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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2004Cat Is Top Garden Pest
THE neighbour's cat is Britain's top garden pest, a new survey reveals. Prowling cats have caused problems for 84 per cent of gardeners. Biggest complaint, which upset 65 per cent of those quizzed, was about the pets using next door's bare soil as a toilet. Other gripes include flattening plants and seedlings (which annoyed 33 per cent of gardeners), killing adult birds (44 per cent) and raiding birds' nests (28 per cent). Of cat owners, 43 per cent admitted doing nothing to control their pet's behaviour, according to the survey by the magazine Gardening Which? Only 38 per cent keep their cat in at night, preventing it from going on the prowl and just four per cent had a litter tray in the garden. THE SUN I know if you do NOT like cats it must be very annoying. I know if they catch birds that is also very annoying. However they do keep mice and rats down. Which is not ever put in these surveys. I have two cats and they do NOT interfere with anyone. Like a lot of people these days I have a large cat run. Pat > THE neighbour's cat is Britain's top garden pest, a new survey reveals. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > THE SUN Absolutely, cats keep away pests that will eat up your entire garden. If there's a section that you don't want the cats to snooze in, just add a border of marigolds, they hate the smell. > I know if you do NOT like cats it must be very annoying. > I know if they catch birds that is also very annoying. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > THE SUN > Absolutely, cats keep away pests that will eat up your entire garden. > If there's a section that you don't want the cats to snooze in, just add > a border of marigolds, they hate the smell. I've never found marigolds to keep cats away. I found just as much cat poop in my garden when I planted them as when I didn't. Mothballs will work to a degree until irate bunnies kick them out into the yard. Had plenty of experience here - a previous neighbor's cat used my flower beds for a litter box for years (her owner didn't keep a litter box for her). She also came into my yard and fought with my cat (who ended up with an abscess) so she wasn't my favorite critter. I clean up enough cat poop scooping litter boxes after my own three. I'm not in a big hurry to have to clean up after a neighbors' animal. W > I've never found marigolds to keep cats away. I found just as much cat poop > in my garden when I planted them as when I didn't. Mothballs will work to a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > W Hi Wendy , I put down "Get Off My Garden" in flower beds bought from Pets at Home. It's non toxic and very effective. I've also found orange peel to be quite good. I have a litter tray for my cat which she uses. Alison > I put down "Get Off My Garden" in flower beds bought from Pets at > Home. It's non toxic and very effective. I've also found orange peel > to be quite good. I have a litter tray for my cat which she uses. > Alison you say that you used "Get Off my Garden" how long did you have to put it down does it eventually stop the cats from using your garden as a litter tray or do you have to keep using it for ever. As I have started to use it and it does work but I am not sure if I can afford to keep on using it. Ally > you say that you used "Get Off my Garden" how long did you have to put it > down does it eventually stop the cats from using your garden as a litter > tray or do you have to keep using it for ever. As I have started to use it > and it does work but I am not sure if I can afford to keep on using it. > > Ally Hi Ally , The bad news is you have to keep using it :( I only use it on a small patch so its not expensive for me . Ally :( So! ...what is your suggestion for the 'so called' problem? My survey here of 86 percent of the readers say the gardener has the problem. The other 15 percent like the fresh fertilizer coming in on a daily basis. That leaves 1 percent which is YOU. Someone else will say where you fit in the picture. But really, what is your point for your post? > So! ...what is your suggestion for the 'so called' problem? My survey here > of 86 percent of the readers say the gardener has the problem. The other 15 > percent like the fresh fertilizer coming in on a daily basis. That leaves 1 > percent which is YOU. Someone else will say where you fit in the picture. > > But really, what is your point for your post? What is the point of your stupid attitude? No wonder cat owners have a bad reputation with genuine animal lovers. circa Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:31:29 +0100, in alt.cats, Miniver Stalls (stalls@hotmail.com) said, > No wonder cat owners have a bad > reputation with genuine animal lovers. Cat owners are not "genuine animal lovers"? Why, pray tell? Laura  SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:31:29 +0100, in alt.cats, Miniver Stalls > (stalls@hotmail.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Laura I wouldn't say that people who let their cats crap in their neighbors' yards aren't genuine animal lovers. They (as often as people who don't let their cats use the neighborhood as a litter box) probably love their animals - just not their neighbors. W circa Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:29:31 -0400, in alt.cats, Wendy (wendypart@nospam.com) said, > > > No wonder cat owners have a bad > > > reputation with genuine animal lovers. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cats use the neighborhood as a litter box) probably love their animals - > just not their neighbors. But that's not what "Miniver" said, which is why I ask. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde In a unrelated story Pellet Gun sales have increased 64% this year. Another keyboard hero (sorry, I mean keyboard TWAT) into the kill-file. Bless > In a unrelated story Pellet Gun sales have increased 64% this year. http://www.skipmorrow.com/html/galleries/cats-frameset.html GFY |
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