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Post by Kupo.Kisses on Jul 19, 2015 11:15:32 GMT
hi again, I need some advice. I'm currently 26 weeks pregnant and recently we have had a lot of stress. We are renting a 2 bed house currently and my partner accidentally killed off an ivy bush in our garden. The neighbours kicked off massively, claiming it took 10 years and belonged to them (was in our garden) and actually contacted our landlords after we had informed them to complain. I have currently been suffering with mild depression due to the pressures and worries of pregnancy as well so none of this is helping. We have replaces said ivy with 3 2ft shrubs and covered with topsoil however the neighbours cat keeps doing huge human sized poops in it and has kicked all the top soil off the ivy which means the roots are now exposed. I also am not allowed to touch the poop or remove it due to toxoplasmosis. I also have a cat as some of you know called penny however she never does her business outside and always uses her litter box - her poop is also much smaller than this cats poop. I am fairly sure it is the neighbours cat doing the business as he is a big male. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how I can deal with this as it is killing the shrubs and making a mess of our walkway. It is also frustrating that I cannot touch it because I am pregnant. I don't want to use anything g that could harm any cat or cause discomfort or danger to my own cat. It's a tricky situation and my partner is not particularly keen to pick up this poo due to the size of it (it really looks human!) so most of the time it is just left.
any advice be very much appreciated! Thanks x
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Post by alfiemummy on Jul 19, 2015 11:36:57 GMT
I'm not really a cat person so don't have much advice on how to keep the cat away However to make the clean up job slightly less unpleasant for your partner (or so you were able to do it) maybe you could get one of those long arm poop scoops?
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Post by tonib on Jul 19, 2015 14:03:21 GMT
Kupo.Kisses, nice to hear from you again although sorry to hear about the mild depression & the issue with the neighbour's cat. I can well appreciate the size of the poo as our Roman (neutered male) seems to save it up (if kept in & uses the litter tray) & would do an Alsatian proud! Despite happily using a litter tray on occasion or if he has to, he mainly uses the great outdoors & I only hope that its in the woodland & not other people's garden, at least he covers it up (based on his litter tray usage 2 things:- If your partner won't clear it, have you thought about using disposable latex gloves & clearing the cat poop yourself From:- icatcare.org/advice/cats-and-human-health/cats-and-pregnancyCan you put more low plants around the new bushes so there isn't any visible topsoil or try covering the bare soil with some mulch (pebble not to small as it could be mistaken for litter or bark but not cocoa mulch as that's potential poisonous to cats) icatcare.org/advice/how-guides/how-keep-cats-gardenmultcopets.org/keeping-cats-out-gardensGoof luck in solving this
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 18:10:40 GMT
Perhaps get some chicken wire and wrap it around the base so it completely covers the bare soil area. I'd also hold the chicken wire in place with some wire tent pegs or skewers etc In the past I've often placed chicken wire cloches over areas where I have sown seeds - it keeps the cats off the area and the cloches can be removed after a few weeks once the plants have grown big enough to cover the ground.
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Post by smilesbetter on Aug 12, 2015 20:46:39 GMT
I'd ask the neighbour to remove the poop haha. As @gillykat says I'd recommend putting something over the roots to prevent the cat getting to them, of course the cat may then start going elsewhere in your garden, so you could maybe mention to your neighbour about the toxoplasmosis risk to your unborn baby, and ask whether they could put something in their garden to try to encourage that cat to toilet there instead (for example a small sandpit or something). Probably don't mention too much about your worry for the hedge as they might just jump on you about the death of the previous ivy and try to push the blame on you rather than helping at all.
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