Cat poo in the street

martin1976

Hi.

My neighbour has taken it upon himself to start collecting the cat poo from his front garden and throwing it over the wall onto the pavement in front of the houses rather than putting it in the bin.

As you can imagine, this is disgusting and is making a right mess.  

I have 4 cats myself, so maybe some of this is from my cats, but there are also more cats on the street. Is this illegal in the same way as letting a dog foul the street and not clearing it up?

I appreciate he isn't throwing it over my side, but it's not really right to chuck it into the street!

sevenhills

It may be illegal, but not picking up after your dog is specific to dogs.
He is throwing his garden waste on the pavement, not something that you are allowed to do.
Will he get bored of doing it?

martin1976

God knows. It's really rank though!

I might contact the council.

_Penny_Dreadful

As one of the cat owners why don’t you go and pick it up? 

HampshireH

I always feel really sorry for people whose garden is used as a toilet by other people's pets.....and yes I know the arguement cats are aloud to roam/do as they please etc.

It's still disgusting doing your garden and having to pick up cat poo first. (As a dog owner who routinely picks up  everytime after the dog)

But. That doesn't give this person the right to throw it into the street and creating what could be an environmental issue of in large quantities.

I would suggest a phone call to your local environmental health team for guidance. If they deem it to be an issue you could provide more detail such as location/make a complaint 

martin1976

Thanks for the comments.

_Penny_Dreadful said:

As one of the cat owners why don’t you go and pick it up? 

I can't see it in the front garden next door, I didn't even realise it was there until it ended up all over the street.

HampshireH said:

I always feel really sorry for people whose garden is used as a toilet by other people's pets.....and yes I know the arguement cats are aloud to roam/do as they please etc.

It's still disgusting doing your garden and having to pick up cat poo first. (As a dog owner who routinely picks up  everytime after the dog)

But. That doesn't give this person the right to throw it into the street and creating what could be an environmental issue of in large quantities.

I would suggest a phone call to your local environmental health team for guidance. If they deem it to be an issue you could provide more detail such as location/make a complaint 

Yeah I do understand. I've had it before in my back garden, but I picked it up and put it in the bin rather than throwing it around everywhere. It's not only my cat though. Can't help thinking that by leaving it there the cat is unlikely to go back as they don't like to go where it's smelly.

_Penny_Dreadful

martin1976 said:

Thanks for the comments.

_Penny_Dreadful said:

As one of the cat owners why don’t you go and pick it up? 

I can't see it in the front garden next door, I didn't even realise it was there until it ended up all over the street.

HampshireH said:

I always feel really sorry for people whose garden is used as a toilet by other people's pets.....and yes I know the arguement cats are aloud to roam/do as they please etc.

It's still disgusting doing your garden and having to pick up cat poo first. (As a dog owner who routinely picks up  everytime after the dog)

But. That doesn't give this person the right to throw it into the street and creating what could be an environmental issue of in large quantities.

I would suggest a phone call to your local environmental health team for guidance. If they deem it to be an issue you could provide more detail such as location/make a complaint 

Yeah I do understand. I've had it before in my back garden, but I picked it up and put it in the bin rather than throwing it around everywhere. It's not only my cat though. Can't help thinking that by leaving it there the cat is unlikely to go back as they don't like to go where it's smelly.

Well you can see it now so if it bothers you that much go and pick it up.

You have a cat so you don't mind touching cat poo.  Your neighbour presumably has neither a cat nor a dog so isn't used to picking up animal faeces.  I was retching the whole time I had to pick up and bin next-door's cat's lawn sausage that it laid right in the middle of the grass.  Even thinking about it now gives me the dry boak.  Cats may no like going where it is smelly and I am equally sure your neighbour doesn't want a garden that reeks of cat poo.

Silvertabby

As a cat owner (or is that the other way round?) I do sympathise.  My furbabe is an indoor girl with her own  en-suite, so I know she's not the culprit when our next door neighbour moans about cat poo in her garden.

My two previous girls had supervised access to our own back garden, but even they would run back into the house to use their own facilities when they needed to.  Divas liked their privacy!

So, not all cats are to blame.  Several remedies are available out there.  Some work better than others, but neighbour is now using 'Get off my garden' , which are little green jelly globules.  They don't look or smell offensive to humans, but cats hate the citrussy smell - and they do seem to be working.  She bought them from our local garden centre, but Amazon and the like also stock them.

MalMonroe

Neighbours like yours are a big pain in the bum. If he knows the people who own cats, why doesn't he just say something? I adore cats - our last cat was an indoor one so we had no problems - in fact some neighbours weren't even aware that we had a cat. 

In a childish way, I'd want to scoop up the poo and chuck it back in his garden but of course I do realise that would be just as bad, if not worse, than his behaviour. 

Thinking sensibly, I'd also be inclined to contact the council about him.

I've always thought that cats buried what they did anyway. There's a stray cat who visits us and nobody ever finds any of his deposits anywhere. My neighbour also has a cat - never seen anything from her either. 

As Silvertabby says, there are deterrents but your neighbour chooses to act in that very British way of not confronting a problem, instead preferring to solve it in his own way. Unfortunately for him, his way is not really acceptable.

KxMx

Cats usually do bury but not always.
I once thought someone was letting their dog go on grass lawn, and not picking up, until I saw the cat responsible do the deed one day! 
Added to which, sometimes it's difficult to tell by size between small dog and large cat poop.

diystarter7

Hi

Contact the coucil and a friendly letter may be a heads up for them that people are on to them.

Thanks