Etiquette over cat sh*t

[Archie_tect]

Our back grass is regularly covered in hedgehog faeces.... they are completely unbothered....

 

[User482]

Clearly you've such a limited understanding of the English language that I'll have to make this really really simple for you. Under the law, dogs must be controlled, lest they cause a danger or harm to people/property, which is why when a stray dog craps in your garden you can, under law do something about it, even if it's just prosecute the owner for trespass.

I do take my responsibility very seriously, I feed my cat a diet that is suitable to its kind, treat it in a way suitable to its kind, and allow it to have a suitable surrounding and area for to roam, with such stimulation and environment to allow it to behave in away natural to it's semi domesticated nature.
Cats do not present the same risk of danger or harm, so cats are not, under the rule of law, able to commit the offences that dogs can and do. So cats are free to roam where as dogs are not. If dogs were free to roam there would be a whole lot more s*** in your garden than there is now.
Until a year ago I was a non-cat owner, and unlike several people here, I have accepted that cats will crap in my garden, as will badgers and foxes, and other urban/semi wild animals, and I, being the one gives a s*** about the state of my garden and having a young child, I would have to clean up their mess. Now no one is bitching about foxes crap, or badger crapping and not even covering it up. Cats are animals that are allowed legally to roam, so like birds and other animals there is nothing that needs to be, or can be done.
Apply Rule#5.

Your cat is not a wild animal. It is a pet that you refuse to take responsibility for. How very selfish.

 

[Archie_tect]

Time to accept you disagree.
.... SQUIRREL!!

 

[pauldavid]

We no longer suffer the problem of cat poo in our garden although we once did.


My son has a reasonably powerful catapult which I bought him and he is very keen on target practice.

These two facts may or may not be related, either way I begrudge cleaning up after other peoples pets. And for the record not all cats are the clean saintly animals some owners make them out to be.

 

[Cyclopathic]

If you put a litter tray in your garden at least the problem will be localised. If you're having to clean it up anyway you may as well make life easier for yourself and run less risk of a nasty surprise when weeding.

 

[Velo711]

A Catapult? Does he put the Cat in it?, or just shoot at a moving target? At least there are some viable solutions on this thread.
Cruelty, isn't one of them. As a pet owner, I am and should be responsible for my pets actions.

 

[pauldavid]

A Catapult? Does he put the Cat in it?, or just shoot at a moving target? At least there are some viable solutions on this thread.
Cruelty, isn't one of them. As a pet owner, I am and should be responsible for my pets actions.

Shots at moving target.

We had to restrict ourselves to a catapult, he's probably a little young for a gun.

 

[Archie_tect]

My mates cat just flicks a few blades of grass over it's piles.

You've watched it?? That's not normal....

 

[Arch]

Mum has just cleared a patch of earth, and wanted to put some twiggy bits in to discourage cats. NT has obliged with something I think would discourage a horse!

 

[MarkF]

You've watched it?? That's not normal....

This, from somebody who knows what hedgehog faeces looks like.

 

[Archie_tect]

That's different.... *cough*

 

[Gromit]

Dog turd is worse than cat crap. Especially when some kind thoughtful dog own has wrapped it in a bag and flung it in a tree. Ever had maggots drop on your head from a dog crap bag because the owner couldn't bother to dispose of it correctly? Not pleasant.

Whilst working as a ranger I have had to confront these thoughtless dog owners, I just got abuse. Nothing worse than a s**t filled bag.

We are getting kittens in a few weeks. We are hoping to toilet train them. We have netted off the back yard, to keep other cats out and ours in.