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Cats - a related but different question

Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 380
edited August 2021 in Problem solving
I'm working on keeping the furry devils out of the garden but in the meantime, has anyone found a decent way of disposing of what they leave?  I've been trowelling it up and bunging it in the corner of the garden but as it's now becoming several arse-worths daily, this doesn't seem sustainable.  Apart from binning it, what?  Bury it? 
Flinging it at the owners' windows would likely go some way to reinstating the harmony of the spheres but I can't always match the turd to the cat and can see all manner of neighbourly strife if I go that way.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Could you do it under cover of darkness?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    My cat is scared of balloons 🎈 but that might just be her…..

    Not sure what to suggest about the poop. Perhaps you could put out a stall at the front of the house so people can collect it and deal with it. Guilt them into taking responsibility. 


  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    We are on a corner so have 5 ends of gardens along our side fence. As 3 are overgrown with huge privet and brambles I have no problem disposing of unwanted 'gifts'.
    Southampton 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Sorry - but I don't think it's acceptable to put it under someone else's hedge! I'd be furious if someone did that. 
    I put it in the council waste bin. I don't see any other way. 
    I'd also like to do as you suggest @Rob Lockwood, but I don't know which house each one belongs to - apart from one repeat offender, but that one is more intent on killing rather than cr*pping. 
    @TheGreenMan's idea is also good, but I can just see the cogs in the neighbours' heads going at high speed if they saw me doing that  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Council bin for now but see if you can get hold of a water scarecrow which is a sensor operated water spray that targets any critter that sets it off.   Works on foxes, herons and postmen too so be careful where you site the sensors and move them regularly so the cats don't learn the trigger point.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    I've a mind to put together a 'Community Information Leaflet' containing photos of the half dozen felines that terrorise my garden in various disgusting ways and put a copy through each door on the estate with my contact details. The owners can then get in touch to arrange collection of their property.

    I'm not 100% sure what passive aggressive means but if this fits the bill, so be it!

    If I ever find out exactly where any of them live, rest assured that I will be carrying out a free doorstep delivery service.
    East Lancs
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    Could you use the bags designed to collect dog waste and then put them in council dog waste bins? We have lots of those by us. Or bury it somewhere to degrade naturally? 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    that's gotta be another £1?
    Devon.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    You're making a mint Hosta. It's hardly rocket science. I pick it up,goes in with our dog poo,then general waste
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I put any feline gifts in the bin with our own elderly indoor cat's used litter. Not just poo either - a couple of times recently there's been half a mouse on the drive in the morning.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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