Stopping cat from using neighbor's garden as toilet.

cybercat brought next idea :
"Baldoni" wrote in message
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deja.blues wrote on 18/03/2008 :
"sandy58" wrote in message
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Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

But what if the cat wants to go outdoors ? It will always want to go out
at some point. It is only natural.

Bull****. It's an ingrained, UK specific fallacy, as those of us with indoor
cats know. My cats have window perches from which they watch the bird and
squirrels with great interest, but they *NEVER* try to get out or stand at
the doors. And both used to be outdoor strays.

If you are going to allow your cat to roam, understand that you do so at the
cat's risk. And don't come in here asking stupid questions like, how to stop
a roaming cat from eliminating in turned up soil.

I am old enough to remember when my grandfather kept a boxing kangeroo
around the house, pigs and a couple of camels. The camels were no
problem but having seen what the pigs and the kangeroo did to the
gardens I doubt very much I will need to come here in the future asking
questions about a roaming cat !

--
Count Baldoni

Baldoni wrote:

cybercat has brought this to us :
"Baldoni" wrote in message
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deja.blues wrote on 18/03/2008 :
"sandy58" wrote in message
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Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

But what if the cat wants to go outdoors ? It will always want to go out
at some point. It is only natural.

Bull****. It's an ingrained, UK specific fallacy, as those of us with indoor
cats know. My cats have window perches from which they watch the bird and
squirrels with great interest, but they *NEVER* try to get out or stand at
the doors. And both used to be outdoor strays.

If you are going to allow your cat to roam, understand that you do so at the
cat's risk. And don't come in here asking stupid questions like, how to stop
a roaming cat from eliminating in turned up soil.

There is no need to get so touchy. If you want to imprison your
animals then that is up to you. But I hold that cats were living
outdoors when they were first employed by humans.

So just tell your neighbor that when your cat ****s in his flowers.

Just for the record... I only ever had one cat in many, many years
that showed any real desire to go outside. She indicated to us that
she wanted to be outside by trying to run out every time we opened the
door.

She got out ONCE, and only once, and I did feel badly that we had to
keep her contained, because she so wanted to be outside.

On that one occassion she caught a Tufted Titmouse (a lovely little
song bird that we feed at our feeders), and she accomplished this task
within ten minutes of getting outside. Don't ask me how... but she
managed it! Pretty smart cat I think!

When she came back to the front to be let inside she had the bird in
her mouth.

She meowed to be let inside and the bird flew away luckily, unharmed.

Other than that one cat I have never had a cat that ever had any
desire to go out.

Sorry to keep the post going; I just had to ad that...

mc explained :
Sorry to keep the post going; I just had to ad that...

Why be sorry this is the last bastion of free speech left in the world.
If you believe in your words then don't be ashamed to pipe up. I like
to think if someone does not agree then they should have the level of
intelligence to ignore the posts.

--
Count Baldoni

on 18/03/2008, supposed :
Baldoni wrote:

cybercat has brought this to us :
"Baldoni" wrote in message
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deja.blues wrote on 18/03/2008 :
"sandy58" wrote in message
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Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

But what if the cat wants to go outdoors ? It will always want to go out
at some point. It is only natural.

Bull****. It's an ingrained, UK specific fallacy, as those of us with
indoor cats know. My cats have window perches from which they watch the
bird and squirrels with great interest, but they *NEVER* try to get out or
stand at the doors. And both used to be outdoor strays.

If you are going to allow your cat to roam, understand that you do so at
the cat's risk. And don't come in here asking stupid questions like, how
to stop a roaming cat from eliminating in turned up soil.

There is no need to get so touchy. If you want to imprison your
animals then that is up to you. But I hold that cats were living
outdoors when they were first employed by humans.

So just tell your neighbor that when your cat ****s in his flowers.

I can tell you something. I adopted a young "silver spotted" who
previously lived solely indoors and was not provided with a litter
tray/box. So he **** and ****ed in the bath and it stank to high
heaven. Now he can go out he loves it and he has even got into the
habit of going to **** outside and that pleases me very much. However
it is my land that he uses as a toilet and I don't mind one iota or
jot.

--
Count Baldoni

Sandy, only note is if it is a food garden, to be sure it's a safe chemical
for the plants. There are some that are! Others are toxic and wil be
absorbed by the food plants. If it's a flower garden, not an issue g.

I have heard some home remedies using safe products, but am not sure how
effective they are. One of them was so hairbrained, I can tell it will not
work but just for chuckles, here is that one (grin). Put a light sprinkle
of dry catfood in there. Cat is supposed to associate this now with a food
place and wont use it as a latrine. (No, it doesnt work, but it was pretty
funny!).

On Mar 18, 4:08 pm, "cybercat" wrote:
"Baldoni" wrote in message

... deja.blues wrote on 18/03/2008 :
"sandy58" wrote in message
...
Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

But what if the cat wants to go outdoors ? It will always want to go out
at some point. It is only natural.

Bull****. It's an ingrained, UK specific fallacy, as those of us with indoor
cats know. My cats have window perches from which they watch the bird and
squirrels with great interest, but they *NEVER* try to get out or stand at
the doors. And both used to be outdoor strays.

If you are going to allow your cat to roam, understand that you do so at the
cat's risk. And don't come in here asking stupid questions like, how to stop
a roaming cat from eliminating in turned up soil.

Up yours, jack. who made you da boss? because you have a cat now your
a cat specialist??? and I DON'T think. What's your problem? Anti-UK or
just Bolshi?
Try a bit harder Cyber-PUSS. :-)

On Mar 18, 7:02 pm, "Matthew" wrote:
"sandy58" wrote in message

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On Mar 18, 11:18 am, "deja.blues" wrote:
"sandy58" wrote in message

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Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

Yeah, RIGHT!

try Google next time if you don't like the answer

freaking newbie's always start this damn debate always happens

A newbie? hahahahahah What a sad bunny. So what did Santa NOT bring
you for that time of year? I think to be a real newbie re; cats I'd
have to be about 6 months old. And what "damn debate" did I start?
Bah! Humbug! Matt aka Scrooge.

"sandy58" wrote in message
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On Mar 18, 4:08 pm, "cybercat" wrote:
"Baldoni" wrote in message

... deja.blues wrote on
18/03/2008 :
"sandy58" wrote in message
...
Urgent tips required as my neighbor is a nice person. :-)
TIA.

Keep it inside.

But what if the cat wants to go outdoors ? It will always want to go
out
at some point. It is only natural.

Bull****. It's an ingrained, UK specific fallacy, as those of us with
indoor
cats know. My cats have window perches from which they watch the bird and
squirrels with great interest, but they *NEVER* try to get out or stand
at
the doors. And both used to be outdoor strays.

If you are going to allow your cat to roam, understand that you do so at
the
cat's risk. And don't come in here asking stupid questions like, how to
stop
a roaming cat from eliminating in turned up soil.

Up yours, jack. who made you da boss? because you have a cat now your
a cat specialist??? and I DON'T think. What's your problem? Anti-UK or
just Bolshi?
Try a bit harder Cyber-PUSS. :-)

Nice comeback. My comment, of course, still stands. If you let the cat out,
then shut the **** up about what happens while the cat is out. And when the
cat is slaughtered by a dog or hit by a car, or infected from a wound in a
cat fight, or poisoned by a "not so nice" neighbor" don't come in here and
whine about it unless you want to get flamed then, too. Asshole.