Ruddy inconsiderate cat owners...

tbz_ck · 29 Jun 2007 at 16:35

CrimsonAvenger said:
Is this still going on ????

15 pages of too-ing and fro-ing

The responses in this thread are bordering on the fanatic !

vincent1989 · 29 Jun 2007 at 16:39

tbz_ck said:
15 pages of too-ing and fro-ing

The responses in this thread are bordering on the fanatic !

15! you must be a woman as you don't have a mansized page count of 6

WoZZeR · 29 Jun 2007 at 16:44

VIRII said:
But its owner knows better, its owner knows it is dumping somewhere, its owner is aware that his neighbours are having to deal with his cats crap....... Would they also know that it is NOT OK to allow their cat to dump in their neighbours gardens.................

Once again you are jumping to conclusions, you are assuming, quite incorrectly that a cat pooping in somebody elses garden is always wrong. I'm pretty sure a large number of people don't give a damn about cats pooping in their garden, and if that's the case then it can't possibly be a problem. So the owner isn't aware that somebody else is having to clean up their cat poop, if the people who are fed up with it knock on the door and mention it then something can be done.

This has to be the longest thread ever about cat poo.

Reeve · 29 Jun 2007 at 17:04

this is worse than a muslim thread

VIRII · 29 Jun 2007 at 19:44

iCraig said:
It's in a cats nature to climb. If it wants out of your garden, it will find a way. Small gaps, up a tree, over your back door/garage etc.

Don't have one then.

VIRII · 29 Jun 2007 at 19:45

WoZZeR said:
Once again you are jumping to conclusions, you are assuming, quite incorrectly that a cat pooping in somebody elses garden is always wrong. I'm pretty sure a large number of people don't give a damn about cats pooping in their garden, and if that's the case then it can't possibly be a problem. So the owner isn't aware that somebody else is having to clean up their cat poop, if the people who are fed up with it knock on the door and mention it then something can be done.

This has to be the longest thread ever about cat poo.

If the people cleaning up the crap can't identify who the owner is then how do they knock on the door. Just because they can't find who to complain to doesn't mean they are happy about it. That would be you jumping to conclusions again.

cleanbluesky · 29 Jun 2007 at 19:58

Reeve said:
this is worse than a muslim thread

We earlier discovered that cats ARE Muslims

WoZZeR · 29 Jun 2007 at 19:59

We're going round in circles, as I have said before, if folks find the poop troublesome they will most likely try to find out who the culprit is, by asking neighbours etc. In all my years nobody has ever asked about my cats pooping habits, am I to assume they all think it's way out of order even though nobody has raised any objections. If so, where does it all end.

Of course they may post on an internet forum seeking sympathy instead, perhaps even calling people selfish homosexual chavs or something similar.

the-void · 29 Jun 2007 at 20:53

WoZZeR said:
In all my years nobody has ever asked about my cats pooping habits, am I to assume they all think it's way out of order even though nobody has raised any objections. If so, where does it all end.

Explain to me how exactly I am to find out who the owners of the cats are? What do you expect me to do, sit around and follow them all day? :rolleyes:

What really makes you inconsiderate is that you actually believe that because no-one has complained personally to you that you assume people are happy to clean up your cats crap from their garden. I have no doubt in my mind there would be quite a few local people whose lawn your cat craps on who would love to put you straight about how overjoyed they are about cleaning your pets mess up.

You're unbelievably conceited to assume your cats actions are not causing any problems for your neighbours.

WoZZeR · 29 Jun 2007 at 21:10

How do I know they are either cleaning my cats mess up or my cats are pooping in their gardens in the first place if the neighbours can't be bothered to get off their backsides and ask me whether I have a cat or not.

Oh, and do me a favour dude, I haven't insulted you at all in this thread, it's not my style, so give it a miss eh?

stinka · 29 Jun 2007 at 21:15

havn't bothered reading this thread but im allergic to cats and i hate them

my dog owns

this is all i have to say on this matter

the-void · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:12

WoZZeR said:
How do I know they are either cleaning my cats mess up or my cats are pooping in their gardens in the first place if the neighbours can't be bothered to get off their backsides and ask me whether I have a cat or not.

Unless your cat can use a toilet where do you think it does its business. And you wonder why I say you're conceited? It's always someone else's responsibility isn't it. Never yours.

VIRII · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:14

cleanbluesky said:
We earlier discovered that cats ARE Muslims

Can't be, I like cats!

VIRII · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:15

WoZZeR said:
How do I know they are either cleaning my cats mess up or my cats are pooping in their gardens in the first place if the neighbours can't be bothered to get off their backsides and ask me whether I have a cat or not.

Oh, and do me a favour dude, I haven't insulted you at all in this thread, it's not my style, so give it a miss eh?

So you expect your neighbours to stay up all night and then tail the cat back to your house for allegedly up to 5 miles?
Do you really?

WoZZeR · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:32

the-void said:
Unless your cat can use a toilet where do you think it does its business. And you wonder why I say you're conceited? It's always someone else's responsibility isn't it. Never yours.

Nope, if you flick through my most recent posts you will see that I am happy to accept responsibility for my cats toilet habits if it is causing distress. However, as I have repeatedly said I can not assume my cats toilet habits are causing distress, If I make that assumption and none of my neighbours actually care whether my cat poops in their garden or not, then I am curtailing my cats freedom for no reason at all, not everybody is all that bothered by cat poop.

Anyway, I'm not intelligent enough to defend myself from the allegation of conceit, so I accept it. I am selfish and conceited, I am sorry.

Jet · 29 Jun 2007 at 22:47

It's very annoying for us. We get little piles every week. I have no idea who's cat it is and nothing we do stops it happening.

It damages the lawn as well if you don't clean it up quickly. In my opinion these cat owners are very inconsiderate and if they can't control where it poops then they shouldn't have one.

WoZZeR · 29 Jun 2007 at 23:23

I agree, a cat owner who is aware that their cat is causing an inconvenience to somebody else and fails to help tackle the problem is inconsiderate. My point is that if you are unaware that your cat is causing an inconvenience then it's not inconsiderate, after all, to all intents and purposes it could well be using it's owners garden as a toilet, mine do, I have no near neighbours.

Likewise, is it inconsiderate if your cat poops in another garden belonging to someone who doesn't mind cats pooping in their garden? or your cat poops in someone elses garden and they don't know since they seldom use the garden?

If I considerately asked all my neighbours (assuming their presence) whether my cat pooped in their garden I could well be held liable for hundreds of cat poops a day, or I could be met with a shrug of the shoulders. In the case of the former, is a cat owner who is expected to clean up unidentified cat poops being treated inconsiderately?