Posts by: qqqqwww

Catwoman,

This is supposed to be a discussion on ways to prevent cats fouling in your garden. Can we just keep to the subject. If you don't have anything constructive to add to the discussion, perhaps you should take your own advice and think before you type.

But to reply to your email, my child is very well supervised and behaved at all times, as will be my future child. I do not have a bad opinion of dog owners, just the ones who call cats "pests", let their dogs run wild in public without a lead, and who do not clean up after them. And I can not recall hearing on the news of cats killing toddlers, but I can certainly list several recent cases of unsupervised dogs attacking and killing them. I have never left my child unattended with any animal or stranger and it's extremely rude of you to suggest so.

I mentioned dog owners dropping litter as I have seen it with my own eyes. I admit it's not just them, and not all dog owners do it, but unfortunately, some do. And I clear up rubbish from behind my fence as I actually care about the community in which I live. Cats fouling in my garden I have little control over so have to accept it, but adults dropping litter is, quite frankly, disgusting. And before you go off on one, I'm not implying you're one of them.

Catcatcher, for your information, I am a pregnant woman with a toddler so hence you can see why I wish to deter cats from fouling in my garden. I have other people's cats fouling in my garden too. Also, we have a field behind our house and I have spent a long weekend clearing up after irresponsible dog owners who not only let their dogs foul on the field where children play but also drop their empty crisp and chocolate wrappers as they can't seem bothered to put it in their pockets and take it home to their bins!

Perhaps something should be done about selfish dog owners who don't keep their muts on leads and don't clear up after their "pet wolves" and themselves! Are you really so stupid you think we "let our cats roam free annoying people"? Do you think we have much choice in the matter? What do you suggest we do? Lock them up in a little room never to see the light of day. Get real. Cats are free spirits and have their own minds. And at least they don't go round scaring kids and attacking them.

Hi,

I've been trying to get hold of black fence paint in my local area to no avail. The only one I can find is a 2.5lt tub of Cuprinol at £20 a tin. As we have a lot of fences to paint this isn't really an option.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any dyes I could buy to mix in a tub of normal dark brown fence paint to make it black.

Many thanks

Cheryl

He received no formal training according to his wikipedia entry. Entirely self taught.

Regards

Cheryl

Since we moved house a year ago our cats have taken to fouling in our garden. I bought some "Get Off" gel last week from a pound shop and it appears to work. Only problem is, you need to put it everywhere as they stopped going in their usual spot and started somewhere fresh. It smells of Deep Heat and they absolutely hate it. Another tip I read is to spray Deep Heat on tea bags and bury them just under the soil where they go. And my mother in law has had success with one of those electric devices which give off high pitched sound to scare them off. Or you could try a motion activated sprinkler to scare them off. Good luck.