General Chat

Nothing wrong with feeling burdened. This cat has descended on you, your feeding it and now it's digging up your garden. If this is a temporary custody ie remand maybe you can grin and bear it but if you don't want the cat speak to the RSPCA. Mind you I think it may be better to cope with the cat than your children's reaction if you get rid of it. I can picture their faces now!

My friend took in a lovely little stray (well the stray chose her) she put up notices without any response, adopted her, did all the vet's things and then it just trotted off somewhere else.

All this from a cat lover. Next door's cat uses our garden to do its ablutions as the fence panels are waiting repair but we do love Kooshka - until we mow the lawn.

Vera

They don't bury it on gravel, and when you try and pick it up all the stones stick to it Ugh!!!

The cats obviously like freshly dug soil as this easy for them to bury their mess.

Last spring,I spent half an afternoon clearing out the siol in an ornamental wall,ready to plant up with summer bedding. When I had finished,I walked back towards the house to make a cuppa,just before I went inside,I turned round to admire my hard work,and there were three adult cats all pooing in it!

I couldn't complain,two of them were mine. At least cats bury their waste,unlike dogs.

I'd try a deep tray of sand in the area of the garden the cat favours. Especially if the ground is hard due to hot weather, it might like the softness lol.

Our neighbours opposite have five cats plus two that visit them fequently - I imagine they feed them. Somebody said they love to dig in soft areas. We have part of our front garden gravelled and they think it is an exxtra large litter tray. The pebbles are quite large but that doesn't deter them, neithe does the bark spread on top of the large tub our clematis is in, neither does the wire netting over the plants, don't know what to do now.

I have an hilarious photo of a neighbours cat pooing on my freshly planted tub of tulips, He used it all that winter as his private lavatory,and I must say that I had the best display of flowers ever the following spring.

So,manure is manure no matter whos rear end it comes from.

We have a beautiful British Shorthair cat named Mirabelle. When we were having our fence replaced last year we had to clear the fence line so the old fence and posts could be removed and in one corner by the garage Mirabelle had used it for her ablutions . It was the nearest place she could run out too,do what she had to do, and then run indoors again cos the weather had been bad that previous winter,
Well it was a stinking mess and I had to remove nearly a black bag full of URGGGG!!.
We tried to deter her from going back to the area by making that part of the garden a rockery, as we stopped her going one place she found another,
To cut a long story I bought one of those indoor covered loos and had it indoors for a week for her to get used too. its now in the garden and she uses it all the time. have to clean it out every other day and put new paper a litter in but its fine no more cats poo in the garden, Fortunately we haven't many other cats in the immediate area now so only she uses it,

She is 12 so you can teach old girls new tricks . lol :D

oh Dear!.... (scratches head!!!!)...His owner was taken into custody three days ago..and the cat (knowing my children) just started wondering in doors,i couldnt let him starve.....now i feel a bit burdened (i didnt like to say that)..as he is a lovely cat and hasnt done anything in the house...he goes to the door to be let out...its just my loveley garden ime fretting over....am i just being a silly billy....

They will dig up any soft area Thats where they do their ablutions !!

Perhaps that’s why he was abandoned! ;-)

Seriously though we have had quite a few cats, (mostly abandoned or from people that could no longer keep them) they all dig in the garden to “do their business” I’m afraid,
Our George has taken to the veg plot recently which we aren’t too keen on, we have tried the cat deterrent products with varying success as after rain they tend to need replacing.

I have just sent off for some plectranthus caninus (known as Scaredy cat) plants which it seems cats hate the smell of but humans can only smell them if handled, got to be worth a try!

It might be worth trying a cat tray if you haven’t got one already, as the cat might prefer a posh indoor bathroom to the “outside privy”.

Good luck,
Mayfield.

i have just acquired an abandoned cat,whome i have been feeding for two days now,but he has now just started digging up my flower bed...he is a playful cat....not a baby and not quite an adult.....please can some one help with garden advice......i luv my garden...but have never had a cat before :-)