Neighbours cat fouling our garden

Pixie5740

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

But how would you propose that the owners keep them in the garden? As a cat owner I would prefer my cats stayed in my garden so they are safe and don't get hit by a car. Unfortunately they have this ability to climb and jump which makes them impossible to contain unless they are kept indoors 24 7 which is cruel. The only option is for people to make their gardens unattractive to cats if they do not want cats in their garden as cat owners can do sod all to prevent their cats leaving the garden

It's not impossible to keep your cat in your garden. I know a few people who've done it successfully.

When they first get the cat/kitten they put fishing line a few inches above the garden fences. When the cat tries to jump the fence it hits the fishing line and falls back into the garden. After a while the cats stop trying to get out the garden.

You're happy because your cat isn't indoors 24 hours a day and the neighbours are happy because they aren't dealing with your cat's poo. It's a win win. :beer:

ACG

High fences?
High fences with some sort of (but not) barbed wire/sharp objects would prevent them from wanting to climb.

What about ring fencing?

Im sure it can be done.

arbroath_lass

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

But how would you propose that the owners keep them in the garden? As a cat owner I would prefer my cats stayed in my garden so they are safe and don't get hit by a car. Unfortunately they have this ability to climb and jump which makes them impossible to contain unless they are kept indoors 24 7 which is cruel. The only option is for people to make their gardens unattractive to cats if they do not want cats in their garden as cat owners can do sod all to prevent their cats leaving the garden

Cat proof fencing http://www.protectapuss.co.uk/


Lots of other versions available just google.

Davesnave

Apart from the ideas already shown, there's electrified fencing, but we're talking dissuasion here, not absolute containment, so I'd still look at ultrasonics as a first step.

haras_nosirrah

So if you made it that your own cats can't escape, how do you prevent other cats or animals getting in. Otherwise you would end up with either a bloodbath or everyone else's cats trapped in your garden as well.

prowla

Davesnave wrote: »

Apart from the ideas already shown, there's electrified fencing, but we're talking dissuasion here, not absolute containment, so I'd still look at ultrasonics as a first step.

220V - that should do the trick!

woodworm001

arbroath_lass wrote: »

Cat proof fencing http://www.protectapuss.co.uk/


Lots of other versions available just google.

My next door neighbour has something like this and it does work, though it can be expensive if you have a large garden. Our cats can't get in either.

It does look a bit like Alcatraz though.

Loopy28

Cats don't generally poo in their own garden, they poo elsewhere. I have three cats and am quite aware they poo in others gardens but what can an owner realistically do?

The best way to stop getting cat poo in your garden is to get a cat yourself. Cats generally don't poo on another cats territory.

Other than that a light water pistol is a humane way to deter them, cats have good memories! A quick squirt with a water pistol won't hurt them but it will make them think twice!

lessonlearned

Cats are territorial, so use this as your "weapon"

Fill one Or more plastic bottles with water. Plant them at strategic places in the offending areas.

Cats see their own reflection and think it's another cat and they will be scared off.

Pixie5740

Loopy28 wrote: »

Cats don't generally poo in their own garden, they poo elsewhere. I have three cats and am quite aware they poo in others gardens but what can an owner realistically do?

The best way to stop getting cat poo in your garden is to get a cat yourself. Cats generally don't poo on another cats territory.

Other than that a light water pistol is a humane way to deter them, cats have good memories! A quick squirt with a water pistol won't hurt them but it will make them think twice!

Realistically an owner could try some of the methods outlined above to keep their cat(s) in their own garden rather than just shrug their shoulders and tell people to get their own cat.

I don't like cats, except for big cats, so I wouldn't ever get one unless I could have a cheetah which I can't because cheetahs are wild animals and endangered.

Domestic cats are a huge threat to local wildlife. An Australian friend of mine told me that down under cats have a 9pm curfew and that it's perfectly legal to shoot a cat if you see it out and about after 9pm. I'm not advocating that as it's cruel but I bet cat owners would suddenly find ways of keeping the cats in their own gardens and not out roaming the streets at night if there was a really possibility that little Felix was going to get an air pellet in the bum.