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Treewheeler

Cat rant...
« on: 03 September, 2008, 07:21:23 pm »
Why...?
Is this forum full of cat lovers and seemingly few dog lovers...?
 I confess that I dislike cats.
Although I've been bitten by more dogs over the years than I've been scratched by cats, I just can't stand the habit of cats to shit in my newly turned soil.
 I'm not sure what the law is when it comes to criminal damage by cat but I do know of one fed up local garden enthusiast who has been trapping cats in his garden for a while now and handing them into the R.S.P.C.A in another county... sans collars.
I pick up my dogs shit... :thumbsup:
Just wish the local cat owners would come to my garden and take back their property too...

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #1 on: 03 September, 2008, 07:23:47 pm »
Why...?

 I'm not sure what the law is when it comes to criminal damage by cat


None, to the best of my knowledge.
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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #2 on: 03 September, 2008, 07:28:46 pm »
Having a shit in a garden is hardly criminal damage!
Rubbing their nose in it doesn't help either - having a poo in some earth is a perfectly natural thing to do.
Get a grip, frankly.
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Treewheeler

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #3 on: 03 September, 2008, 07:47:30 pm »
So then... my dog comes and shits on your lawn and I leave it there.
 Not nice.
I know that cats are protected by laws and cannot commit trespass.
However, I have just seeded a small lawn and in one week it has over a dozen shit holes dug it by local cats.
 Have the cat lovers here any suggestions...?

border-rider

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #4 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:03:34 pm »
Get a cat  ;D


Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #5 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:04:30 pm »
The easiest way to keep cats out of your garden is to get a cat!  Cat's will tend to go to the loo on the edge of our just outside their territory.  For most cats in a modern urban environment, their territory has been shrunk down to the back garden, and will be delineated by the garden fence/wall/shrubs.  The effect of this is that if you have no cat, next doors cats territory will tend to extend into your garden, and they'll go into it to use it as a loo.  If you had a cat, it would protect it's territory, and go to the loo in your neighbours gardens!

Personally I like dogs and cats, but it would be unfair of me to have a dog which would have to be stuck indoors by itself most of the day.  A cat can look after itself, so for me (and probably a lot of people who work in places like London), is a more practical option.
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #6 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:06:19 pm »
Do you want to hit them Tuggo, or shall I?
There's no vibrations, but wait.

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #7 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:10:34 pm »
If I wanted to keep cats off a newly seeded lawn, I'd probably do something like suspend a bit of netting a few inches above the surface.  To get to your lawn the cats would have to walk through the holes in the netting or get stuck in it, which they wouldn't like or want to do.  I guess it could have the additional benefit of keeping off any birds off who might want to eat the seeds.
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

Treewheeler

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #8 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:11:41 pm »
A Very Brief History of Cats and the Law

Thats interesting reading...
 Cats have it all their own way it seems.
I do like to bit about 'infuriating' a cat ;D
I'm certainly not cruel enough to kill, maim or shave, paint pink and tie a tin to its tail however much they shit in my seedbeds.
 I seems that it the dry earth they go for to shit in.
So I guess I shall have to put a sprinkler on any new ground over night.
 
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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #9 on: 03 September, 2008, 08:14:24 pm »
I seems that it the dry earth they go for to shit in.

To a cat it just looks like a giant litter tray. :-\

You get much the same problem if you've got a heap of sand in the back for building work (concrete etc).  If you don't cover it up when you aren't around, the local cats will "use" it.
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #10 on: 03 September, 2008, 09:49:32 pm »
Sprinkle your garden liberally with Mint Imperials.

It looks odd, but it works.

Until it rains.

Then you have to do it again.
It is simpler than it looks.

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #11 on: 03 September, 2008, 10:42:10 pm »
Give in to the purry furry goodness  :thumbsup:

Pete

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #12 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:09:41 am »
I'm rather - negative - about almost all pets.  Never really liked keeping one.  So everyone can have a go at me if they wish.  Form a queue please. ;)

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #13 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:14:20 am »
Anyone who bothers about such matters has a) too much hatred and/or b) no life.

Chill.

blackpuddinonnabike

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #14 on: 04 September, 2008, 01:07:39 am »
I do know of one fed up local garden enthusiast who has been trapping cats in his garden for a while now and handing them into the R.S.P.C.A in another county... sans collars.

Having just lost a cat I'm really angry about this. And it's not something that is actually going to solve the problem, merely display him to be a total fuckwit who has no understanding of how this can impact on the lives of the people who on the cat, whether they be adult of child.  >:(

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #15 on: 04 September, 2008, 07:49:22 am »
Hear hear, bpoab.
It is simpler than it looks.

border-rider

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #16 on: 04 September, 2008, 07:57:06 am »
Bastards  like that are a good reason to have your cats microchipped.

Treewheeler

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #17 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:31:09 pm »
Damp earth, rained over night, more shit in the garden... >:(
 I shall 'infuriate' the next cat I see! ;)
 

border-rider

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #18 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:32:10 pm »
I think they got there first ;)

Martin

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #19 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:32:46 pm »
Why...?

 I'm not sure what the law is when it comes to criminal damage by cat


None, to the best of my knowledge.

cats are legally wild animals (edit; that came from the Observer Book of Cats and was in relation to the Road Traffic Act)

Treewheeler

Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #20 on: 04 September, 2008, 12:54:53 pm »
I read that cats are exempt from the road traffic act.
This means I may run one down and not be obliged to stop or report it.
However the wheels of my Kangoo will make a right mess of the lawn if I try to chase down the culprit... ;D

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #21 on: 04 September, 2008, 01:00:50 pm »
The RSPCA are pretty comfortable with spraying water at cats to shift them or to correct unwanted behaviour like shredding the sofa.

Use the hosepipe or an IR-activated sprinkler.  The ultrasonic cat scarers don't appear to work at all - ours just used to ignore the one our cat-hating neighboiur bought.

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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #22 on: 04 September, 2008, 02:58:21 pm »
If you want to keep cats out of your garden, if you have a zoo nearby then try to get hold of some lion poo.  This spread in the garden will keep cats out.  You can get lion urine online as well.

You won't smell it - but the neighbouring cats will!
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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #23 on: 04 September, 2008, 03:14:43 pm »
If you want to keep cats out of your garden, if you have a zoo nearby then try to get hold of some lion poo.  This spread in the garden will keep cats out.  You can get lion urine online as well.

You won't smell it - but the neighbouring cats will!

Urban myth, it don't work and it DOES STINK...

Sorry to shoot you down Greg, but I know a few people who have tried this (and incidentally Zoos can't give it away(or sell it) any more on H&S grounds) , and it has ruined the enjoyment of their garden.  Cat poo/pee is apparently much more preferable to LARGE cat poo/pee
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Re: Cat rant...
« Reply #24 on: 04 September, 2008, 03:17:39 pm »
If you want to keep cats out of your garden, if you have a zoo nearby then try to get hold of some lion poo.  This spread in the garden will keep cats out.  You can get lion urine online as well.

You won't smell it - but the neighbouring cats will!

Urban myth, it don't work and it DOES STINK...

Sorry to shoot you down Greg, but I know a few people who have tried this (and incidentally Zoos can't give it away(or sell it) any more on H&S grounds) , and it has ruined the enjoyment of their garden.  Cat poo/pee is apparently much more preferable to LARGE cat poo/pee


My mother's next door neighbour swears by it.  And I've never noticed any odour.  He uses something in a spray bottle (it may be lion scent).

Mum doesn't need to worry as the local cats don't like her paved courtyard garden (except to sunbathe in).
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