do you know where your cat 'messes'?

[Graffiasstar]

I read in Best magazine that the queen of clean Aggi think that cat owners should be aware as to where their cat messes, and be responsible. Our cats mainly use the litter tray, but I'm sure they must go else where at times too, short of stalking my cat I don't know how I'm expected to know where they go.
On the flip side, when my garden has been used by other cats, I but deterants down to encourage them to go else where, which seems to work. I've never confronted their owners and complained.
What do others think?

[daffy654]

Oh lordy, you have opened up a can of worms for the cat haters on AB!

Whenever a cat messes in my garden my oh just digs it into the flower beds, it's no big deal to us.

[boxtops]

my neighbour went ape when he laid a new lawn and several cats (mine included) used the nice new soil to poo - so I have now made my garden as cat-friendly as possible. They have a litter tray under a bench, and several earthy-gravelly patches where they can poo and I can clear it up. Other cats come in sometimes, but I don't mind, at least the cat-hater's not being troubled.

[craft1948]

My new neighbours had a cat which decided to crap in my front garden............I let the dog out and haven't seen it since.

[hc4361]

You could put a web cam on the cat's collar. It would be interesting to see how he spends his time .

Cat mess is NOT good for the garden - no fresh faeces is but cat poop is harmful to people and plants.

[mrs_overall]

Oh please don't get me started on cat poo in gardens. i can feel the vein in my forehead starting to throb already.

Cat lovers will just have to accept that not everyone adores cats.....some of us loathe the horrid things

Rant over - I'm off to lie down in a darkened room

[daffy654]

And some of us would like to see every dog on the planet annihilated, but it isn't the done thing to say that is it!

[mrs_overall]

That is NOT the done thing to say daffy - but I totally agree with you

[China Doll]

I don't think it's possible for you to know where your cat messes although whenever I have had them, they've generally done it in my own garden initially at any rate. I would have no objection to being responsible for my cats mess but I have no idea how you would be able to monitor it. I think the debate about cats messing in peoples gardens, dog owners who clean up after their dog etc.. could run and run but essentially, all sorts of animals crap in our gardens, cats, foxes, bugs, birds etc.. I find it a little difficult to get het up about. Especially as there are ways of stopping a cat doing it.

[NOX]

Dogs, cats, horses, goats, doesn't matter to me what comes into my garden, there's more important things in life that worrying about a bit of sh17. It's nice if people try to keep their animals out of other people's gardens but at the end of the day animals have a mind of their own and we only rent our time and property on earth til we die, so don't lose sleep over it people:)

[craft1948]

What's wrong with dogs daffy..................at least I pick up my dog's poo.

[China Doll]

Agree Nox.

[sandyRoe]

I don't have a cat, but the 2 next door use my garden .

[China Doll]

It's just people in the garden I would object to... regardless of whether they're defacating or not ;0)

[daffy654]

I have yet to meet a dog owner who thinks that their dog barking and annoying the neighbours is a problem. I have lived next door to a woman for 5 years who has a German Shepherd that barks loud and long every time she leaves it alone (which is daily). If dogs are well behaved and quiet I can tolerate them, otherwise they are one of the most annoying things on the planet.

[DTCwordfan]

Good grief, a thread on cat scat. What next, the dogs bogs?

[sophie_1003]

I can imagine it is annoying for people who want clean gardens to have to clear up other peoples' cat's poo but would they really rather have half the neighbourhood climbing into their garden at the end of every day to clear it up?

[Chaffinch]

S*d the cats, I'd like to know where my dog finds all the fox poo to roll in!!!!

[DTCwordfan]

spare a thought for those who keep an elephant at home.

[Meg]

What does cat poo look like? Can't say I've ever seen it.