I hate Cat Shit

Thank you for your Letter, addressed to *********, dated 3 May 2004, which has been forwarded to me for action.

Unfortunately, there are no laws or bye-laws under which we can take action against the owners of cats fouling in your garden. In fact, if it became a health issue, action would be taken against yourself to keep your garden clear of such faeces. Cats are considered to be "free spirits" and are unable to be restrained. They are excluded from the definitions of "livestock" under the Animals Act 1971 and cannot be held guilty of trespass under civil laws and their owners, therefore, cannot be liable for any damage caused. In any event, it would be extremely difficult to prove that a specific cat had produced any specific faeces.

The only exception where the local authority may take action would be if a single household kept a large number of cats (more than 12) whereby the premises could be considered to be a cattery or sanctuary or breeding establishment and would require planning consent. Under these circumstances, certain conditions may be applied in order to reduce the risk of the cats straying.

The only advice that we can offer is that cat repellant crystals may be bought from local hardware shops. A cheap deterrant is to place lemonade (or similar) bottles half filled with water (lying on their sides) at various places around your garden as the reflection from the water appears to act as a deterrant to cats.

I am sorry we are unable to assist you further with your problem.

Yours Some Council Person!

Little sh*t Machines
In October of last year, I had my front lawn dug out, (about 12"" down), re-soiled and turfed, at a cost of £150.  The intention was to leave it till spring to let the new lawn bed down properly.  This morning I sharpened my mower and went to give the lawn its first light cut.  Guess what I found?  Yes, you are correct.  I had to spend half-an-hour de-sh!tting the lawn before I could cut it.  Bloody cats.

Does anybody have a viable, effective method of keeping these Little Shit Machines off my lawn?

Posted by: Peter D on 05 March 2010

furry feckers
I have now gone past caring, the only good cat is a dead cat, dont care how or why, then delivered to the neighbours front doorstep complete with an envelope posted through the letter box, full of its sh!te

so, all of you dont delay start today

Posted by: barry on 01 March 2010

catshit
I am in total agreement with all the comments ,the owners don""t give a sh!t,its their cats that do,all in our back garden,some of the comments have made me smile,i love the idea of flinging it back in their garden,pity the neighbours was""nt in it at the time.we was thinking of buying a sprinkler,see if that works,they are constantly sh!tting in our back garden,the lawn has yellow patches all over it now,it has spoilt what lawn we had,we are also contemplating to slab it.its unfair that we have to go to these measures,and cannot have our gardens the way we like it,the owners have no thought,for other people,they want the pests,but we are the ones who have to clean up after them,i must add to this my daughter has a cat and she always burys hers,to my knowledge thats what i thought all cats did,till we moved here,where the neighbours on both sides own cats,we went to the expense of buying a six foot fence,but they still clamber over it,we also put this fence up for privacy,and now the neighbours on both sides are not speaking to us,just shows how pathetic they are,to all cat lovers you should have some consideration and respect for your neighbours,why should we have to tolerate sh!t from your loving pests

Posted by: marilyn on 21 February 2010

Sweet Revenge
My neighbor allows her cat to sh!t all over my garden, she knows it does and complains when I chase it away mid poo.

I heard that cats hate the smell of curry powder so I bought a huge bag of HOT curry powder and used a flour shaker to dust it all over the garden. It works very well, and a day or so ago I was asked by my neighbor to change a lightbulb for her. When I went in, I noticed a distinct whiff of curry. Making a curry I asked , no she said I hate the stuff, where do you think that smell is coming from? I have no idea I chirped do you think it might be the cat? She looked at me strangely as if to say do you know something I don t?

Now thats sweet revenge!

Posted by: Mr Curry on 12 February 2010

CAT ASBOS
The two plonkers who have moved in next door have now bought two cats, that constantly sh!t in out garden. We have very little space and have fence off a small patch so our daughters can have a trampoline. BOB AND MARLEY( can you comprehend anyone calling a animal that) aswell as sh!tting everywhere my husband picked up half a carrier bag full of cat sh!t, they have destroyed the netting on the trampoline so they cannot use that now. The reaction from the owner it is my right to have a cat and yes it is my daughters right to be able to play without going blind or getting sick not to mention £40 for a new net. The owners should br fined like dog owners after all they are fouf legged pets !!! We are seriously talking about getting a dog. its just the sheer disregard for anyone else cat owner who own more than one cat are selfish. What a world when cats take priority over children.

Posted by: julie hartshorn on 08 February 2010

Defending Against Cats

     I couldn’t possibly agree with you more.  I am beyond fed up with cats and their owners.  They’ll try to tell you that it’s “natural” for their foul beasts to murder sweet song birds, but can’t comprehend that it’s also “natural” for my dog to defend his territory against their nasty cats.  A cat hating dog is a pretty good defense, although the nasty things usually wait until he’s in the house so they can come into the yard and excrete all over everything.

     I did get the better of some cats where I used to live.  The place was overrun with the things.  The only way they could make it in to that yard was by jumping up and walking along the top of the privacy fence.  I lined the top of the fence with snap type mouse traps.  It wasn’t long before I heard lots of snapping and lots of yowling as a cat kept trying to jump out of the way of the traps and landing on more.  Then there was a clunk, which must have been Old Filthbag hitting the ground.  The next morning, I reset the traps and put them back up for the next cat.  For a while there, I was resetting and replacing the traps at least once a day.  Occasionally they ran off with the traps, but mouse traps are cheap and I just replaced them.  The down side of this is that all that snapping and yowling interfered with my being able to sleep, since the nasty things usually run around fouling yards at night.

     I also have a cat trap, and have found that salmon flavored cat food seems to work best.  Of course, the trap has to be kept out of sight of the owners, who will trespass on to your property to rescue “pwecious puddytat” from the big, bad cat hater who doesn’t like the little “pwesents” he leaves in her garden.  Of course, they lack the brains to understand that.

     Oh, and telling one cat owner that her little snookums would make a lovely fur collar for my dog worked for nearly a week.

Posted by: Christine on 05 February 2010

damn cat´s and the owner´s
i live in a peaceful street and the neighbpours only had 2 cats they was never a nuisence then new neighbours moved in with 3 cats now the 3 cats keep breaking my garden ornament s and pooping every where so i went next door to the neighbour and she said that it is not her cat and baceuse i said i was going to the council to see what i can do abou the cat s she said she was going to go to the same council to complain about me threatning her when i was not threatning her i was only going to seek advice  

Posted by: steven on 03 February 2010

Insult to injury
I live in a block of four flats for independent living. We are all ill to some degree. We have a shared garden, in which I have a shed. My neighbor s cat recently decided to start using the area at the front of my shed and directly opposite my kitchen window, as it s own private toilet. 

Yesterday, I needed to get some items from my shed and I stepped into a pile of putrid faeces, as I tried to stop myself (too late) I inadvertently trod in another with my other foot. When I washed the stuff off my boots, I wanted to HEAVE and have been gagging all last night and could not sleep.

What really galls me is that I often get a few items of shopping for that neighbour and what do you think is on the list every time?   You guessed it BLOODY CAT FOOD!

Posted by: MIster Blister on 03 February 2010

Keep livestock
you have the right to protect your livestock, the same right farmers and any smallhold landowners have... for example if cat(s) upset your chickens or attack them... then you are allowed to use any appropriate force or method to remove the threats to your livestock. also you get nice fresh eggs everyday ;D

Posted by: katkiller on 31 January 2010

Chasing my chickens
My neighbours bought a cat after I got 3 chickens to free range in my garden, and now the cat comes and chases them. As it is the next door neighbour, I cannot deal with their cat in the way I dealt with a previous threat. I sat waiting in the garden as soon as I had let the chickens out, caught the cat by the tail, and tried to smash its head against a concrete post. Unfortunately I dropped it, but it stayed away for weeks, and is now a rare visitor. Judging by comments on your site, my action was illegal. Time for another petition.

The lady who built a huge cage in her garden has the right idea. Cat owners who have valuable breeding stock do not let them roam.

Posted by: Diane Gledhill(adressees wife) on 28 January 2010

Cat Prevention League
The problem is cat owners not cats. It s the same with dogs - owners letting dogs sh!t everywhere gives dog owners a bad name and who hasn t been unlucky enough to tread in a load of dog sh!t at some point? Isn t it about time a national pet licence was introduced? Say, £100 per animal? The licence fee could be used to help recoup the cost of cleaning up all the sh!t their owners leave behind in public areas and to educate cat & dog owners on the significant health risks posed by letting their animals crap everywhere. This might make owners think twice about letting their cats sh!t all over the place. It would also deter those who aren t responsible or not that interested in pets from buying cats or dogs in the first place. And it fits the ""polluter pays"" principle. Just a thought.

Good cat deterrents:

CDs - these can work, but need to be positioned very carefully so that glare etc doesn t bother neighbours. Also they do look a bit odd scattered all over the garden.

Bayer Catapult spray - effective if you remove all previous fouling BUT it dissolves in water (a bit of a problem given how much it rains in the UK) and has to be continually re-applied, so works out to be expensive in my experience.

Chilli flakes - sprinkle these round the base of favoutite plants and in flower beds - cats won t foul there and if they try to they ll get a shock. Again, frequent re-application is needed after rain.

Water/hoses/high-power water pistols - all work, but you ve really got to soak the cat(s) and you ve also got to watch the garden all day and all night - not feasible for most people unless you want to start living outside like Ray Mears.

Lillies - these may work but I guess you would need to put them all the way around the garden - there were quite a few in my garden when I moved in and they don t seem to bother the local cats one bit.

In 90% of cases a combination of sprays, chilli flakes and water should work - but if you are overrun you might need to be a lot more inventive, as cats are devious animals. And no, a dog won t work as the cats will just find a fence post or shed roof to sit on while they torment the dog, which will result in your neighbours complaining about the noise (I know because it happened to me when I had a dog).

At all costs avoid putting fine gravel or tree bark down in your garden - the cats love it, and by putting it down you are turning your garden into a cat sh!tting heaven.

Good luck people.

mykp says:
cheers for that kris

Posted by: kristofferson on 27 January 2010

Shooting Gallery!
I landscaped my garden especially for my 18 month old girl to enjoy, not for my neighbours cats to dump on.

Being the person I am, (Ex forces, 6 4"", 20 stone, bad temper), I chose to cut out the time & expence wasted on scaring them off & go for a more direct approach.

The upside of this is the exercise I get running up the stairs, the precision of quietly loading my rifle in the dark & the satisfaction of becoming one hell of a marksman!

There s not so much to shoot at these days & the garden looks fine.

Pitty!

Posted by: Nathan on 27 January 2010

mulch with rocks!
I had a similar problem -- a colony of feral cats living just outside my window, and intruding onto my terrace to use the potted plants as litter.     This may be too expensive a solution for a larger garden, but I put rocks (round ""river rocks"", small marble chips from the local nursery, and shells I d found) as mulch.   This keeps the plants hydrated (prevents drying out, while letting water in) but more to the point, cats simply will not poop on rocks.  They need to scratch first - it s instinctual.

Saved me a lot of grief! 

Posted by: Samantha Corral on 27 December 2009

chinese takeaway
great web site.im just an ordinary bloke.work hard and have a nice house.i did have a nice garden until it was turned into a sh!thouse.i have lost some expensive plants due to cat piss.my front garden stinks of piss.my fat neighbours cat(who also is fat)sh!ts all over the place.there are two other cats that are having sh!tting contests in my garden but so far havent tracked down their homes.

my air rifle isnt powerfull enough to despatch them so befriending them is the best way and then going for a drive.

i love animals.i work on a farm, so animal welfare is top of the list. but when normal people cant go into their gardens or let their kids play without going on a cat sh!t recce first.we are forced to take action.the other night i was awoke by some demonic noise coming from the front garden,only to find out it was woody taking a sh!t on some other cats patch.they had a good old punch up and left after sh!tting and pissing everwhere.

cat owners can lick my spuds....

ps.woody will shortly be going awol.

Posted by: dave on 14 December 2009

nooooooooooooooo more cat poo in my carport and adjoining outbuilding
I stumbled on your site whilst looking for a cat deterant

im going out of my mind ,i have a glass what suppose to be a sun room at the end of my carport so it has no door

i keep my sewing machines in there

i put some carpet down and made it cosy but now when i go out there i just want to vomit

the carpets covered in piles of poo must pluck up courage and go and move it yuk

i think the 5 cats from next door are just laughing at me

they started using my porch so i covered the floor in holly ha ha that kept them out but now they are punishing me and doing it every where else

every day we have to clear the mess up we throw it back but i suppose we will get in trouble for fouling the stupid cat lovers path

Posted by: julie on 08 December 2009

...and I thought the cat shit was bad enough...
I now have one of the many, and I do mean many, local cats killing and dismembering will animals: birds, rats, voles, etc, in my front garden. Is there no end to the madness, or is it laziness, that grips the country s cat owners? They are selfish beyond reason and clearly give not a jot as long as little pussy-wussums is allowed to just as it damn well pleases. This is a highly-populated country and our cities, towns and villages are no longer places for free-roaming domestic animals. And for all you ""cat-lovers"", and I use the term very loosely, out there I want it to be very clear that despite your irresponsible behaviour I would still not harm one of your pesky pets. I, unlike you, take my civic responsibility seriously. The current domestic cat situation is complete and utter nonsense and the law should be changed NOW!

Posted by: Valerie on 19 November 2009

Verminous Creatures AKA Cats.
I stumbled on this site while looking round the net to see if there is any protection under UK law for householders subjected to this horrible problem of cat crap all over their gardens.

It appears there is none,

It literaly makes me vomit every time I have to clear up after them from the terrible smell , which gets worse as it is disturbed in order to clear it up.

Never yet heard any suggestion from cat owners to help resolve this problem other than their hapless victims spending their time and money to prevent a problem that is of the cat owners making , not the victims.

I read somewhere that if a sand pit is dug in the cat owners gareden and filled with soft sand , then the cats being such lazy useless animals will take the easiest option and crap there , but again , I have yet to see a cat owner ever do this.

I really am in despair over this ruining my enjoyment of my garden , that I have paid for .

If the law does not change then in my view it is reasonable to take whatever steps are required to keep the vermin out , all at my own expense of course.

Posted by: P Vanrod on 02 November 2009

Lilies, lilies, lilies!
We have a huge problem with cat sh!t too, because of neighbours who keep a dozen of the feckers.  They stink up the entire neighbourhood, and they fight, yowl, sh!t, and stink up everything!

Well, I thought that the person who suggested lilies was onto something good!  Especially for those dumbass bleeding-heart cat lovers who keep whinging about how the cats are doing only what s natural.

Well, let s run with the ""natural"" theme.  I m going to plant be an entire freaking garden full of lilies!  Lilies, lilies, lilies and more lilies  Of all kinds, types and I m going to put them EVERYWHERE in my yard.  You won t be able to swing a dead cat (oops!  Did I say that?  hehehe) without hitting a lily plant!  Some dafodils and deadly nightshade too -- just for a change.  And it s going to look beautiful!  We ll have the prettiest, but deadliest yard in the city!  Let the cats do what s natural... 

Just do a google search for toxic plants for cats and you can get a comprehensive list of them.  Then it s off to the garden supply to see how many from the list I can put in my yard. 

Now I can t wait till Spring.  It s going to be a glorious gardening season next year!

Posted by: Jim on 29 October 2009

Cats & Cars
We have 6 cats in the space of 4 houses, none are mine. Our 2 cars are covered every morning with cat paw marks and scratches where they have scrambled up onto the car. Every day my front garden has more sh!t in it, sometimes on the lawn, sometimes on the soil usually not burried.

I am now at the point where I will do anything I can to get rid of these dirty stinking vermin. I am not prepared to put out any more of my cash to keep someone elses  filth off my property.

All cat owners have the same attitude, their cats don t do that. Because their cats don t do that in their garden. I can t catch the cats because they run as soon as I open the door, so now I will try more subtle means.

I hope to be taking orders for Davy Crockett hats in the near future.

Posted by: mick on 26 October 2009

cat shit and kids
i  i had fu*king cat sh!tting in my back garden after so many hint and tips i can only say one thing works and that is mix antifreaze and milk place in a boul and put it out for the cats............... they will never come back ever again as they will die some where. away from your house. problem sorted

mykp says:
dont condone it but if it works for you, cest la vie!

Posted by: pete on 18 October 2009

Cats are PESTS!
I am not a cat love or even liker for that matter and, unfortunately, I live in a mobile home park where stray cats run rampant and it is common-place to see baby kittens stray and out in the cold.  Mind you, I do have a heart and I feel bad for the cats that are born without homes and their owners don t have enough sense to spay or neuter them to keep them from mulitplying.  I have also set out food for a stray pregnant cat that was severely malnourished and diseased looking.  It is very sad to see how irresponsible cat owners are!

HOWEVER, I am getting sooooo fed up with cat crap in my flower beds every time I go outside.  I ve tried EVERTHING! I ve put rocks in the garden, forks, knives, moth balls, orange peel, critter ridder from the hardware store, just about anything imaginable, but they STILL crap in my flowers.   

Does anyone have a fool-proof method of deterring cats from our precious gardens?  I really don t care if it harms the cats or not --- I think that if they got hurt a bit then it would be a great deterrant for them! Not severely hurt them or kill them but just give them a good scare.

Thanks alot!!

Posted by: Melissa on 03 October 2009

Crapfactories
Neighbour s two ignore their own 180ft garden and the one the other side to come over and use mine, digging up flowerbeds and hiding to catch wildlife.  Over £200 worth of cat deterrents ineffective.  The poetic justice solution I read somewhere online was to leave out some food dosed with cat laxative which the greedy vermin consumes, goes home to sleep it off and then whoops can t make the catflap in time and the best shagpile cops it.  I haven t tried it but it does appeal.  Sorry neighbour I put the food out for the birds, if you can t control where your cat craps how can I control what he eats?

Posted by: Rufusgrey on 27 September 2009

SHITTY KITTY
Absolutly sick of it! Have two children & friends who can t play safely in their own garden because of cat sh!t! Many cats in the area. New neighbour has two cats & two dogs and I tossed cat poo back into his garden; he filmed me and threatended me with the police! Think I ll accidently spray them with liquid manure for my garden and see how their owner likes the smell!

mykp says:
let him threaten you with the police. they might come round and slap your wrists but there is nothing they can do. As for your neighbour this is just about typical of the response from cat owners.

Posted by: Agnes O´neil on 23 September 2009

Please can we have a petition?
if you havnt already done so, can you please set up a petition ... ask visitors to donate £1 towards your costs - i reckon youd get 10 s of thousands. cat owners simply cant be allowed to export their problem on other people. Its called ""The Polluter Pays Principal"" and is well established in environmental law. BTW if you know who owns the cat - if they live in a rented property you could contact the landlord & see if theyr in breach of the lease. Some local authority housing depts. put a limit on the no. of cats & dogs tenants may keep ... so you could call housing dept ... they may have a copy of the lease to view online. good luck - A petition please, apart from all the mess, domestic cats have decimated the domestic sparrow & other bird populations severly affecting migration of plant and animal species between habitats. In the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area, some planning authorities impose planning conditions restricting the keeping of cats to protect threatened bird populations. Roll-on - lets have a petition.

mykp says:
As far as I am aware, theres a link on the page, there is already a petition for 10 Downing Street. But I wouldnt hold out much hope as nearly if not all of these petitions have been ignored by the powers that be. With regards to leased housing and restrictions, the number most limit is quite high and is usually inline with the number allowed before a cattery license is required. Which if I remember rightly is in the high teens.

Posted by: matt the hat on 22 September 2009

If I could catch the neighbours cat I would dispatch it 10 miles away, but the moggy is very wise to me......I always throw the cat sh!t back, but the neighbours just dont get the hint. Even with a few well aimed shots it sticks very well to there windows the washing on the line, even the paintwork on their cars. Is there any law against me posting the cat sh!t throw their letter box. Please tell me why i even have to go to these extrems. The law should be changed.

Posted by: Mick on 20 September 2009

Revenge is best served.....................just around tea time
Get hold of the offending cat, smother it in it s own stinking sh!t, then watch it go back to it s owner, and give them a cheeky little wink as the thing stinks out their house.

Posted by: Deputy Dawg on 16 September 2009

Cat poo in my Garden
Ok i like many other s have problems of cleaning up cat poo in the Garden.Where i dont like cats i would not harm them either.However what with the recent e-coli issue i have children who i dont want picking up cat poo now would the owner of the cat feel comfortable if my child were to either die as a result of this or any other disease that cats carry.The law needs to be changed in regards to this and people need to be taught to take thier pets out on leads like other with dogs do.It is pure lazyness that people have cats and let them out to do what they want.

Posted by: Dean Phillips on 16 September 2009

cat litt-tteerr
it s so irratating when u just end up with a pile of cat dump in ur front yard or either back.. I am having a horrible day cos i hate yukky goowii stuff. i vomitted this morning finding it there and big flies are flying around it!!!

i would like to say and point out, if dog litter can cause a fine then why on earth cant a cat litter cause a fine. in that way the owner will be a little cautious about his or hers cat pet.

the way dog littter can cause and spread disease so can the cat litter. i beilieve if a cat is a free spirit so why cant the dog be?? ----- cats and dogs r kept as pets. 

Posted by: Aaliyah on 10 September 2009

What to Do?
My neighbour has actually paved his back garden so his cats dont crap there and off course he doesnt have a litter tray either :-( Fecker!

I do own - sorry, no, I provide a home for a cat which uses the litter tray I provide, so get quite irate with my neighbours when their cats crap on my lawn.

When I think about getting a dog to keep the cats away, the kids song ""There was an old lady who swallowed a fly"" goes through my head and I quickly reject that Idea.

Hmm What next?

Lilies, lilies, lilies ;-)  Tough if my cat gets it too, its natural - if the free ranging, free spirited, free to eat my garden little Fecker Gets it! Thats its problem (and my neighbours off course :-).

Poison, hmm - What a kno* I am, I actually like the rest of my neighbours family so would be sad for the cat and them :-(

RR - Roadside Relocation (more specifically, the middle of the M4 between the two highways). If it makes it across either highway I hope it has read ""The Incredible journey"" ........ Dam! - same problem as the poison idea.

SR - Strategic relocation - half the karma - hmmm,  take the cat to a cat sanctuary too far away for the neighbors to get it back. This idea sucks too as far as I am concerned as I can just see myself distributing a continual stream of the neighbourhood cats around my county and I m sure the cat sanctuary owners will soon wonder - WTF, him again, where does he get them all from???

MSR - More Strategic Relocation. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a restaurant that will take them all :-(

HTD - High Technology Deterrents. I personally don t like the high frequency devices as I can hear them.  I think that a movement sensor linked to a small computerised watering system that sprays water all over my garden whenever something moves in it sounds like the most sensible idea in all ways except for the cost. I have seen a single sprinkler-head that will cover my whole garden so I don t even need an elaborate set-up
:-)

*ollocks - Movement sensors and computerised watering systems - how elaborate can one get. Bah Humbug!

Hmm - I DO LIKE THIS ONE :-) You can now get small, High Power, pistol compound cross bows with laser sight and a couple of hunting bolts for less than £100. After the years of cat crap cleaning this idea REALLY appeals to me! But again I feel sorry for the rest of the family and would be in a spot of bother if any of them happened to look out of the window and notice their cat trying to get away limply dragging a crossbow bolt across my garden howling and frothing at the moth :-(

And So; after much deliberation I will take no action personally, directly against anyone or anything but will happily provide the means for nature to do her own thing and will actually warn my neighbour about the dangers that lilies pose to cats next time he mentions his cats crapping in my garden.

And I Do Love Lilies! Easter lilies, Tiger lilies, Rubrum lilies, Japanese show lilies and Day lilies to name a FEW!!!!!!! of my new favourite garden plants. With a row of Blue Flag along the back, like a little fence all the way along and several rows of shorter ones in front :-) No animal will be able to access my lawn without passing through a beautifully formidable bed of lilies. Feel free to have a nibble or rub against them as you pass through; Little Feckers :-)

Well - That s my Rant Over - I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

PS: I love your site - Nicely done.

Posted by: Grant on 22 August 2009

Durrr!
Pussy Galore...

Your "you could have some debiltating disease or something" comment..

You CAN get seriously ill if you come into contact with cat sh!t.  Think about that if you have kids and want to leave them playing in a garden that a cat has just sh!t in. 

Posted by: Medic on 09 August 2009

cat shit kill all cats
i am fed up of reading about these pathetic cat lovers saying there only doing what nature intended i have a major problem with cat poo as my neighbour as 3 of the filthy things i throw it all back on her garden i am totally racked off with it.i think all cats should be strangled at birth or poisioned see what you cat lovers make of that you bunch of morons

Posted by: samantha c on 25 July 2009

Cat Lover comments again
As a cat lover reading these threats to poison or otherwise harm cats, I am as eager as anyone who posts here to see the government regulate cat ownership. The cats are not to blame - they are only behaving according to their instincts. It is the cat OWNERS who must be held responsible. Anyone who owns cats should be legally obligated to keep them at home, whatever that takes.

Posted by: Cat Lover on 23 July 2009

we have a large number of cats next door as neighbors we no longer speak as our garden is their toilet my husband throws the cat sh!t back over the fence now at last count the neighbor admitted to 40 cats last year but i can,t find any laws on dealing with that ammount in one house!

mykp says:
I think the quote on the page says it all as far as the law is concerned

"The only exception where the local authority may take action would be if a single household kept a large number of cats (more than 12) whereby the premises could be considered to be a cattery or sanctuary or breeding establishment and would require planning consent. Under these circumstances, certain conditions may be applied in order to reduce the risk of the cats straying. "

Posted by: janet on 23 July 2009

Cats are evil and they are killing my quail - let alone pooping in my garden!
I would like to join the rest of the population who are sick and tired of cat poo in their gardens! I would also like to rant and rave about the fact that a new cat to the neighbourhood is killing my quail - one by one they are being taken. Recently the murdering bastard killed my hen who was sitting on 14 eggs - 13 of them - due to hatch only 2 days after she was murdered were fertile and just waiting to hatch! I have had quail in my garden for nearly 2 years - they roam free during the day and they get put away at night. This new bastard cat has been coming in during the day - lucky I didn`t catch the damn thing as I am sooo cross about the sh!t in my garden and now the death of 4 of my quail to date!

Cat owners wouldn`t like it if dogs came into their gardens and took a sh!t on their lawns and killed their bloody ginea pigs or such family pets! I have put thin wire now along the top of the fence to try and keep them out as I cannot put any chemicals in my garden as I have young children - only a matter of time before they bring some delightful cat sh!t into the house on their shoes. Cats should be kept indoors or be made to stay in their own gardens so they can take a crap in the cat owners gardens and not mine or my immediate neighbours - who do not have the hateful creatures either. I choose not to have a cat because they are crap machines who are full of fleas mostly - cat hair gets on everything and up peoples nose which makes them sneeze and eventually wheeze.

There should be a new law that states if you have a cat you should be responsible for its poop - even better keep them indoors and in your own gardens and give the rest of the population who love their gardens - free from sh!te!

Don`t get me wrong I wouldn`t want to murder all the cats in my neighbourhood but I would like them to go away and leave my garden and its contents alone.

Posted by: Lunaboona on 23 July 2009

Cat owners should pay
Hi,  I have exactly the same problem with cat sh!t.  I think cat owners should get fined when their cat sh!ts in other peoples gardens.  They should also pay a tax for allowing their cats to roam freely and people should get free cat repellent, etc from the funds made by the taxes. 

I have recently been thinking about the trap and release idea, but what are the legalities?  Can I get in trouble for trapping a cat on my land and releasing it int the wild, especially if it has a collar on.

My partner would be mad at me for saying this, but I would resort to poison if it was legal.

Posted by: Gary on 15 July 2009

I so totally agree with you ! If had wanted to clear up cat sh!t I would have my own cat. It stinks! Cat owners are lazy dog owners they want an animal but not the responsiblility of looking after them. It should be made law that they are taken for walks on leads like dogs and their owners must clean up after them too. However did you know that Lillies (eg Tiger) kill cats if they brush against or ingest them! Yes I know brilliant isnt it. I think we should all plant more lillies!!

failing that leave out milk laced with anti freeze that does the job! And if the cat owners dont like. Dont bloody let them out to sh!t in everyones gardens Thanks have a great cat sh!t free day!

Posted by: Tina Parkings on 03 July 2009

cat crap solution
cats keep sh!tting on my doorstep! have read lots of mail here and it makes me smile, so after some research have a great solution.

The North American Marten.

Its free spirited & free roaming (cat lovers love to use this as an excuse)

- it also loves to eat cats!

(its only doing what nature intended - they love this excuse as well)

I want one! I will happily clean up after it!

Posted by: daz on 09 April 2009

Why should I put up with it?
One of you cat owners out there kindly tell me why I should put up with cat crap in my garden. Tell me why I shouldnt throw it back into my neighbours garden (who has 11 cats btw). and tell me why I shouldnt strangle the little sods when they sit outside at 3am, yowling to be let in?

Posted by: cat hater on 12 March 2009

Flagged Yard
I´ve got exactly the same problem as Emma and it´s driving me mad. Some local cat(s) seem to think it´s amusing to shit outside my back door. I´m beyond disgusted with them and just want it to stop. The bottle of water seemed to work for a while as did mothballs. The only problem with mothballs is the smell. I actually like to sit out in my back yard when it´s sunny so don´t want it smelling like my great aunt´s wardrobe! I´d LOVE to catch a cat in the act. It wouldn´t be coming back to shit in my yard in a hurry! Thanks for writing about this mykp. Much appreciated! All tips most welcome!

Posted by: Michael Fryer on 01 March 2009

aaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh. We have just moved to a lovely little neighbourhood in our lovely little house with our (mostly) lovely little toddler. Now, this lovely little place is making my blood boil with the not so little, and f**king ginormous amount of cat shit I (well my partner) has to clean from our not so lovely little back garden.

I´ve chased the little feckers away whenever they come near my garden but obviously this is´nt as effective as taking shifts by the back door with a shotgun. (I havn´t tried this by the way).

I´ve since declared war on the cats of my neighbourhood after my 18 month old daughter landed face first in a stinking pile of cat mess that had been missed by our recent clean of the garden. Now this is completely unnacceptable. I´m all for owners taking complete responsibilty for this, it is utterly disgusting. If cats are so called "free spirits" then why are they kept as pets? I´m a free spirit but I would´nt shit in my neighbours garden (unless of course it was called for). Thats because from a young age my mother taught me that the toilet was the only acceptable place to relieve myself. She got off her arse and decided ""hey, better train this little mite that shitting in public places and leaving it behind is not a social skill she should learn"" And because she was a good mum and and knew it was her responsibilty to do so, she potty trained me. And besides, if it was the case that she was a lazy, selfish mother then i´m sure she´d have the police and angry neighbours banging on her door. But what could they do? I am a free spirit after all.

Something has to be done, I cant let my daughter out to play freely. Im always wondering if there is big cat shit lying in wait for her pretty little face.

I do apologise for some of the language I have used today but need to vent my anger and frustration. We have woken up this morning to five fresh new piles lying just feckers wonderfully in our back fecking garden.

by a Cat Hater

Posted by: VICKY MCKENZIE on 28 February 2009

CAT CRAP
Cats are a lazy persons pet, they let them out all day and night then say "my cat dosent crap in anyones garden".how do they know? Friggin idiots.i think someones already said about lillies they are pretty good,also as a deterrent garden rue is good but be careful as it can bring you out in a rash.teabags sprayed with jayes fluid or deepheat are good also.but i reckon the best way to deal with cats is to outfox them.plant catnip by a canal or roadside then when they get attracted to it they meet a grisly end.the little gits will be out of it anyway so you could go pick them up yourself if your worried about an accident! They kill birds and i feed birds in my garden so i hate them.people say they dont kill that much but if a cat had been near my garden in the recent cold weather then it would have prevented the birds from feeding and they would have died.keep up the good work .

Posted by: ANTONY BARTRAM on 23 February 2009

A Desire to Kill...
I live in a terraced house with a long garden to the rear, which includes a flower patch, an area of gravel, and a grassed area.

Several neighbours are harbouring the verminous little filth we know as cats. I abhor them. I´ve never been a big fan if I´m honest. I hate their sly, nasty nature and I can´t help being put off people who like them. The wife likes them but I still love her; however, she will never, ever own such a thing whilst we live under the same roof.

Anyway, where was I? Yes, about 18 months ago I started to find absolutely disgusting evidence of these hateful little ****s in my garden, all over my flower bed. The smell of the shit is revolting, it looks grotesque, and it was killing my flowers. It is also sufficiently nasty stuff to mean we cannot allow our nieces to play in our garden. And to add insult to injury, it is I who must clean this up using a plastic bag over my hand. Every time I must get down and clean this stuff up I can only wish for the painful death of these creatures and their feckless owners.

I have tried everything. I went through a phase of throwing water at them every time they appeared in the garden, but the stupid ****ing things do not have the intelligence to learn to **** off. Lemon works for a few days until it is washed away. And why should I have to keep buying lemons and going to the trouble of putting them in the garden? I have tried chicken manure pellets, which seem to work for a time.

About 6 months ago I put spikey kebab sticks all over the flower bed at varying angles and that appears to have deterred them from crapping on there.

However, they have now simply moved on to the grassed area. I mowed the lawn today and found that in four different locations, my lawn mower had gone over piles of cat shit, spreading it everywhere and causing a ghastly smell. There was no way of cleaning this mess up and I have had to resort to putting soil over the fouled up areas. I have thrown manure pellets all over the garden in the hope of keeping them away for some time, but how long will it be?

There appear to be at least four cats passing through my garden on a daily basis. I have seen three today alone. It disgusts and enrages me to see these vile little bastards slithering all over my property, using it as a toilet. I go out to chase them off, but they will be back within two hours. Two of them are unbelievably ugly - some sort of horrid, foreign variant.

All I can think about is destroying the little ****s with poison. Believe me, were it not for the law (which is an ass) I would have no hesitation. Sometimes I think of taking them in, tempting them with food, and then throwing them in a box, ripping off their collars, and driving them out to a place far, far away. Where their witless and feckless owners will never see them again. See if I care.

I despise the people who own them, fill them with food, and then allow them to just run along to shit on MY garden. It is as though the owners are shitting on my garden by proxy. I´d love to shovel the shit through their letter boxes. But what´s the point? I´ll then be given the added insult of having to pay a fine, or having a criminal record.

I suppose I will have to try this bottled water strategy, but that means having ugly plastic bottles all over the place.

I weep for the future.

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mykp says:
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Posted by: HibicornHoipt on 21 February 2009

Catch-n-Release
First, I must say most cat-lovers are responsible and can relate to neighbors/friends/etc. who don´t like cat poo on their shoes or cat hair in their food. The few cat lovers I´ve known who (like some people who commented on this site) don´t understand why a person who chooses not to own a cat wouldn´t like cat excrement on their property fall into two categories.

Group one: they live in the midst of so much foul cat nastiness, their sense of smell has been dulled and the smell of cat waste is inseparable with the joy of cat cuddling.

Group two: similar to group one, however they strongly relate to the anti-social nature of cats thus don´t get out very much to experience the various types of people who are very normal and also don´t like cats.

Regardless, if you are plagued by stray cats or cats whose owners do not care for them properly, you are doing the whole neighborhood (including the neighborhood cats) a favor by catching said cats in a live trap and calling the animal control department of your city to pick them up. They will then be relocated to a place where someone who wants a pet cat can adopt them, or worst-case scenario: they may die in captivity...however, this also happens to humans who are homeless and it is unfortunate, but the best chance for rehabilitation as well.

Posted by: chris on 20 February 2009

Cat Lover´s Solution
I love my 9 cats passionately. I deliberately bought a house on a quiet street so that they could go outside. Most of my neighbors claim to enjoy watching my cats at play, but I have a couple of neighbors who hate cats for the usual reasons - the cats poop in their garden and kill birds. Neither the cats nor the neighbors are going to change. So I had to figure out what to do, in order to keep my cats both happy and safe. I decided to build an enormous, roofed-in cat pen in my backyard, against the house. It is 30 x 23 x 10 feet. It was designed by a professional carpenter to look good, not ramshackle. It has wooden rafters and poles for climbing and a couple of other wooden structures for the cats to play in and on. They can access the pen through various windows of the house. The pen was expensive, but it´s the best money I ever spent. Most of the year I leave the windows open so the cats can go into the pen whenever they want, even at night. Yes, the cats still would like to roam the neighborhood, but they enjoy the pen very much,especially at night. And I don´t spend all day worrying about what the neighbors might do to them.

mykp says:
How I wish my neighbours where as responsible, ney sensible as you Donna.

Posted by: Donna on 17 February 2009

how would you like it?
in response to pussy galore. my wife and i have a mobility scooter each and they are kept in a leanto(unable to fit a door because of space restrictions) and they have scooter covers on.one of the neighbours cats frequently goes in for shelter. not only does he sleep there he shits on the seat and in the foot well.how would pussy galore like to come and clean the shit off every time i want to use my scooter.

Posted by: captainpugwash on 13 February 2009

I Loathe Cats!!!!!!!
I live in a terrace house and i think its the next door but one house that has this cat that has just recently in the last week started using my flagged yard as a toilet,but it does it right in front of our coal bin where we need to shovel for the coal,only to find the nice little deposit its left AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! I tried sprinkiling Vinegar on the spot after i had to clean it up(not without gagging) but it still came back,im guessing it does it at night cos ive never seen it doing the buisiness,but i have seen the cat in the yard. My Mum tells me that Moth Ball´s do work so im gona try those and get back to you all to see if it does,its a highly annoying situation and i read that there are no law´s which is appauling. Dont no what else i can do with the yard being flagged i cant stick anything in the ground,such as plastic forks or CD´s,any one else got a flagged yard?

Posted by: Emma Packer on 12 February 2009

how dare you threaten to hurt cats
I think the comments posted on this page are horrible, how dare you say you will injure cats for pooing in your gardens when they are only doing what nature intended. If you did this to my cats I would get the police to come round as I am sure there is some criminal offense commited.

Posted by: sandra on 10 February 2009

f**king things
i over heard a guy in pub saying he made a trap that catches cats just like a fox trap once hes got one he drives it well out to the countryside and drops it off . that man needs an m.b.e . but he never said anything about stoping the car

Posted by: mr i hate cats on 31 January 2009

10:00 am just cought one shiting
everything thats been said is so true the little shits are recking my flower bed, I keep my dog locked at my end of the yard so he doesn´t shit in the grass and flowers and then i get cats shiting all over. If i could a nice lead injection would solve it but i can´t Jeyes fluid seems to work they don´t like the smell and i´v just found out it´s toxic for cats won´t kill them but make them ill

Posted by: claire varley on 30 January 2009

cats are ace
stop moaning you prick, it´s just a cat.. you could have some debiltating disease or something

mykp says:
hey thanks you for that insightful comment..

Posted by: pussy galore on 28 January 2009

cat shit
Well theres one other thing you can try, no, not that but similar. Befriend the cat owner to a point where you offer to look after tiddles whilst they go away on holiday preferably for a few weeks or more. Then, once sunning it in Florida you feed the cat at every opportunity. Plenty of fish, full fat milk, beef etc. Sounds stupid? Well heres the catch, you dont let the little bugger out of the house. If you are successful the cat will be so used to staying indoors and crapping everywhere it will be the norm and they will have to re train the cat to use the garden. Possibly if you are dedicated to the feeding program the cat will be so fat that leaving the house is physically impossible anyway. Leave them a note and keep a safe distance.

Posted by: gerry gallagher on 23 January 2009

Poor little kitties!
As a fellow cat hater, may I say just how much I have enjoyed reading your comments. I am a normally calm person, but on the subject of cats I can become quite incandescent with rage! I have had to clear cat shit from the garden of every house I have lived in and it bloody stinks! It´s not just cleaning up their poo I object to, but also their murderous intentions, which keep my garden quite clear of birds - which I love. I have asked cat owners why their cats can´t wear a bell and they say things like, ""Oh he doesn´t like it, it rubs his poor little neck."" and other equally pathetic reasons why the killer they harbour under their roofs should not be in anyway constrained. It makes me furious! Then they go on to tell me about dear kitty and how he killed a bird/vole etc: and how upsetting it was, or how cross they were with the pet etc: It´s all I can do, to keep from shouting ,""Well keep it inside then!"" I don´t object to people who have cats which wear collars with bells and use a litter tray, but how many do? Anything else is irresponsible pet ownership, causing a nuisance to their neighbours. There, that´s what I think! Thanks for the opportunity to have a rant!

mykp says:
a pleasure, rant away!

Posted by: Nicky on 18 January 2009

The Solution
Scoop it all up and lay it on their doorstep...

Posted by: Adam on 13 January 2009

Humans Do
Quote: June Staples on 29 August 2008 ""Also, what other animal kills for the fun of it? "" Humans do.

mykp says:
yeah! But when was the last time you saw a human crapping in you flower bed?

Posted by: dave on 09 January 2009

cat shit
I have cat shit all over my garden , you cant grow anything without the cats digging it up and shitting everywhere.I use the wooden skewers for kebabs and put them in my veg plot it does stop them. The other day one of the neighbours cats got run over and the poor soul chose my door to knock on looking for its owner, only to be met with a gleeful smile and a congratulations, well done and can you get the other one.................................

Posted by: ann spencer on 29 December 2008

a big dog helps
get a dog , make sure it doesn´t like cats!!. the other thing cat owners seem to miss is the fact that all these cat destroy the bird life in your gardens!!, before say no they don´t, THEY DO!!, you just don´t see it!!, in the wild there wouldn´t be so many in such a small area , the problem they create wouldn´t happen!. i think cat owners are lazy pet owners!! thats why they get one, theres no need to walk them or clear up behind them, i can´t see any problem with being able to destroy them on YOUR property, effectively classing them as vermen!! cats carry lots of disease , another thing cat owner should realise, !! then you go into cat owners house and dirty disease ridden pest in walking on the kitchen work top !!!!, they pull a face when you decline a brew or a biscuit, !!!! DOH baby´s and young kids in a house with vermen called cats, not a good idea!!!!

Posted by: 51st state on 16 November 2008

cats, .....
cats are shit, not only do they crap everywhere, they are spiteful, annoying, and think they own the place, every cat i meet, tries to scratch , hiss e.t.c at me, i read a comment in another post about cats, where someone claimed that cats are the most evolved species to roam the planet, c´mon, do cats know how to bild a supercomputer or an atomic bomb, every time i try to befiend a catr, it turns around and gets all shitty, i hate cats, really do. i especialy hate cats fighting at 2 AM.......

Posted by: James Cann on 29 October 2008

I am a cat owner myself, BUT
I have one cat (not by choice, we are dog people really, but animal lovers all round so she gets very well looked after). We inherited her years ago and supply her with fresh litter for her to do her business in, however we live in a cat hot spot ourselves, never seen so many cats in one area, and they all must come into my garden to take a dump (before you think it, it´s not our cat as we have kept her in overnight and still next day the garden is full and I mean FULL of cat shit, at least 5 seperate ones on the lawn in the back garden and some in the flower beds and also 4 or 5 on the front garden), so sick and tired of it, tried all the cat off and pepper dust stuff and none of it works, we had a very expensive sonic cat repeller but someone kindly jumped into our garden in the dead of night and stole it, ripped it clean from its mounting (which was nice). We have a 20 month old grandaughter and she loves to play in the garden and we have had to stop her playing on the grassed area due to cat crap, we of course clean it up on a daily basis but we are not willing to take any chances. I know for a fact that none of the cat owners around here supply there animals with litter trays, this would help alot in the reduction of cat crap in our gardens, but will they do it, I think not, even if it were made law to provide such things it would be unenforceable. I used to have 2 dogs who are sadly not with us anymore, never had this problem when they were around. My dogs were very friendly with our cat and regarded her as part of the pack, but would not tolerate any others on our propery. Time for an all night vigil with the hosepipe, Iv´e heard they are not too keen on a midnight cold shower :o) cat needs a crap, so cat jumps into our garden, dog´s see cat,,,dogs chase cat, cat norrow escapes with it´s life (or not), either way cat never comes back..... woof

Posted by: Niles on 25 October 2008

2 solutions
I´ve been down the route of lion dung, CDs, water bottles and crystals bla bla bla bla. I have found that the following works depending on your situation: cats don´t like s*****ing in enclosed spaces where they can´t see potential danger. My main problem area was a narrow gravelled path...you get the picture. High fence each side, but at each end there was an ironwork gate. By blocking off the lower part of the gates with an old sheet it enclosed the path. Not had a problem since. The other thing that has worked is creosote. Not the new weak stuff the original stinky thick stuff - you´ll probably find some in your dad´s garage. remove all cat crap first or it won´t work so well. Create a ""ring of confidence"" by daubing tops of fences with it. No fence? soak a rag and tie it to something. About half metre intervals seems to work. As soon as the smell starts to fade - reapply. Some in the bottom of an old tin can for low entry points like the gap at the bottom of a gate.

Posted by: george on 25 October 2008

How can you say you hate cats. Cats are Gods greatest creatures and dont do such things in other people gardens.

mykp says:
Er, hello! Are you living on the same planet as everyone else. Or your trying to wind me up.

Posted by: you all suck on 22 October 2008

Lillies
Mrs sent me to the pet shop to buy some hay for her Rabbit and they had a rolling video in store about do´s and don t´s, re: cats, turns out that Lilly´s and Lilly pollen can be harmful if not deadly to cats..guess what I´m planting loads of next year?

Posted by: steve on 19 October 2008

i hate em
the cat s*** problem,i cured in the back garden with a ultrasonic device from maplins(£25).however in the front it wasn´t so simple because the said device would most probably be stolen from my front garden.Access is to easy and it flashes every time someone walks past it. Has anybody got a suggestion that will work,i´ve tried everything.The smell makes me vomit.There are so many of them as well.Help

Posted by: paul on 19 October 2008

Aussie Cat Solutions.
disolve 2 asprin in water, just a littel bit of water... about 100ml. Mix the solution into 1/2 a cup of full cream milk. Place it outside for the cats. They drink it and it gives them the hickups. They associate your place with hickups which they hate. They never come back and shit there again.

mykp says:
Does that really work? Nah! Come on?

Posted by: Aussie cat solutions. on 16 October 2008

Cat Shit - what else!!
I am driving my kids mad with my recent rantings about ´cat shit´ in our garden. I used to adore cats but not any more..........I don´t see why i have to constantly fork out a small fortune for various things to deter cats which do not work. I am going to pen a letter to my MP suggesting that they do something about the amount of so called cat lovers, who seem to breeding them for profit. If you look in the local newspapers and see the increase in cats/kittens for sale, i think you will agree with me. These vermin are on the increase and something needs to be done. Yes cats are cute and cuddly but not so cute when you don´t own one and find yourself regularly having to clean their shit up from your garden. I thought cats covered there shit and was shocked when i first found some on my lawn. Shocked and annoyed as it was the day i was having several kids round for a garden party the celebrate my sons 7th birthday. I´m sure i don´t need to remind anyone of the dangers posed to expectant mothers and young children who come into contact with cat shit. Anyway - that´s enough ranting from me and i do feel i lot better for it. I´m now going to rant on to my MP and suggest that you all do the same :)J

mykp says:
Jackie, Good luck with your letter to your MP. I fear after reading emails from others who have gone down the same path you will not succeed. My MP wrote me a nice letter explaining the niceties of the law and politely told me to bog off. Perhaps if cats where crapping on the pavements outside schools it might be different, however if this where to happen I would wager money on cats not being blamed but dogs. Let me know if you get any further.

Posted by: Jackie on 15 October 2008

Support
Well done for taking a brave stand against the selfishness of cat owners. It may be natural for cats to hunt but it is not natural for them to be fed out of tins and given somewhere warm to sleep. There are no thrushes (and therefore a plague of snails) in our area because of cats. When a sole pair of robins tried to nest this year a gang of cats sat under the nest until it was abandoned. Cats routinely defecate in our garden creating a serious health menace. How can anyone possibly defend this? I have posted another petition, entitled ""against cats"", on the Downing Street website. Thank you very much, Stephen

mykp says:
As much as applaud you actions in my experience any petition posted on the number 10 downing street website is a waste of time. They don’t listen to anything put up there just look at the fuel tax protest, over 1/2 million signatures and nothing.

Posted by: Stephen Moriarty on 14 October 2008

I love kitties
I have 4 cats and they are very obidient and sweet. they don´t sh!t around the house and I keep them inside. cats are the ****ing best. Sorry about your allergy. If an animal was shitting in my yard, I´d beat it up.

Posted by: amber on 12 October 2008

I agree with everything that is posted on your website. I dont like cats! Cant see the point in having them as pets, all they do is leave cat hairs everywhere and shit in other people´s gardens. When I catch the littel sods doing it a hosing down is very satisfactory, but I think they´ve got wise to that and come back and shit even more when I´m not at home.

Posted by: Carole Prince on 12 October 2008

charge the cat owners
I have a sh*tty neighbor who has about 6 or 7 cats. I do not believe that this neighbor knows where their cats take a dump. They take a dump in my garden and my yard. I am literally sick of this neigbor and ther cats as well. Here is my drastic solution: The cat owners should give us money because we are spending time taking care of their cat shit. $10 for each dump. (labor money) If the cat owner is not going to bother training their cats or taking responsibility for them, then, they need to pay somehow. Or else, I am carrying the cat dump back to their yard.

Posted by: dct on 11 October 2008

hi there i have a foolproof humane way of stopping cats crapping in your garden. I am a long distance lorry driver and when someones cat keeps coming into my garden i befriend it then catch it and release it about a thousand miles away or as far as my next journey permits they say that cats are free spirits and can wander wherever they wish so i just help them a bit. it works very well so far

mykp says:
Best method so far.

Posted by: chris catsorter on 09 October 2008

Oh lord!
I hate cats! I hate people who defend cats shitting in other peoples gardens.... private gardens! The law is totaly all wrong and should be changed. Is there a law refered to as the human rights act? where it states... ´the right to: respect and privacy for you family´

Posted by: poohater on 08 October 2008

Cat owners who allow their animals to defecate freely do not have the inteligence to train them. The best solution that I read elsewhere on the net is to leave out some food containing cat laxative. The persistant offender takes the food, goes home to sleep it off, wakes up with an urgent need and evacuates on the best shagpile. Poetic justice? I think it was a tongue in cheek suggestion but highly amusing nevertheless.

Posted by: Thorrun on 02 October 2008

Deterrent
I have the same problems with cats in my garden and the only effective deterrent I have found is to deny the little darlings access, spikey strips on flat surfaces and fern screening to heighten the fences. I have in the past tried other methods like coating the tops of fences and walls with grease (the dark stuff used on cars and M/cycles), I did find this most satisfying knowing that there was a good chance that the offending owner was spending the same amount of time cleaning carpet as I was cleaning up cat crap. I have tried darker methods but realise that it is not really the cats fault, the responsibility for control lies with the owner and frankly I would probably prefer to shoot them than the cat. It would be a good wheeze if all dog owners trained them to jump over garden fences and crap in cat owners gardens (in the dead of night of course), additionally pooing in a bag in the comfort of your own home and then chucking it over a cat owners fence (latex gloves recommended!) would take some of the frustration away, after all its all about how you feel at the end of the day and when something frustrates and stresses you out you need to seek some balance!!

Posted by: SWats on 01 October 2008

Catlover
Oh please: this is twaddle. Cats are not like dogs and ""do"" what they want. Get over it you anally retentive dog owners.

mykp says:
Thanks for the comment, at least you didnt use abuse language like the majority of emails I get from cat owners, however alas the typical cat owner response!

Posted by: Suffice on 28 September 2008

Shitty end of the stick
There is an easy answer. Cat lovers will tell you that cats are free roaming animals. Well I do allow them the roam freely, 15 miles away on our local moors. They even get a free ride in a cosy box. May be this is where the ""beast of Bodmin"" has come from.

Posted by: Rob on 15 September 2008

cats mess
Hi, I must admit I quite like cats, and was thinking of getting one. But I am in two minds now! I do have a number of cats which are shitting in my garden and Im in the process of buying some equipment to deter them. I think its all about education1 For years we have just let our cats foul in other peoples gardens, and taken that couldnt care less attitude. But I think its about time the law was changed and if I do get cat I will make sure it is trained to do its business in the litter tray. Is it true that if you have a cat it will not shit in your garden, but will go off into someone esles ? Also if you have a cat, its keeps other cats from coming into your garden, so no shit all around!!! So if I buy a cat, I will not have to buy any cat repellants, because having a cat will solve all this, and then I will train my cat to do his business in the tray. The law has got to change to make cat owners more responsable. most cat owners must know that when their cat goes outside its going to shit in the neighbours garden!!! I was thinking of installing a device which takes a snapshot of the cat invaders, then posting them on the net, or local magazine to shame the owners into doing something about thier cats. Maybe a few posters on the Telegraph poles in the street, more shame. I think a name and shame of the owners sounds like a good idea, because its not the cats fault that they have not been trained to do their business at home. I am going to do a survey of all the cat owners in my area, and and try to find out what their thoughts are on this issue.

mykp says:
The law should definately change as cats can be trained to crap in a tray, thousands of owners have managed this successfully. However there is a majority of cat owners who are too stupid, too lazy or they lack the skills to train their animals therefore they just let them crap anywhere. I dont know about the, if you have a cat other cats wont come in your garden as ive never owned a cat!

Posted by: jozef on 15 September 2008

mrs j.jefferson
i totally agree i dont let my dog shit in other peoples property just the other day i was harvesting our carrots which have took months to grow and not mention hard work only to find the whole veg patch coverd in cat shit they should be classed as vermon

Posted by: j.jefferson on 09 September 2008

mr
i dont like cat anymore they keep shitting on my lawn and my fat neighbours has 3 f**king cats

Posted by: david carroll on 08 September 2008

There should be a law!
Fully agree as I have just picked up yet another load! There should be a law. After all we are plagued with blue bottles and we all know where they have just been. Why do we allow this in such a civilized country. Surely owners can train the animals to do their business in a tray in their homes!!! Also, what other animal kills for the fun of it? How can anyone like these creatures?

Posted by: June Staples on 29 August 2008

Make the cat owner resposible
Hi,im a garden contractor and cut lawns on a daily basis. Before we can cut 75% of the lawns we have to go round with the shovel to get the cat mess off. Not only is this unpleasant and hazardous its also costing me time and money. Its got worse over the years as almost every house has a cat as a pet.Im no blaming the cats but surely its time to change the law so to make the cat owner resposible. Andy Fisher Garden contracter

Posted by: Andy Fisher on 23 August 2008