New bird table and audience of cats !

Snuggles

leveller2911 wrote: »

The only reason they are allowed to roam free is down to irresponsible owners

Actually it's not. There is no law which states that a cat must be kept under control, as is the case with other domestic animals / livestock. If you feel so strongly about it, lobby your MP for a change in the law.

leveller2911 wrote: »

its just that dog owners (on the whole) are responsible people.

If only that were true. Behind me I have a neighbour with two dogs which are allowed to yap in the garden from 6am until midnight. No attempt is made to quieten them no matter what time it is or how long it goes on for. Next door to them has a dog which howls pitifully and loudly all day while the owner is out. Across the street is a woman who lets her dogs out in the street. She has no control of them, and they cause mayhem barking and growling through fences at other dogs in their gardens, disturbing the whole street. One of her dogs often craps in my garden. Yes it's annoying, and I think she's irresponsible, but I pick up the crap and get on with my day, without getting hysterical about it or making plans to kidnap, poison, or shoot the dog.

Feral_Moon

theonlywayisup wrote: »

A pump action water pistol filled with orange squash. It's lovely and sticky and won't do them any harm. <awaits cat lover brigade>

Why orange squash when just plain water will suffice? Unless you want to attract ants and wasps to your garden. Personally I'd much rather have the cats lol

merrydance

I have owned cats in the past and in my experience they have always buried their poo - unlike dogs. That is nothing against dogs I like them too.

custardy

merrydance wrote: »

I have owned cats in the past and in my experience they have always buried their poo - unlike dogs. That is nothing against dogs I like them too.

Well your experience doesnt match what I find in my garden.

GwylimT

merrydance wrote: »

I have owned cats in the past and in my experience they have always buried their poo - unlike dogs. That is nothing against dogs I like them too.

Yes they do, the only reason a cat doesn't bury is when they are scared off before they have time.

Our neighbours were moaning about our cat pooing in their garden (despite the fact that our cat doesn't leave our property) it was poo on the soil and lawn, so I said it would be very unusual for a cat not to bury its wee or poo. It turned out to be a fox going on the lawn, which ended the regular flings of poo over the fence to splatter on our kitchen window and the lillies thrown over to try and kill her!

merrydance

Yes my cats used to go in my garden and they used to take ages after a wee or poo to make sure it was buried and no scent was left. Then another 10 minutes cleaning themselves up. Very clean animals. I hated it when they brought in dead prey though, it does decrease as they get older. But they are animals right?

custardy

GwylimT wrote: »

Yes they do, the only reason a cat doesn't bury is when they are scared off before they have time.

Our neighbours were moaning about our cat pooing in their garden (despite the fact that our cat doesn't leave our property) it was poo on the soil and lawn, so I said it would be very unusual for a cat not to bury its wee or poo. It turned out to be a fox going on the lawn, which ended the regular flings of poo over the fence to splatter on our kitchen window and the lillies thrown over to try and kill her!

obviously my fault for disturbing the little darlings.
I shall tell my son to take getting it on his shoes etc as punshment.

glasgowdan

Here's a question for pet owners who make no attempt to stop their animals messing up people's property...

If your neighbour's child ran through your garden once a week and left poo in your flower beds, what would you do about it? Would you hold any respect for your neighbours at all?

Seriously... Would you just let it continue?

Snuggles

glasgowdan wrote: »

Here's a question for pet owners who make no attempt to stop their animals messing up people's property...

If your neighbour's child ran through your garden once a week and left poo in your flower beds, what would you do about it? Would you hold any respect for your neighbours at all?

Seriously... Would you just let it continue?

No, I would kidnap the child and dump it somewhere far from home. Or I would poison it or shoot at it. Nothing wrong with that eh?

Feral_Moon

merrydance wrote: »

I have owned cats in the past and in my experience they have always buried their poo - unlike dogs. That is nothing against dogs I like them too.

Exactly! You don't get cats C rapping on footpaths and pavements!

And these people missing about cats c rapping in their garden, if they can see it then it's likely to be hedgehog or fox poo. They don't bury their poo and are quite happy to leave it strewn all over your lovely lawn. Cats are more secretive and will hide/bury their poo. Only keen gardeners are likely to come across it before it decomposes.