i'm going to get a good water piostol, although i'm sure my 3 year old will squirt me with it more..L beenet, do the chilli flakes work? how do you use them?i'm felling really upset at the moment, just when i shoukd be really enjoying the garden i have to find cat poo before i can let my little ones play out, now we have mice , so the cats aren't even doing a decent job there
Seriously though rosemummy, speak to your neighbour and tell them how upset you are, and worried about the children you are, particularly as cats faeces is dangerous to young children that haven't quite grasped the concept of not eating dirt and handwashing. They are probably totally unaware of the upset their cats are causing. Also give them back their cat faeces this will bring the reality of it home to your neighbour, who should as a responsible owner be providing toilet facilities and training their cats to use them.
As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of cats because of the huge qualities of wildlife they kill. and if I had my way all cats would be house cats and kept indoors. But that's me.
caral i used to love cats,... problem is there are 5 or 6 that come in, no idea which poos and only know who 1 belongs to, there are loads on our road,and i'd even suffer it if they kept the flamin mice away
If a organic cat scarer i.e. a dog isn't an option. Perhaps an ultrasonic cat scarer may be worth thinking about? I know they can be expensive but from what I understand when used properly with a few of them strategically placed they do work. If you and your little ones get your garden back it may be worth it.
A dog is a valid option. When we had a dog no cats came anywhere near the garden. EXCEPT you have to clean up dog poo yourself. Cats are at least cleaner. I think adding a bit of washing up liquid to the water sounds a good idea Keith
Believe me, washing up liquid is the answer, dogs are no problem to our cat when we got him from the RSPCA his name was Geoff Capes, he’s been ripped apart by a lurcher and my neighbour has a labradoodle and Geoff Capes is still standing, washing up liquid is the only thing he’s scarred of. And we don't get mice.
Our lovely cat preferred to come back into the house and use his litter tray, rather than outside, but now he's gone, we do have one cat that insists on using the lawn. It's a minor nuisance, but we don't have young children so can cope with it.
By the way, I strongly suspect it's an urban myth that cats kill a huge number of wild birds, just how many corpses do you see lying around in an average week? We've only seen 2 or 3 in seven years and we have a large wild bird population in this garden with plenty of neighbourhood cats.
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i'm going to get a good water piostol, although i'm sure my 3 year old will squirt me with it more..L beenet, do the chilli flakes work? how do you use them?i'm felling really upset at the moment, just when i shoukd be really enjoying the garden i have to find cat poo before i can let my little ones play out, now we have mice , so the cats aren't even doing a decent job there
chris 25 that's another good idea will start collecting bottles
Seriously though rosemummy, speak to your neighbour and tell them how upset you are, and worried about the children you are, particularly as cats faeces is dangerous to young children that haven't quite grasped the concept of not eating dirt and handwashing. They are probably totally unaware of the upset their cats are causing. Also give them back their cat faeces this will bring the reality of it home to your neighbour, who should as a responsible owner be providing toilet facilities and training their cats to use them.
As you can probably tell, I'm not a big fan of cats because of the huge qualities of wildlife they kill. and if I had my way all cats would be house cats and kept indoors.
But that's me.
caral i used to love cats,... problem is there are 5 or 6 that come in, no idea which poos and only know who 1 belongs to, there are loads on our road,and i'd even suffer it if they kept the flamin mice away
Darn that doesn't help.
If a organic cat scarer i.e. a dog isn't an option.
Perhaps an ultrasonic cat scarer may be worth thinking about? I know they can be expensive but from what I understand when used properly with a few of them strategically placed they do work. If you and your little ones get your garden back it may be worth it.
A dog is a valid option. When we had a dog no cats came anywhere near the garden. EXCEPT you have to clean up dog poo yourself. Cats are at least cleaner. I think adding a bit of washing up liquid to the water sounds a good idea Keith
Believe me, washing up liquid is the answer, dogs are no problem to our cat when we got him from the RSPCA his name was Geoff Capes, he’s been ripped apart by a lurcher and my neighbour has a labradoodle and Geoff Capes is still standing, washing up liquid is the only thing he’s scarred of. And we don't get mice.
So is he filed under G or C ?
Good point to remember. No mice, healthy pea seeds!
Shovel it up and throw it back over the fence.
Our lovely cat preferred to come back into the house and use his litter tray, rather than outside, but now he's gone, we do have one cat that insists on using the lawn. It's a minor nuisance, but we don't have young children so can cope with it.
By the way, I strongly suspect it's an urban myth that cats kill a huge number of wild birds, just how many corpses do you see lying around in an average week? We've only seen 2 or 3 in seven years and we have a large wild bird population in this garden with plenty of neighbourhood cats.