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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Neighborhood cats shit right in the middle of my lawn. It stinks and the robot lawn mover makes it even worse.

I do NOT like cats, and this is not helping.

What works to keep them from shitting on my lawn?


The votes have spoken. Some people are cat lovers; thanks for the great advice from the rest of you! I will not go out of my way to accommodate other people's pets that aren't welcome on my property. My first weapon of choice will be chili because it's simple and cheap. Other ideas have been noted.

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[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

I can 100% guarantee you that the owners will just be extremely confused about the idea that people might not want other people's "pets" in their yard. I can 100% guarantee you that the response will just be "well it's a cat."

And it means that if something ever happens to this small animal, OP will get blamed for it if he says anything to the neighbors.

[-] Patquip@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I've dealt with this situation before. People who let cats roam free like this seem to live in a world where there is precisely one socially acceptable exception to otherwise generally accepted neighborly decorum - cats. Suggesting that you don't want their cat on your property makes you the asshole in their eyes, because they literally cannot comprehend any solution to the problem. Obviously the sky is blue, and cats are allowed to shit wherever they want. Thus spake the toxoplasmosis.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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