How do you stop cats crapping in your garden?

dowie · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:47

LOL - what exactly have you explained re: posting the town you live in?

Are you always such an angry individual?

kilohawk · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:57

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Don't use those cat scarer sensor things which produce a high pitched noise, it's highly inconsiderate to those of us who can hear them

They annoy the carp out of me!!

Use 'strategically' place mouse traps instead, this worked for a friend of mine

bitslice · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:57

God, I hate talking to thick people, it physically makes my skin crawl.
If there is one thing in life I'm eternally grateful for, it's going to Uni so I could get away from freaky people like you.

PM

Skeptic · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:59

Systematically poo in every inch of your garden, then they will have no room.

dowie · 11 Jun 2012 at 23:59

It only requires a quick explanation really - you posted your vague location in the thread because....

Unicorn · 12 Jun 2012 at 00:11

Shoot it with this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_baton_round
Won't kill it but you won't see it again

Ham · 12 Jun 2012 at 00:39

We had a regular visitor to our garden who would just sit on the fence/shed and cause my dogs to go mad, usually late at night when all my neighbours were in bed.
I spotted him one night before my dogs so i shut them in and calmly went for the hosepipe while the cat just stared at me. My shot with the hose was worthy of an action replay, and the cat fell off the fence and in to the garden backing on to my house (it's about a ten-foot drop, though cats always land on their feet, right?).

This was around six months ago and I haven't seen it in the garden since, though I have seen him in the street so fortunately he didn't get impaled on a bamboo cane or similar after the hose incident.

Scuzi · 12 Jun 2012 at 01:44

bitslice said:
No, the same applies to any animal killed for giggles, what makes you think cats are so special.

Cats aren't special. Their owners are special. You're a perfect example.

^TANK^ · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:04

RazrLite said:
Maybe the cat owner cam come clean it up - It's a disgusting thing & can all sorts of health problem.

Cats generally bury their poop! I come a cross plenty of horse **** and dog **** when I'm out and about rambling and thats pretty disgusting.

Scuzi said:
LOL at the butthurt cat lover bitslice.

Scuzi said:
Cats aren't special. Their owners are special. You're a perfect example.

Grow up Scuzi you sound like a ****ing child. :rolleyes:

Scuzi · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:21

^TANK^ said:
Cats generally bury their poop! I come a cross plenty of horse **** and dog **** when I'm out and about rambling and thats pretty disgusting.

Burying it doesn't make it go away, just like burying one's head in the sand and laying the blame on everyone but the cat owners doesn't make the problem of ****ting cats go away. It makes it harder to detect, meaning when you go to work on your garden you get a nasty surprise when you step in it or shove your hand in it.

^TANK^ said:
Grow up Scuzi you sound like a ****ing child.

Yes, of course, and bitslice comes across as an intelligent and reasonable pillar of the community. There's no need to get your knickers in a twist.

^TANK^ · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:29

Scuzi said:
Burying it doesn't make it go away, just like burying one's head in the sand and laying the blame on everyone but the cat owners doesn't make the problem of ****ting cats go away. It makes it harder to detect, meaning when you go to work on your garden you get a nasty surprise when you step in it or shove your hand in it.

Jesus Christ its only cat ****, its hardly the end of the world is it. You make it sound like its a bloody IED.

EyepodI · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:30

Let nature run its course. Too much I see people treat their animals like they are their children.

Leave puppy outside a few times at night, train it to hate cats if necessary. Job done.

Scuzi · 12 Jun 2012 at 02:45

^TANK^ said:
Jesus Christ its only cat ****, its hardly the end of the world is it. You make it sound like its a bloody IED.

It's not the end of the world, no, but it's not nice when it happens on a regular basis. How would you like it if an animal regularly defecated in a part of your garden you regularly worked on? How would you feel if you had a young child who played in that part of the garden and risked coming into contact with it?

I'm guessing by the tone of your post that you are a cat owner. If so, it goes to prove my point that some cat owners will aggressively defend their own inaction to the very end to justify being an irresponsible pet owner. Yes, that is a generalisation and probably doesn't reflect all cat owners, but it has been my experience, unfortunately.

I don't hate cats, I think they are quite cool creatures. I hate the fact that they constantly defecate in my garden and I hate the fact that their owners cast off their responsibility and become aggressive and defensive when asked to do something about it.

But I don't lose any sleep over it.

Minxy · 12 Jun 2012 at 07:55

Our neighbourhood is full of cats and our front lawn is regularly used as a toilet. It's never buried, just kindly left on top for our mower to catch or to be trod in. I've even taken to returning the poo to the local cat owners on occasion. Let them have it on their doorstep, not mine and if its not worth fussing over then they won't mind will they.

BunnyKillBot · 12 Jun 2012 at 09:33

11th Jun 2012, 23:11

craarc said:
cats are tantamount to vermin imo they jump on my cars and ruin the paint shoot them hate them with a passion

No responses, no replies

11th Jun 2012, 23:31

craarc said:
its still legal to shoot cats for fur in some EU countries.. i beleive.

however you can still shoot as long as you dont kill in others ..

they are a pain in the butt ... and there are many means to stop them .. pesky critters...

No responses, no replies

Its funny because this troll came back 20 minutes later after not a single fishy nibbled his baited line. I nominate for worst troll ever award.

bitslice · 12 Jun 2012 at 09:48

Scuzi said:
Yes, of course, and bitslice comes across as an intelligent and reasonable pillar of the community. There's no need to get your knickers in a twist.

You actually know squat about me scuzi or what I contribute to other forums. I guess I don't have the same godly level of tolerance for weird people that you do.
Speaking out against people who think killing animals is funny is wrong is it? Sort your value system out scuzi. Keying someone's car gets more of a reaction in here.

I'm also quite happy that my animals don't cause a nuisance to others because I have to empty their litter trays every day. Living next door to a known cat poisoner makes you pretty careful.

Robbo · 12 Jun 2012 at 09:49

Well, reading through this thread has changed my view of a few people on this forum. Disappointing really, I thought some of you had more intelligence. Hurting animals isn't funny or 'cool'.

BunnyKillBot said:
Its funny because this troll came back 20 minutes later after not a single fishy nibbled his baited line. I nominate for worst troll ever award.

He's not just a troll either, he's obviously a little bit special as well.

mattyg · 12 Jun 2012 at 10:37

Have you checked the poo. Crush it and check its consistency. If its dry and soily then chances are its a hedgehog. If its soft and squishy then it may be a cat

estebanrey · 12 Jun 2012 at 10:48

Scuzi said:
Burying it doesn't make it go away, just like burying one's head in the sand and laying the blame on everyone but the cat owners doesn't make the problem of ****ting cats go away. It makes it harder to detect, meaning when you go to work on your garden you get a nasty surprise when you step in it or shove your hand in it.

Scuzi said:
It's not the end of the world, no, but it's not nice when it happens on a regular basis. How would you like it if an animal regularly defecated in a part of your garden you regularly worked on? How would you feel if you had a young child who played in that part of the garden and risked coming into contact with it?

Oh yes because gardening otherwise involves no contact with animal waste products does it, it's not like gardeners use compost which is full of **** and p*ss is it? Do you ensure your child avoids compost too?

You better not take your kid to a farm either, it's full of the stuff.

:rolleyes:

Narj · 12 Jun 2012 at 11:40

estebanrey said:
Oh yes because gardening otherwise involves no contact with animal waste products does it, it's not like gardeners use compost which is full of **** and p*ss is it? Do you ensure your child avoids compost too?

You better not take your kid to a farm either, it's full of the stuff.

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.