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Yeah right! A free chicken show? all the cats will be inviting THEIR friends and neighbours to watch!

lozza 9: my cat does poo in my garden but your right, they are free roaming creatures so he could be pooing anywhere. I'd object to anyone hurting my cat but if he's in their garden and they don't want him there then their perfectly entitled to shoo him or even throw water at him! He'll dry out soon enough and it might learn him - doubt it though as he's a bit thick to say the least. I'll be getting his "toilet" ready this weekend, hopefully he'll use it.

maybe I should get a toilet area in my garden, atleast they will do it one place.

what do I need for a toilet area for the cats?
Loz

P.s I do llike cats - i used to look after my neighbours cat ( before I moved) he actually came to me more than he went to the neighbours when he was called and he never done any poo in our garden. I think he knew my mother would cut him into several pieces if he did.

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for a cat-loo you'll need a flat bottomed square/rectangular plastic container, easy-wipe-clean, easy to get in and out of, loose soil or sand maybe, but we used to buy the catsan from supermarkets, empty it in plastic bag and clean it often, and bin it after, (you wouldnt want to compost it, see above discussions)

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a friend once suggested to me to keep a corner at the end of my garden with long grass and that the cats will go there only then, but i dont think it is our responsibility to provide for others' cats, and i see now how much they like freshly dug soil. I read on Top Tips there was suggested to poke kebab sticks in the soil at a sharp angle, careful you dont have an accident slipping and tripping and falling into them though.

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Jools, a worming dose kills intestinal worms, it does not make your pet poo toxic for months or years.
The main risk is of pets that have NOT been wormed, dogs can transmit a nasty worm which will make you blind, cats and dogs can transmit all sorts of parasites via their poo.

At least with a dog it is legally "livestock" and has to be controlled by the owner, you have legal recourse if someone keeps letting their dog crap on your property. This also means that any car accident where a dog is runover has to be reported.

Cats are not regarded legally as being owned or controlled animals in the sense that dogs are. Frankly they can be a bloody nuiscance, as other posters have noted the "low maintenance" aspect seems to appeal to modern folk, hence they prowl their neighbourhood trying to kill anything smaller than them and crapping anywhere but their owners property.

My dog seems to keep the garden cat free and trys to do the same with the allotment. Silly thing is if the cat is hard or stupid enough to stand its ground she then pretends she has not seen it.

Problem is most things that really work are not humane or kind.

The most amusing cat deterrent I've ever seen was what our neighbours elderly and friendly longhaired idiot cat encountered when our extension was being built.
Too arthritic and lazy to shin the fence if an alternative presented itself, he decided to stroll across our new foundations..... while the concrete was still wet.
Being grabbed at home as he tried to rub concrete off on the carpet and getting bathed had a lasting effect, he stayed clear after that until the builders went.

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I've just read on an allotment blog about a lady using chicken pellets to keep cats away from her plot. Has anyone ever tried this? Might be worth a go but not sure what type of chicken pellets she means. Chook owners might be wise to this already and could let us know if it works....

An electric wire (as for cattle but a lower voltage ) about 3 to 4 inches off the ground round the outside of your garden might work.
(don't forget the warning signs(in cattish )

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I wonder if the 'PIR thingy' which uses high frequency to deter moggies is what my daughter can hear along our street. My cloth ears don't go above 16mHz.