Catiquette

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Orange, lemon, lime peel in the borders is supposed to be good.

But the best way to stop cats defecating in your garden is to get a cat yourself. It'll be his/her territory then.
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
I have but fleeting memories of the ten schools that I attended. Almost all that I can remember from the two years at the last one is that skiving games in the summer involved being given a rake to get the overnight cat shit out of the high-jump pit. I remember a mate having to do this and 'cleverly' thinking that he could just rake the sand over the top. The state of the first lad to jump over the bar really should have been recorded - it was all over his back and in his hair....

You used to be able to buy lion dung from zoos and this was supposed to lead them to believe that they should 'go' elsewhere.

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littleme

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I guess this thread is more for cat lovers to discuss their lovely vermin pets but cats and I are now officially at war.

Defcon 1 was officially reached recently when:

1. I netted the vegetable patch to stop the blighters crapping in there and they subsequently crapped on top of the netting.... WTF!
2. My littl girl picked up some cat crap left on our lawn.
3. I managed to step in some cat crap on the lawn and subsequently tread it into the house.

All of that is on top of finding regular parcels of crap in my flower beds, veg beds and lawn for months/years one end.

If anyone has any tips that may save my sanity / low scale discomfort to a cat then please speak up. Although I have to say - I am very much of the mind that I shouldn't need to shell out lots of cash just to keep the gits off my garden....
Get a cat, that will stop the other ones coming in your garden, & cats never poo in their own garden. (I have 2 cats, this does not stop nextdoors cats almost living in my garden, but they never poo in my garden).

The only other thing that I know that works is to bury wire netting (chicken wire type stuff) under everything you plant, Dad did this as cats were pooing all over the front garden inbetween plants, it works as cats like to bury their poo & cant cos of the wire.
 

littleme

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You can't stop the killing but you can reduce the impact on your floor by setting the cat flap to exit only.

It is possible that this may even bring down the morbidity count as your cat realises that he can't deliver his deathly gifts to his esteemed human companions.

I did this after my cat brought me half a rabbit. For a while he used to leave a trail of dead mice leading all the way to the door of my Morris Minor. Then he tried scaling the outer wall of the house to appear, silhouetted in the window at my bedside, dead thing hanging from his jaws.

Eventually, he gave up.
Hmm sounds a good suggestion, but I would be worried that they then couldnt get in if they were in danger :(
 

Gadget

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We keep our cats inside as house cats to lessen the risk of them going missing, save all of the local wildlife, prevent them from using places other than their litter boxes. Peace of mind all round and no cross neighbours.
They get plenty of exercise either playing with the kids/us or with each other or tormenting the dog. We have plenty of ''toys'' too, things to bat around, cardboard boxes to sleep in/scratch up/use as ambush stations, catnip mice to hunt and kill.
Works for us.
 

Trumpet

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We keep our cats inside as house cats to lessen the risk of them going missing, save all of the local wildlife, prevent them from using places other than their litter boxes. Peace of mind all round and no cross neighbours.
They get plenty of exercise either playing with the kids/us or with each other or tormenting the dog. We have plenty of ''toys'' too, things to bat around, cardboard boxes to sleep in/scratch up/use as ambush stations, catnip mice to hunt and kill.
Works for us.
Same here.
 

Withnail

Well-Known Forumite
No, I'm afraid not.

Hmm, thought that might be the case - bugger.

Luckily the beast has his own play/dismemberment area under the seat in the garden, so 'parts' stay out there. The vomit happens where it happens, outdoors or in. Which is nice... :urgh:
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
Bloomin cats are going to be looking for a new home soon......

Theres been a weird smell in the back garden over the last 2 days, right by the kitchen window. Ive looked everywhere & couldnt find where it was coming from...& its awfull - a kind of mix between off fish, poo & wee....

Finaly found it this afternoon......a HUGE dead rat hidden under the childs chair on the little veranda of her playhouse :( (When I say huge, its probably the same size as my little she cat.)
I cant bare to touch it.......so hudbands in for a nice surprise when he gets home :(
 

Alee

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Oh dear poor birdys. I wonder why the cat didnt eat them?

Our tom cat has brought home some weird stuff, cheeseburgers (from the car boot sale), sausage roll (god knows), raw sausages (dunno), a bag of wrapped chips (we live near a chippy) & once I woke up to find 6 slices of toast by the back door!
I duno , he never eats them. Much prefers to stash them somewhere and cuddle up to them . Cute , but not when he brings live mice and stuff in ! He eats moths and spiders though , which is a big bonus. I'm terrified of spiders so I just send the cat in.
My lizard escaped once and I found them snuggled up together .
 

Alee

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Our old one used to be lovely ! (dead now) . The one we have now is always grumpy
 

Andreas Rex

Banned for smiling
If there's not a whole or partial animal on my dining room floor in the morning then I know something is up with my cat.....either that, or she's currently searching for something fresh to deliver to me shortly. It's 90% shrews, and she either leaves them completely intact or eats everything except for the liver & kidneys (I think..). Whatever they are, they frequently end up squished between my toes on the way to the bathroom...which is a lovely thing. Lovely.

The most impressive catch was this mole...I think I posted it on here at the time...

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It took me a while to work out whether it was dead or in shock, as it looked like it had just sauntered in and fallen asleep. I say it was an impressive catch because moles are meant to be quite feisty little buggers, aren't they?
 

Noah

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Partner had a kitten once which, caught, killed and brought into the house a full grown wild rabbit, at least twice the kittens size. Bloke kipped down on the living room floor in a sleeping bag wasn't too impressed when he was given the corpse.

I had an 8 week old kitten which was found on the worktop trying to drag the Christmas turkey away.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
I know two people who have child-locks on their fridges, but no children in the house any more....
Need them here, we have 1, who, if he could open the fridge, would feed the ham to the other 2.
You can't open our fridge door without 1 of them trying to get inside.
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Need them here, we have 1, who, if he could open the fridge, would feed the ham to the other 2.
You can't open our fridge door without 1 of them trying to get inside.

One was round the corner from you. Tommy had the Sunday lunch and got it out of the cat flap, so they didn't know until the oven had warmed up and it wasn't in the fridge....
 

henryscat

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We keep our cats inside as house cats to lessen the risk of them going missing, save all of the local wildlife, prevent them from using places other than their litter boxes. Peace of mind all round and no cross neighbours.
They get plenty of exercise either playing with the kids/us or with each other or tormenting the dog. We have plenty of ''toys'' too, things to bat around, cardboard boxes to sleep in/scratch up/use as ambush stations, catnip mice to hunt and kill.
Works for us.
Yep same here - all three of ours are indoor cats.
 
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