[Closed] Owning Cats with bombers

Have you spoken to the owner ?? I would keep a squirty water bottle handy if you see them, and give them a kick and yell if you catch them. They can learn.

(And I have a Cat, who is under strict instructions not to crap in the neighbours gardens and I have given them full permission for above if she does)

It's owners. There are numerous folk who own said miaowing gits.

(And I have a Cat, who is under strict instructions not to crap in the neighbours gardens and I have given them full permission for above if she does)

😆 I think a super soaker and a ghilli suit is needed 😀

My upstairs neighbour is grudgingly grateful. Before we arrived about 10 cats used to frequent the area. My cat monitors any incursions with routine patrols and owns a significant chunk of territory, so only one cat to deal with.

I'd Super Soaker a neighbour's cat if it came in our garden ! During the early battles they used to gang up on her so I had to pitch in.

Unlikely to be a cat cr@pping on tarmac, they usually like to make an attempt to bury it

Probably a dog. Own the noisy ****er

hels, seriously? Have a word with the owner? Do the owners say to the cat "stop carping on his lawn you naughty cat you"?

I have the same problem, multiple cats messing up my lawn, IME giving the cats a soaking/chasing them away does not make a difference

IME giving the cats a soaking/chasing them away does not make a difference

Maybe, but it can be quite fun.

A big dog that chases silently is good for discouraging the pests. He sportingly barks at the last minute so that a life gets used up in terror.

Amongst other things I have tried covering my slate chipped drive in bleach. My neighbours didn't mind as apparetnly 'Sooty' looks real cute with white booties.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

When we first got our car (from a rescue home), there were quite a few cats in the area who had decided our garden was 'their' territory.

Our cat is a bit of a rubbish fighter - her tail goes puffy, she stares & then gets her butt kicked.
So, in the interest of helping her settle in, I would leg it outside every time I saw another cat in our garden & hurl a glass of water at it (I'd keep hold of the glass). I didn't often get them (very) wet, but they did seem to learn that 'the crazy man will come out of the house if I go there' and stopped coming into the garden after a while.

I'm not sure what talking to the neighbours will achieve, short of warning them that if you see their cat in your garden it's liable to get a soaking.

As has been said, it's unlikely to be a cat, as cats prefer to bury their crap, and unless your neighbours have some kind of super-moggy they're unlikely to be able to dig through tarmac.

I'd suggest that it's either dog or fox crap.

[i]Not sure if bombers or poison is the answer???[/i]

having had my cat poisoned by some idiot this year I don't really find that funny, 5 days of failing kidneys then put down because the damage is irreversible.

as someone said cat's don't crap on tarmac so you're most likely wrong and just the neighbourhood freak who walks about the place flinging jobbies and muttering to themself

Considered a gilly suit and air rifle but oh so many people would complain about that

So anyone got a non-lethal sensible (ie not buying our own faeces producing animal to chase away the neighbours) for keeping cats out? Next year our little one will be wanting to play out in the garden and I don't want to have to mine sweep everytime. oh and in my case its definitley cats, I seen 'em, plus dogs and foxes have difficulty vaulting the 7' fence.

Yes, have a word with the owner. I assume you have witnessed said moggy ? I would rather somebody spoke to me about my Cat, and I have managed to (er mostly) stop her crapping in neighbours nice freshly dug garden patch. By yelling at her when I see her, as does the nieghbour. Not perfect but we are getting there.

However I doubt it is a Cat on the tarmac, they like freshly dug well tended patches of earth, hence disdaining my garden. They have to bury it and all that.

P.S just read your post - the kids should do it, my Cat is more child phobic than I am !

crap on the floor is the biggest worry of your life!! FFS man up

Lion poo on the driveway ought to sort it... Cat poo is a statement of size, health and status so obtaining big cat cack will scare the critters away.

Otherwise, a super soaker is humane provided you explain yourself to your neighbour.

Has monkeychild said it's a tarmac drive?

Cat's crap on slate drives. They don't always bury it. It's not a fox or the neighbourhood loon. It's a frickin cat! I don't wish harm on anything but.... to all the cat owners who have the fun of stroking a cuddling up with their 'lovely' pet. Someone, somewhere is probably picking up it's shit for no reward. Occasionally they're treading that very same shit on to their new carpets, or getting into their car for work to that wonderous aroma.

If your cat comes home looking a little drenched or appears to have developed an irrational fear of coming anywhere near your house. Don't blame me. Just feel lucky that it wasn't hung drawn and quartered in the moments before I've had my morning caffine hit.

any big cat poo will do the trick, ive tried puma poo and it doesnt work, strange how such a large animal is classed as a small cat :/

the main problem is how do I find out who the cats belongs to?

I'm still interested as to how an owner stops their cat fouling my garden if I patiently explain my concerns to them (and they care) I'm not having a go hels, genuinley want to know how you would train a cat, but have to say I'm quite sceptical/dubious.

I have a gravel driveway.

crap on the floor is the biggest worry of your life!! FFS man up

My cat comes in to use his litter tray for crapping, but then he is fahken awesome!

My old cat used to crap down drains 😆

Unlikely to be a cat cr@pping on tarmac, they usually like to make an attempt to bury it

Agreed

I have the same problem, multiple cats messing up my lawn

Cats usually dont crap on lawns either, they crap in the dirt where they can bury it.

Unlikely to be a cat cr@pping on tarmac, they usually like to make an attempt to bury it

Agreed

I have the same problem, multiple cats messing up my lawn

Cats usually dont crap on lawns either, they crap in the dirt where they can bury it.

I must be hallucinating then as i regularly catch the neighbours cats laying cables on the drive, patio & lawn. Either that or cats in my area have really let their standards slip!

Unlikely to be a cat cr@pping on tarmac, they usually like to make an attempt to bury it

Cat owner by any chance?

The hoard of cats round out way only attempt to bury about 50% of the time IME. And then only on freshly dug soil. The rest of the time they just crap on the grass and the patio.

Cats usually dont crap on lawns either

Can't believe I'm justifying myself to someone on the t'interweb regarding pet crap on my lawn 🙄

I don't think you can own cats with bombers - unless they're the orange Z1's.

Actually come to think of it - what about citrus repellants?

What forks for scaring off felines?

It's funny how cat owners are so blind to the foul habits of their little menaces..

'Ahwww, Miske Teeddles, wuudd nwever do somefing so disgustining, would you pumpkin, no you wouldn't, awww, come here and lick me with you [s]portable ass cleaner[/s] tongue...'

Cat's shit pretty much wherever the hell they like. FACT.

believe me it's cats

I believe you. Cat owners (Not all, granted) seem to think their pets are lovely clean fluffy litte things that bury a tiny bit of sweet smelling crap where nobody ever notices or will ever mind.

WRONG.

When they do bury it, they dig up freshly dug soil (Where you've just put some seedlings in for example) and their crap kills plants as well. And if you are gardening, it's not nice to put your hand in it either.
When we first moved into out present house there was a small pile of leves in a corner of the patio. From under that and the patio in general I removed about a level shovelful of cat mess.
They carried on doing it, but we keep shooing them away and now they just crap on the grass further from the house.

I have nothing against cats, but a lot of the owners need to get them using litter trays. It can be done, fairly easily too. But why have a litter tray when you're too idle to be bothered with it becasue you can turf the cat out to crap in other peoples gardens?

Cat do crap on lawns and drives, bloody things. I have a cat and it does most of its logging in its tray. Next doors however.....
I used to lob shoes at next doors cats at the bottom of the garden, usually shifted them!

Maybe the cat doesn't like you and is having a dirty protest? Have you ever thought that may be the case?

my cats use litter trays but they still go outside to hunt and play - they don't crap outside. just throw water on them to get shot of any pest cats, poisoning is a step too far so i hope those are really shit jokes

The thing to bear in mind is, cats are classified as "free range animals", unlike dogs for example. So legally there is nothing you can do, other than deterr them by any reasonable means.

Is bleach reasonable?

why don't you try - hopefully you will get arrested for being an animal killing ****

Bloody cats. They crap wherever they like and ruin the freshly-planted items in our garden.

Apparently sponge soaked in gravy is irresistible to them and it proceeds to swell while travelling through their digestive system causing a lack of life. I don't condone this in any way, but have always kept that trinket of knowledge safe, in case someone that owns a cat severely pees me off...

Well when raked through the slate drive, it certainly disinfects the area and the smell was considerably improved.

I'm not sure I can get arrested for cleaning my drive, can I?

There's a wide range of cat-repellents available at your friendly local garden centre. Why not try one or two of those first? You'll need to visit somewhere like that for poison anyway. Also, you'll probably upset someone who loves their pet very much if you kill it, and that would be sad.

Whilst we're on the subject of pet-crap, I have to point out that at least cats don't leave their faeces to stew in small poly bags. Sometimes its months before some unsuspecting mug finds it whilst clearing up rubbish. You even find them hanging from trees. I'm still confused as to how our local dogs manage to do that...

[url= http://www.rspca.org.uk/utilities/contactus ]I really hope some of the comments on here are twisted jokes and wont actually be acted upon.[/url]

my cats use litter trays but they still go outside to hunt and play - they don't crap outside. just throw water on them to get shot of any pest cats, poisoning is a step too far so i hope those are really shit jokes

See? There are responsible cat owners who do undertand. Well done. 🙂

I agree with your last point too. I would never want to harm a cat in any way. I don't even like chucking water at them really.

My little lad plays in the garden, so I don't fancy him playing in pooh

clean it up then its hardly the end of the world, that or go live on an island with not cats.

clean it up then its hardly the end of the world

Point = missed

True, but why should he HAVE TO? Surely the cat's owner should be doing that, like dog owners (should) do? No?

Which part of 'cleaning other people's cat shit is not much fun' do cat owners not understand?

There's a wide range of cat-repellents available at your friendly local garden centre

Which part of 'cleaning other people's cat shit is not much fun' do cat owners not understand?

Dog eggs are a major PITA aswell and not to be over looked but as I don't own a mutt I only have to be on the look out for them when I'm in public places, not my own back yard.

Which part of 'getting a poisoned cat put down is not much fun' do non-cat owners not understand?

Can anybody recommend one? link?

[url= http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cat+repellent ]Here you go[/url]

Dogs are not always a sure fire answer. I have two dogs who are very keen on murdering anything furry that is not a dog. They do not yap just go straight from lolling around to full on pursuit.

There is one cat who is clearly an out and out adrenaline junkie who seems to delight in pushing his luck. Yes it sits on top of the fence where it is safe and scowls at the dogs. They just lay where they are, albeit keeping watch but every few days it feels the need to come and prowl in the garden. This is when things get interesting.

Dog sees cat from its current spot and waits. Cat sees dog and does a double take whilst starting the run for the fence. You have no idea how close it has come to death on multiple occasions.

My biggest fear is having to go and tell the owner that Tiddles is no more. I have mentioned that the cat seems to enjoy pushing its luck but the owner assures me that the dogs will never catch it. Seems to me only a matter of time.

EDIT. dogs only crap in the garden if they are not given the opportunity to do it else where. Of course, proper dog owners pick it all up and put it in bins!

Which part of 'getting a poisoned cat put down is not much fun' do non-cat owners not understand?

That's not happening though, is it? Some big words maybe, but it's never gonna happen. Stop exagerating.

Meanwhile, cat owners ignore the problem and let others clean up after them.

Some of the earlier comments in thread are bordering on breaking forum rules?

i.e [i]No posts which in the opinion of the moderators are solely intended to, or are likely to provoke or abuse any individual or group.[/i]

Yes it sits on top of the fence where it is safe and scowls at the dogs

I love it when cats do this. Thing is, they're clearly more intelligent than dogs. Dogs poo in their own garden and will happily live and roll in crap all day . Cats are clever enough to go and do it elsewhere where someone will clean up after them.

it does though, not exaggerating, not ignoring the fact that some people let their cats crap everywhere either

I love cats and dogs, but you can do as much about a cat crapping in your garden as you can about a bird crapping on your car unless you are intending on physically hurting, injuring or poisoning the animal.

The owner can do nothing either, short of keeping the cat inside, which is in itself an act of cruelty, IMO

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The owner can do nothing either, short of keeping the cat inside,

That's utter rubbish. Cats can be trained to use a litter tray, so get on with it and stop making lame excuses.

Buy some "Get off my garden", if only for the comedy name (the reviews are promising too).

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Garden-Repellent-Crystals-450g/dp/B000LS57O0 ]Amazon link[/url]

So the solution is that a responsible cat owner should go and clean the cat shit off of other peoples drives / lawns etc?

Not do what mine does and offer some sympathy that it used to do it in her garden, until she had a week off and spent the time shooing it away.
Coincidentally this is around the time they started crapping on my drive again!

Seriously.... Cat repellants do not work (except maybe the one that sprays water at them). Previous threads have adivesd soaking teabags in bleach? I cleaned so much crap out of my drive (it's much worse if your cat does bury it) that I did rake a load of bleach through it.

Is this really likely to harm your pussy?

Cats can be trained

FAIL

Actually just thinking about it the repellants, which may or may not work, are likely to be nasty stuff that you wouldn't want children putting their hands in. So bloody useless for family gardens then.....?

organic355 - Member

Cats can be trained

FAIL

How so? Like I said my cat comes in to use the litter tray. That's not instinctive behaviour.

Cats can be trained
FAIL

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How so? Like I said my cat comes in to use the litter tray. That's not instinctive behaviour.

You didnt train it to do that though it does it because it chooses to do so.

What did you do follow it and when it was about to take a dump, grab it, run back home and say "no Mr tiddles, you must do it here"?

Watch this: Moscow Cat Theatre

Cool, the cat is still choosing to do it though, if they weren't getting treats i doubt they would bother.

I bloody hate cats. Why should the little buggers be allowed to wonder around the streets as they please? Dogs cant. What if I got a mountain lion would that be allowed to wonder around at will?

Cool, the cat is still choosing to do it though, if they weren't getting treats i doubt they would bother.

Again, further evidence of the superior intelligence of cats relative to dogs, who do all sorts of daft stuff for no reward whatsoever. 😉

What did you do follow it and when it was about to take a dump, grab it, run back home and say "no Mr tiddles, you must do it here"?

Dogs cant

I doubt typical (domestic) dog would last very long out on its own?

Dogs arent to bright and would probably get hit by a car, they also cant catch, mice, birds, squirrels, rabbits etc to survive.

What if I got a mountain lion would that be allowed to wonder around at will?

There are good reasons that you cant do this, and you know it, its not as though tiddles goes round savaging small children is it?

organic355 - Member

"How so? Like I said my cat comes in to use the litter tray. That's not instinctive behaviour."

You didnt train it to do that though it does it because it chooses to do so.

What did you do follow it and when it was about to take a dump, grab it, run back home and say "no Mr tiddles, you must do it here"?

No, he was trained when he was a kitten when he wasn't allowed out. After food or drink put him in the tray, or caught him when he started scratching somewhere and put him in the tray. If we didn't catch him in time then any accidents went in the tray and made sure that he saw that. Keeping the litter tray clean is important.

D0NK - Member

thats why I'm sceptical it can be done, you can stop it crapping on your lawn but what about everybody elses? How do you train it not do something you never see it do? yes it's possible it only craps in the litter tray at home but I kinda doubt it.

Because I empty the litter tray, can post you a weeks worth of evidence if you'd like?

Oh and telling them off doesn't work unless they're actually mid movemnt.

Why is it every time there is a dog / cat crap thread it always degrades into haters and lovers FFS! Grow up.

I dont hear people moaning about bird of fox cr@p in the garden or threatening to shoot them either.
Thats how it is, deal with it.

A friend with young son and local cat problem sealed their garden up with good chicken wire around the perimeter. This stopped the regulars from using the easy route. This disruption meant new paths had to be adopted. They are now someone else's problem.
This may help with the back garden, front drive sounds like you ought to try the garden centre for a repellent.

they shit all over my garden too, dirty buggers, I don't know what they get fed but some of the turds are huge!

there would be bloody hell to pay if I let my dog crap in other peoples gardens

I love how fired up people get about the potential drenching or kicking of cat when there are millions of other animals in kept in battery farms and killed in slaughter houses every day. I have cats and dogs but if another one did something I didn't approve of I'd give it what for. I rather expect that much of the issues of this threat are to do with the ownership of the animal rather than the actual welfare of it. What's the difference between a pest cat or pest rat other than the cat belongs to someone?

Cats crap to mark territory. They only bury it when they want/need to to reduce their obvious presence to other cats - it's a submissive thing not a cleanliness thing. Big un-neutered toms like to curl one down and leave it to steam in all its glory to mark its patch. If your cat makes a big deal of burying or comes in to dump its because its a woose, not because its trained. Our old girl had a pathological hatred of her litter tray for years and would cross her legs for hours rather than use it. She then got very badly mauled by the local tom (life or deather) and has dumped in her tray ever since. She has realised her place in life and its not on the front line!

You can train them not to come into the area though - that big tom never comes back now after I got busy with some yelling, water and lobbing of logs in its general direction.

Wrong forum for pictures of turds lifer - and not one that I subscibe to I hasten to add 🙂 I didn't say it wasn't possible but that I was sceptical and even with your pics of full litter trays I doubt you can prove your cat didn't have a sly one just to piss off the neighbours.

Oooh I'm very sceptical today aint i?

If your cat makes a big deal of burying or comes in to dump its because its a woose, not because its trained.

😆

Brilliant. Marking territory (spraying or pooing) is done when cats need the reassurance of their scent around them, so completely the opposite actually!

Cats that bury or use the litter tray are happy cats.

How about ones that leave a couple of small wings and a bunch of feathers for you to step on as you stumble bleary eyed into the kitchen for breakfast this morning?

I know this sounds implausible, but...
get a pop bottle, 1 or 2 litre version, take all labels off, fill it with water, put the lid on then put the bottle in the garden that you want to be C@ Sh@ free. Dunno why, but it keeps them away.

It's only marking it's territory.

Go in your garden and piss everywhere...then take a big crap in the middle of your lawn. Now it's your territory again.

True, but why should he HAVE TO? Surely the cat's owner should be doing that, like dog owners (should) do? No?

Get the biggest, most powerful waterpistol you can buy. Shoot them. They won't come back.