How do you stop cats crapping in your garden?

[Craterloads]

I love cats

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

I love cats

Me too but I can't eat a whole one

 

[estebanrey]

The difference is that cats and dogs are meat eaters - their faeces is very different to that of say, herbivores like horses or cows, and can contain parasites and other bacterial nasties.

Are you saying herbivor poop doesn't contain bacteria?

A quick Google search shows you can compost cat and doggie dos so it can't be that dangerous.

Besides, human poo is probably more dangerous than both so better stop having children and changing nappies then.

 

[C.R.A.Z.Y]

The difference is that cats and dogs are meat eaters - their faeces is very different to that of say, herbivores like horses or cows, and can contain parasites and other bacterial nasties.

This is why we teach children the importance of basic hygiene and the need to wash ones hands after playing outside and always before you eat!

You're just as likely to get ill from Fox, Badger, pigeon, Rat ...etc feces and there's not much you can do about that unless you somehow eradicate all the wildlife in your neighbourhood!!

 

[Narj]

Are you saying herbivor poop doesn't contain bacteria?

A quick Google search shows you can compost cat and doggie dos so it can't be that dangerous.

Besides, human poo is probably more dangerous than both so better stop having children and changing nappies then.

No, just that Cat/Dog poo is well known to harbour nasty stuff and is not good around children. A quick google turns up:

Toxoplasmosis is usually caught from cats – the only animal in which the parasite can mature and sexually reproduce.

Plus there's the obvious worms etc... Also, I've not yet had a problem with humans jumping into my garden and defecating on the lawn. Dog owners are obliged to tidy up after their pets if they defecate in public places (although sadly many neglect this).

I don't know why cat owners are getting so uptight. Having a neighbour's cat or cats crapping constantly on your garden can drive you absolutely mental. Cat owners generally don't see it as a problem as their pets rarely do their business in their own back yard. If people can't grasp the concept of their pet's behaviour causing distress and/or inconvenience to their neighbours then that speaks volumes tbh.

BTW, LOL at this: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/Pets/Question875943.html

FWIW I don't mind cats, but I do mind them using my property as a toilet so have had to invest time and money into making my garden cat-unfriendly to keep them out.

 

[lurkio]

Ok here is my cat poop storys (Iam a cat owner but cat is indoors)

At the start of the year I got new neighbours .... with 4 cats

Fast forward to March when I start cutting the front lawn again ...... cat poop every where
I lost count at about 30+ turds , each on which was chucked straight back into his garden .....
waited a week and still more were deposited.
So I then begin to toss then right in front of his porch , result , he asks" is there a cat poop problem?" ,
I go yep your 4 cats are carping all over my lawn.
He got some spray stuff to spray around edges of garden and he dug up a 1m square of his front garden
to give them a toilet , works pretty good no more poop in my garden.

Which Iam glad , otherwise in another week , it was going to be returned via his letter box

 

[dasyad]

Ok here is my cat poop storys (Iam a cat owner but cat is indoors)

At the start of the year I got new neighbours .... with 4 cats

Fast forward to March when I start cutting the front lawn again ...... cat poop every where
I lost count at about 30+ turds , each on which was chucked straight back into his garden .....
waited a week and still more were deposited.
So I then begin to toss then right in front of his porch , result , he asks" is there a cat poop problem?" ,
I go yep your 4 cats are carping all over my lawn.
He got some spray stuff to spray around edges of garden and he dug up a 1m square of his front garden
to give them a toilet , works pretty good no more poop in my garden.

Which Iam glad , otherwise in another week , it was going to be returned via his letter box

Why didn't you just skip all the nonsense and just talk to him about it in the first place

 

[estebanrey]

No, just that Cat/Dog poo is well known to harbour nasty stuff and is not good around children. A quick google turns up:

Plus there's the obvious worms etc... Also, I've not yet had a problem with humans jumping into my garden and defecating on the lawn. Also, dog owners are obliged to tidy up after their pets if they defecate in public places (although sadly many neglect this).

I never claimed a human would jump in your garden and do a poo, my point was that children often poo themselves. Leave a toddler on his own for an hour or two and he'd probably be rubbing the stuff on his face so this idea that the instant contact with poo is made your child is going to suffer an horrific illness and die is silly.

As someone said earlier as long as you given your child the basic rules of cleaning your hands after playing in the garden and not eating poo I don't really see the problem.

Too many parents would rather everyone else adjusted the world to fit rather than bothering to teach their own children common sense.

I grew up in the 80s before any laws existed that required dog owners to clear up their mess and must have stepped in or played near tonnes of the stuff in my local park when I was small but I'm still here and don't ever recall being admitted to hospital with dysentery.

I don't know why cat owners are getting so uptight. Having a neighbour's cat or cats crapping constantly on your garden can drive you absolutely mental.

Maybe so but is it the common problem that some cat haters here are making it out to be?

This perception that cats will happily sit out in the open do a poo and then not bury it like a dog is not a common experience for anyone with cats. Other than humans it's probably the only animal that takes some precautions to deal with it's waste products and you still want to have a pop.

 

[lurkio]

Why didn't you just skip all the nonsense and just talk to him about it in the first place

Guy works nights and is never around when Iam about

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Can I just say to all the people suggesting you kill cats please, please don't do that to my cats as I have no wish to spend the rest of my life locked up



As mentioned water pistol/hose pipe, cats do learn and will remember.

 

[dasyad]

Guy works nights and is never around when Iam about

Never heard of a letter?

 

[Scuzi]

I never claimed a human would jump in your garden and do a poo, my point was that children often poo themselves. Leave a toddler on his own for an hour or two and he'd probably be rubbing the stuff on his face so this idea that the instant contact with poo is made your child is going to suffer an horrific illness and die is silly.

As someone said earlier as long as you given your child the basic rules of cleaning your hands after playing in the garden and not eating poo I don't really see the problem.

Too many parents would rather everyone else adjusted the world to fit rather than bothering to teach their own children common sense.

I grew up in the 80s before any laws existed that required dog owners to clear up their mess and must have stepped in or played near tonnes of the stuff in my local park when I was small but I'm still here and don't ever recall being admitted to hospital with dysentery.

At what point does it become okay for a pet owner to abdicate all responsibility for their pet taking a **** in a neighbours garden regularly? Allowing your animal, be it a dog, cat, alpaca or whatever to **** in another person's garden on a regular basis and to test the extremes of logic to justify it is ridiculous and irresponsible.

If my dog got out and crapped in the neighbours garden, I'd be over there ASAP with a bag to lift it and I'd apologise to the person for the inconvenience. If I was emotionally challenged enough to own a cat, I'd do the same.

There is no justification for taking no action when an unhappy neighbour approaches you about your animal defecating in their garden. It is irresponsible.

 

[Narj]

This perception that cats will happily sit out in the open do a poo and then not bury it like a dog is not a common experience for anyone with cats. Other than humans it's probably the only animal that takes some precautions to deal with it's waste products and you still want to have a pop.

If they poo on the lawn then they are typically unable to bury it because of the grass being in the way. It's not a common experience for people with cats because they either use litter trays or as previously mentioned, don't see where their animals do their business.

I've seen next door's cat quite happily **** on my lawn and saunter off. Thankfully a few sprays with water, a sonic device and finally spikes on the fencing eventually drove him (and the others) away.

 

[estebanrey]

At what point does it become okay for a pet owner to abdicate all responsibility for their pet taking a **** in a neighbours garden regularly?

When common sense is applied to the law. You still seem to be under the illusion that cats can somehow be trained like a dog or told off like a child.

The only way you could stop all cats pooing in other people's gardens would be to ban cats and eradicate them from Britain.

Allowing your animal, be it a dog, cat, alpaca or whatever to **** in another person's garden on a regular basis and to test the extremes of logic to justify it is ridiculous and irresponsible.

There you go again, "allowing"? It's not a child, you aren't allowing it to do anything.

If my dog got out and crapped in the neighbours garden, I'd be over there ASAP with a bag to lift it and I'd apologise to the person for the inconvenience. If I was emotionally challenged enough to own a cat, I'd do the same.

Ahh you're a dog owner, now it makes sense. Why don't you just be honest and admit you're just narked that the law requires you clear up after your dog and if you have to do it, why should cat owners?

But again, I remember the time when dog owners weren't required to do so, there were no little red boxes in parks and I can tell you dog owners almost never cleared up after their dogs back then. A big steaming dog turd in the middle of the pavement was a regular sight and I don't doubt had the law not changed you would be letting your pooch poo everywhere too.

But again, you can't compare a dog poo with cat poo. Dogs tend to be bigger and thus produce a pile of the stuff (a cat's is more like a 99 flake) and they don't care where they do it and make no effort to bury it afterwards. If your dog came and did a **** in my garden the chances are it would easily visible and smelly. A cat may go in your bushes and then bury it under a small amount of earth meaning you are unlikely to ever know it's there.

There is no justification for taking no action when an unhappy neighbour approaches you about your animal defecating in their garden. It is irresponsible.

But what 'action' do you suggest? Keeping them inside all day so they become a mangled fur ball with a broken spirit? Build garden fences so high you breach local planning laws?

It's all very well saying "well I think cat owners should be responsible" but you're yet to formulate a workable solution.

 

[Narj]

But what 'action' do you suggest? Keeping them inside all day so they become a mangled fur ball with a broken spirit? Build garden fences so high you breach local planning laws?

It's all very well saying "well I think cat owners should be responsible" but you're yet to formulate a workable solution.

Dig out and prepare a suitable area of your own garden that encourages your cat(s) to use your own property as a toilet. Seems to have worked in the thread I posted a link to.

 

[estebanrey]

If they poo on the lawn then they are typically unable to bury it because of the grass being in the way. It's not a common experience for people with cats because they either use litter trays or as previously mentioned, don't see where their animals do their business.

Not true, Of all the cats I've had only one of them have I never seen do their business in my garden (that's not to say they don't do it elsewhere too but I do see them go to toilet on our land) and I've never owned nor seen a cat do a poo in the middle of a freshly cut lawn.

Maybe you had one once and are now extrapolating what you saw as 'general cat behaviour' but it's clearly not.

 

[estebanrey]

Dig out and prepare a suitable area of your own garden that encourages your cat(s) to use your own property as a toilet. Seems to have worked in the thread I posted a link to.

Or you can teach them to do this....

 

[Narj]

Not true, Of all the cats I've had only one of them have I never seen do their business in my garden (that's not to say they don't do it elsewhere too but I do see them go to toilet on our land) and I've never owned nor seen a cat do a poo in the middle of a freshly cut lawn.

Maybe you had one once and are now extrapolating what you saw as 'general cat behaviour' but it's clearly not.

I have no borders in my garden, just patio and a lawn, so I presume that in the absence of borders, the cats believe that the lawn is the most suitable location for dropping a log. I've never seen them do their business on the patio but the lawn is certainly something they didn't shy away from.

Amusing how defensive you are being, as if we're all making it up.

 

[Scuzi]

When common sense is applied to the law. You still seem to be under the illusion that cats can somehow be trained like a dog or told off like a child.

The only way you could stop all cats pooing in other people's gardens would be to ban cats and eradicate them from Britain.

There you go again, "allowing"? It's not a child, you aren't allowing it to do anything.

There are plenty of options available, a popular one, as mentioned above, being to prepare an area in your own garden for your cat to **** in.

Ahh you're a dog owner, now it makes sense. Why don't you just be honest and admit you're just narked that the law requires you clear up after your dog and if you have to do it, why should cat owners?

What does me owning a dog have to do with anything? I'm not narked about the law, I'm a responsible person. Whether there is a law or not, I pick up my dog's **** so others don't have to step in it or be bothered by it. I do this because I treat others in a manner that I would like to be treated in.

But again, I remember the time when dog owners weren't required to do so, there were no little red boxes in parks and I can tell you dog owners almost never cleared up after their dogs back then. A big steaming dog turd in the middle of the pavement was a regular sight and I don't doubt had the law not changed you would be letting your pooch poo everywhere too.

You cannot tar everyone with the same brush. Do all dog owners act in the same manner? Just like all black people like fried chicken and all white people have sex with their siblings, eh?

But again, you can't compare a dog poo with cat poo. Dogs tend to be bigger and thus produce a pile of the stuff (a cat's is more like a 99 flake) and they don't care where they do it and make no effort to bury it afterwards. If your dog came and did a **** in my garden the chances are it would easily visible and smelly. A cat may go in your bushes and then bury it under a small amount of earth meaning you are unlikely to ever know it's there.

If you're going to use the excuse that cat faeces is harmless to humans, please provide evidence to support such a statement. Burying their **** can cause more problems than if it were left out visible. Burying it doesn't make it go away, it makes it more difficult to see and avoid. Many cats don't bury their **** and leave it out in the open, so it's a pathetic excuse anyway.

But what 'action' do you suggest? Keeping them inside all day so they become a mangled fur ball with a broken spirit? Build garden fences so high you breach local planning laws?

It's all very well saying "well I think cat owners should be responsible" but you're yet to formulate a workable solution.

Be a responsible adult and do some research. There are options, as mentioned in this thread, to encourage your cats to **** on your own property.

Stonewalling concerned neighbours and making excuses for your cat will only serve to irritate them and will aggrivate the situation. It also perpetuates the image of irresponsibility and overall weirdness that some can hold for cat lovers.

 

[Reemul]

Concrete over the garden, end of problem.