Neighbours cat fouling our garden

adouglasmhor

condoghost wrote: »

And what has that got to do with anything. They're not your flower beds. The flower beds are there for them to do with them as they please. They are not there for the cat owner's cat to foul and mess as they please.

It has to do with her because it is far comment within a public forum on a practice I find criminally irresponsible. Even without cat poo, there are serious health risks for vulnerable people like children in dug over soil. Who would let child risk tetanus unless they were negligent in the extreme?

adouglasmhor

itch_for_a_glitch wrote: »

Is that true ?

News.

Thanks.

In Queensland and the Northern Territory that I know of, the post the angry one was replying to was about an Australian law.

J_i_m

I am faintly amused that this thread is still going, and still causing this level of bickering. I don't know why but I think I may have said something similar some pages ago (no I'm not checking).

I think we all need to step back for some perspective here, but mind where you step

adouglasmhor

domcastro wrote: »

It's better for the male's health , if they're circumcised so not sure what your point is there (and Muslims circumcise too) You need to look up about STDS, cancer and HIV and circumcision. But you seem to have gone off topic.

And looking on the bright side, if we all have guns, we can shoot the cats

Pretty much disproven about the role in control of the spread of most STD's now, http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/STD/vanhowe6/

makeyourdaddyproud

Pause for thought here:

Thorny rose shrubs like Rugosa keep cats away guaranteed. At pruning time, cut the canes into 1in thorny sections and dispose of them on the beds. Cats won't walk on areas that will hurt their paws.

There is a product called Silent Roar, but I think it's been reformulated by HSE jobsworths.

lxpeanut

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

There is a product called Silent Roar, but I think it's been reformulated by HSE jobsworths.

It doesnt work. Why would a domestic cat descended mostly for European wild cats have any fear of Lions? Better to get some litter thats been used by a domestic cat (preferable a large tom) and put piles of that around where the cats go.

makeyourdaddyproud

lxpeanut wrote: »

It doesnt work. Why would a domestic cat descended mostly for European wild cats have any fear of Lions? Better to get some litter thats been used by a domestic cat (preferable a large tom) and put piles of that around where the cats go.

I've never tried it, but indeed reviews are mixed - with it seemingly only effective if piled on, thus making it a costly trial. But I agree...

EmmyLou30

After using a sonic scarer which only worked on a few of the cats (and mysteriously got snapped off it's pole overnight one night and we haven't been able to use it since), I thought I'd try coctail sticks in the ground. This seems to have worked 99% effectively. Ok so I look like a nutter to passers by with a flower bed full of small sticks but at least I'm not out on a daily basis picking up at least 2 piles of poop. Not sure how we're going to tackle the problem out back as sticks clearly won't be a solution on the lawn, but that's a problem I'll deal with at a later date! I think the earlier suggestion of the water spray on a sensor would work.

I do think cat owners should train their cats to use their trays, put spikes on their boundary fences to contain their pet and do everything possible to stop their moggies messing on other peoples property. I don't own a cat and shouldn't have to fork out £50 on sonic devices to scare them off and shouldn't have to spend my spare time cleaning my garden of poop.

My parents own a cat and he only uses his tray, no neighbour has ever had any in their garden. New neighbours move in with a cat and now everyone in the street is complaining about the poop but they at least know my parents cat of 15 years isn't responsible for it!

westernpromise

domcastro wrote: »

It's better for the male's health , if they're circumcised so not sure what your point is there (and Muslims circumcise too) You need to look up about STDS, cancer and HIV and circumcision. But you seem to have gone off topic.

And looking on the bright side, if we all have guns, we can shoot the cats

I understand that circumcised men get more BJs too.

Just saying like.

westernpromise

lxpeanut wrote: »

It doesnt work. Why would a domestic cat descended mostly for European wild cats have any fear of Lions? Better to get some litter thats been used by a domestic cat (preferable a large tom) and put piles of that around where the cats go.

So the solution to the garden being full of cat poo is to fill it with cat poo?

I can't help thinking you may have missed the wider point here.

Still, you have to love it when a thread about cat cack covers such fertile ground (see what I did there?) as circumcision, STDs and Americans' alleged need for psychiatric support when buying shoes.

Americans once had an actor as president too - tsuh!!