Cat poo in the street

prowla

I sympathise with them - having to clean up someone else's cat poo.

If I were them I'd install a motion-activated sprinkler system or invest in a super-soaker.

In my case I managed to persuade some cats not to use my garden as their convenience my running out at them like a madman any time I saw one there.

TBagpuss

MalMonroe said:

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.

Most cats will bury or try to bury, but it isn't easy to bury on grass.
Ideally, the neighbour would use some form f deerrant, if you think your cat might be one of the culprits you could try buying some 'get off my garden' or equivalent and leave it on his doorstep with a note to request that he make use of it rather than throwing faeces into the street. If you are on speaking terms you could also suggest tha he used fresh orange or grapefruit rind which is a cheap alternative (assuming you eat citrus fruit anyway!) - normally you only need to use a deterrant for a relatively short period to get the cat to change their habits - i've used this method to train mine to use the aeas of my garden that I want them to use,rather than the parts I don't.

But other than that, contacting the council about his dumping waste from his property onto the sreet is the way to go. 

Is there any change that any of it is due to foxes or headgehogs rather than cats? They don't either of them normally bury their waste and both can be pretty stinky. 

strawb_shortcake

As a non cat owner I find cats mighty annoying. They either go to the toilet on my lawn and don't bury it so we tend to walk the lawn before mowing as there will always be at least one deposit. 

Or more frustratingly cats go in my flower beds and in burying it they dig up my flowers and plants. I'm really fed up of the times I've spent trying to make my beds look nice only to have it destroyed by cats.

We try to deter the cats by scaring them off, deterrents either have no affect or are expensive trial and error more so for us given the size of our garden. 
I choose not to have pets in part due to the cost, so having to then pay out due to others pets is another annoyance.

I will never have a cat due to having no control over where the cat decides to designate it's toilet.

martin1976

It was buried, it's all been located and dug out of the soil or leaves covering it (it's under a big bush), and then all chucked directly onto the footpath.