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Topic: Flying Cat Poo!
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Julie Mann
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Flying Cat Poo!
Ok its not a great subject but Im really cheesed off. I have cats and just recently noticed cat poo in my garden, not unsual for a cat owner but each day there was more of it and also not in flower beds, it has been just about everthwhere. I only have a really small garden so its been really noticeable. I was starting to think my good neighbour who cuts my lawn was throwing it over the fence. I even started contemplating setting up the video camera to see what was happening.
I have spent all day in the garden today and then came in to make my little boy dinner at about 5ish. Around 6 I went into the kitchen to get him some fruit and yoghurts and looked out the kitchen door which was open and leads onto the garden and there it was 'flying cat turds'. My other neighbours that I hardly ever see and have only really said hello to were chucking it over my garden. I was furious and grabbed my son and went round to their house banging on their door several times. I was so incensced that I spoke through the letter box and basically said that what they have done is wrong, no point hiding away as I will see them another day.
I was so mad but didnt shout as I had my boy with me.
I called my brother and he said he will pop round to them one day, but I hope I see them 1st because I would like to give them a piece of my mind. Yes my cats do go in their garden but so do other cats, they are the corner house and the cats walk through it to get to the street. I have some cats coming in my garden but I dont give the poo to their owners. Unfortunatley you cant tell a cat not to do it in someone elses garden.
My boys toys are in the garden, sandpit etc and also our garden furniture, and I dont want it on these things or us even. For the effort they took to throw it they could have put it in a bag and binned it. Dont do that to me, they might as well have put it through my letter box. Also like I say other cats go in their garden so I could be receiving the whole of my streets cat poo.
Had a good cry once my boy went to bed as I wished Tony was here to tell them not to be so nasty.
Well lets see what they have to say when I do eventually see them.
Sorry for ranting but I just feel like I could burst.
Julie x
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 00:24 |
Lynda
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Dear Julie,
Although I'm not a cat person I felt I understood your distress on reading your post. We try to keep it together and to be like 'normal' people, but something like this just seems to tip the balance between coping and not.
Maybe it would help to put a handwritten note through your neighbour's letter box explaining that you and your little boy are having a difficult time coping with the death of your husband and therefore sometimes the smallest thing can be very hard to handle. And then going on to explain that the cat poo is not necessarily from your own cats and that you are worried about it getting into your son's sandpit/on his toys, and asking for their help in resolving the problem it is causing them. I think most people will rise to the challenge of helping people in distress, and maybe this is a time to admit the weakness that we all have as we go through this horrible journey. Who knows, you may find that you end up wih understanding and caring neighbours. As they say in the financial field: 'Past performance cannot be taken as indicative of future performance' - or something of that sort!
Good luck, whatever route you decide on to sort out the flinging cat poo neighbours!
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 00:53 |
Julie Mann
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Thanks Lynda, it can be so hard to stay rational when the world seems to be throwing more than one kind of poo at me. I have always been a good neighbour and am not the sort to upset people and can be very diplomatic, I also thought that I had good neighbours, especially since Tony and Ava died. I really hope they will stop doing it. I will try again when I see them as they are not always around for a few days at a time, and if not I will write a note like you suggest because I dont want to have bad relations with any of my neighbours it has been a good area to live in.
Julie x
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 09:49 |
Pauline
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
What b********s!!!!
Only thing I can think of is for you to put a litter tray for your cats--hopefully they'll use that and then you can at least say it's not your cats.
Also, one thought---cats usually bury their poo--mine does---so if they are finding it on their garden it's more likely it's feral cats and not domestic ones.
Hope the day gets better for you.
Pauline
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 12:25 |
Sarahh
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Julie
I really feel for you here. I do not have a cat although am a cat-lover and live on an estate that is full of our feline friends!
I recently had the only flat bit of our garden turfed over for the children. I love my new lawn, but unfortunately so do the neighbours cats!
It has been causing me distress as my twins are still not walking.
I agree with Lynda, you need to have some dialogue with your neighbour, face-to-face or otherwise to try and resolve the problem without him/ her resorting to this. I have put plastic bottles half-filled with water down and have invested in a gadget that produces a high-pitched beep to deter cats. I have had one prob in the last week which is great as I was getting a few a day.
I hope you can resolve this one, I am shocked at your neighbour's behaviour, I wouldn't dream of doing the same with the poo I find in my garden!
Good luck with this
Sarahh x
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 12:32 |
sophia
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Dear Julie
I experienced this with one of my neighbours last year (and perhaps the same will occur this year because the problem seems to arise whilst they are on holiday). They own a cat of their own but that did not deter them from flinging over my fence. I use three indoor litter trays and an outside litter area. I also keep my cats in at night - although this is harder to do during the summer when it is so hot. There are cat deterrant pellets that can be bought (they give off a smell which cats don't like) and your neighbours might like to think about this as an option. The high pitched beeping gadget also sounds a good idea because it will encourage the cats to stay within their own territory.
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 12:42 |
LizP
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
II am genuinely sorry about your predicament and can only suggest the following which may be of use to you and your neighbours.
I have a cat and live in a village full of people who have cats. My answer to the problem of other peoples cats coming into my garden (also useful for seagulls on the roof) is a catapult and a packet of frozen peas.
Take shots at them, a few hits, they soon get the message and don't return.
As an added bonus I have become a wiz at fairground rifle stalls and coconut shys.
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 17:36 |
becs
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Julie,
I'd have just posted some of it back through their letter box!
The b@@@@@ds!!!
How rude and how dangerous of them.
Becs
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 18:57 |
Julie Mann
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Re: Flying Cat Poo!
Thank you all so much for your replies. You know if they had just spoken to me I would have offered to purchase some sort of deterent for them, but the fact that they have shown no common sense and been totally thoughtless really gets my back up and I wont be offrering to buy anything.
They are not there today but as soon as I see they are back I will go round again, I have written a note to them as well so either way they will hear what I have to say.
My cats have their own little summerhouse in the garden with a cat flap and they come and go as they please and when I go away it makes it easy so noone has to think about letting them in and out, my family just come and feed them.
I did have trays for them but they never bothered to use them, only the occassional wee when its raining.
Becs my mum suggested the same as you, and although it gave me a laugh I'd be too scared.
My mum used to use a little kids water pistol when another cat used to come in our garden. Maybe I should water pistol them if they do it again.
Liz maybe I'II get some of Tonys fishing bait hes got lots of boilies and a catapult....save the peas for dinner!
They never did it when Tony was here, maybe they feel a bit braver now, I just dont know....but theyve picked on the wrong woman, because although Im not double hard or anything the biggest swear word I say is Bloody! but Ive got widows rage and a little Bichon Frise puppy that might bite their ankles.
Thanks to you all,
Julie xXx
Posted on 28/07/2008 at 20:29 |
