Blanket has been found - thank you for your help
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Hi. We used to live in Vestris Road and knew Blanketās owners well. Is someone taking care of Blanket? If not we would happily do so rather than her going to a cat home
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Thank you for the offer but Blanket has been already taken in by another member of the family.
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Thanks, thatās good news.
Happy International Cat Day. Hereās some lovely tweets from our favourite political cats.
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Here for your delectation, is my late moggie Spice stating the obvious through the art of box appropriation.
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This is my missing kitty, Tootsie. Sheās been missing since last Friday night from Westwood Park, right behind the Horniman. If any kitty spotters spot her, please get in touch! 07471 932525.
Thanks!
Vicki
Hi Vickiā¦ Iād suggest you start a new topic on this. SE23.life will often then tweet it out as well.
I have, thanks. Just thought Iād add it to the Cat Spotters thread too, just in case.
Cheers!
Vicki
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Hi, Iām aware this is the local cat appreciation thread and so Iām sure this post is going to go down like a lead balloon, but it seems the most appropriate place to ask the question:
Do cat owners feel any responsibility for where your cat goes to the toilet?
Two local cats have decided to turn my small back garden into their local toilet. On a daily basis I have two fresh piles of faeces appear. The smell is horrific and it is impacting on my enjoyment of my garden (I have deliberately not had friends around for a BBQ this summer because the lingering smell is so unpleasant).
I have spent a lot of time online trying to find ways to stop this - the upshots seem to be (1) this is a widespread problem for any of us who donāt have a cat (as your cats apparently wonāt defile their own territory but much prefer to do it to someone who doesnāt have a cat) and (2) there appear to be very few proven effective solutions to prevent it (ironically the best being to get a cat).
The thing is, if a local dog owner allows his dog to foul in public and didnāt clear up after it there would be uproar and they would (rightly) be vilified. Similarly, Iām sure if someoneās dog routinely came onto your property to relieve itself you would be upset and would raise it with the owner. I struggle to see the distinction? Why should I have to spend time and money to (so far unsuccessfully) try and prevent other peopleās cats fouling all over my property? What is the solution?
Iām genuinely interested to understand whether cat owners think they have any responsibility for their animalās behaviour.
For the record, I donāt hate cats, Iām more of a dog person but I like cats (my brother has two, lots of friends have them) but I really am getting to my wits end with this nuisance.
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I am sorry you are having this problem. As a cat owner I try hard to prevent my cat from doing this by not letting her out for long bursts of time and by encouraging her to visit her litter box before being let out. Judging by the āpresentsā in her litter box everyday, I think that I am mostly winning, however it is hard to keep and eye on them when they are outside.
There are some ways to keep them off your garden: Curry plant, lavender and rosemary are widely used as cat repellents. There are also some chemical ones in the market.
Cats also hate being sprayed with water, they think that you pee on them, so try that too. It is harmless.
Where do you live? If there is a chance that my cat has littered your garden, I d be happy to buy some repellents for you and I am sure that if you spoke to the cat owners around your area, they would be happy to do the same.
Think of the positives of having cats around. They discourage mice and rats.
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Thanks for the reply - I am going to plant some lavender and (reluctantly) I think I will order a couple of the ultrasonic deterrent devices that seem to be somewhat effective. I appreciate your efforts with your own cat to minimise the risk of it fouling elsewhere, I wish all owners were as considerate. You make a good general point for cat owners which is, if your cat is not going to the toilet in a litter box every day then it is doing it somewhere else, most likely someone elseās property. And as convenient a solution as that might appear to be for the cat owner, itās pretty selfish behaviour.
So pretty please cat owners would you all do everything you can to make sure your own cat isnāt fouling other peoples gardens. Many thanks
Our neighbours donāt have a litter tray, and their cat craps in our garden, so I discover little āgiftsā when Iām weeding by hand. Love the cat- sheās very affectionate, but yuck.
Tāother half has just agreed to catsit for a fortnight. 
Time enough to train cat to use a trayā¦? 
My cats are mainly indoors so donāt cause this problem but, on the point more broadly, itās not realistic to expect cat owners to be able to control where their cats go to the loo (unless they are mandatorily kept indoors, which is not fair on cats not kept that way since birth).
I see this as just one of the facts of life of living in a built up city. I have to put up with screaming kiddies, fox crap, other cat crap, yapping dogs and other irritants where it is not practical or possible to get other people to control the cause of the problem. Iād prefer not to have to deal with it, but I accept the fact that my only choice if I live in a city is to develop some Zen-like calm and take whatever mitigating actions I can.
In addition to the deterrents suggested to you, you may wish to try napthelene flakes or mothballs (cats hate the smell). They also tend to hate foil, so foil strips around the garden can work a treat, as well as reflecting sunshine back onto your plants. I also found the rate of other neighboursā cats deposits reduced when I allowed one particular cat to claim my garden as her territory. She wonāt let anyone else near it now.
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He looks as though he is posing, very majestic ha ha!
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