

So wrong on so many levels!

If my kids are sick I would not expect them to puke over my neighbours garden fence. My kids are my responsibility - they do not have the 'right to roam', they have no right to enter our neighbours garden, nor to dig up our neighbours flowers, nor to c&#p in our neighbours begonias!

Furthermore, I would not expect my neighbours to pick up the tab for 'kid-proofing' their gardens against my 'nuisance'.

Sometimes I find the arrogance of some cat owners exasperating.:(

There are a few parents that could take note of this advice. There are plenty of kids 'left to roam' sadly and no-one does anything about it.

Happygreen

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

Then maybe now is the time to consider yourself very lucky that you do not have a child with a disability or long term sickness that means you need time off work. Or that your wife/partner is on call 24/7 to deal with that sickness and they do not bother you with it at work.

If your child is ever in hospital, and you are still working - someone has to be with that child. I am not sure what kind of kudos you require because you would prefer to be at work than with a sick child. Or would you take the time off and let your childless colleagues deal with your work. Oh, I will take holiday you say, but imagine it is month 11 and you have used or your 32 days holiday. What will you do then?

Or will never happen to your family?

do remind me, what does this have to do with the neighbour's cat?