ᐅ Cat droppings or wildlife scat? Warning: image of animal droppings!
Created on: 10 Jul 2018 13:03
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andimann
Hello everyone,
(Hope I don’t get banned right away for posting a bunch of crap…)
Some animal is leaving a pile of droppings on our lawn almost every night, strangely always in almost the same spot (plus or minus 2 m (6.5 ft)). At first, I suspected the neighbor’s cat, but the pile seems too large for a cat, right? Also, don’t cats usually go into garden beds rather than right in the middle of the lawn?
Question: Can anyone tell me if this could still be cat droppings? If so, I guess a conversation with the neighbors is due.
I’m getting tired of cleaning it up every morning, and even more worried that my kids might step in it while playing or that my son might try to taste it. My nephew once caught worms that way, which was quite unpleasant. That really shouldn’t happen.
And if it’s something else: what could it be and, above all, how do I get rid of it?
Barbed wire, spring-loaded traps, anti-aircraft guns, nuclear bomb?
Best regards,
Andreas
(Hope I don’t get banned right away for posting a bunch of crap…)
Some animal is leaving a pile of droppings on our lawn almost every night, strangely always in almost the same spot (plus or minus 2 m (6.5 ft)). At first, I suspected the neighbor’s cat, but the pile seems too large for a cat, right? Also, don’t cats usually go into garden beds rather than right in the middle of the lawn?
Question: Can anyone tell me if this could still be cat droppings? If so, I guess a conversation with the neighbors is due.
I’m getting tired of cleaning it up every morning, and even more worried that my kids might step in it while playing or that my son might try to taste it. My nephew once caught worms that way, which was quite unpleasant. That really shouldn’t happen.
And if it’s something else: what could it be and, above all, how do I get rid of it?
Barbed wire, spring-loaded traps, anti-aircraft guns, nuclear bomb?
Best regards,
Andreas
Meister keks schrieb:
@Steven
I always find it remarkable how some people get so upset about animals killing other animals.And a brief statement on this:
In a natural habitat, it does not bother me at all when animals kill other animals. I have often seen hyenas eating the stomach contents of an injured oryx. Until the oryx dies, that can take some time.
But when an overpopulated cat population systematically hunts small animals and, for whatever reason, does not kill them quickly but tortures them to death, that does bother me.
Especially because cat owners could save millions upon millions of small animals each year with very little effort.
But the effort is too much for the cat owner, and the suffering does not concern them.
Steven
Steven schrieb:
But when an excessively large cat population systematically hunts small animals and, due to some defect, doesn’t kill them but instead tortures them to death, that bothers me. What bothers me much more, for example, is that extremely intensive pig and cattle farming leads to massive slurry waste, which contaminates our drinking water. But everyone has their own concerns.
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meister keks26 Jul 2018 22:59Steven schrieb:
Hello meister keks,
I completely agree with you.
I often get meat from a trusted local hunter.
If I had the time, I would get a hunting license and hunt a large part of my own meat.
Unfortunately, I have to work. But I make sure not to buy pork tenderloin for $6.99. Those poor animals have really been raised in cruel conditions. However, if there is no buyer, there is no market. If everyone, or at least many people, thought like we do, there would be a lot less animal cruelty.
StevenI see it the same way.
Only what is ordered gets supplied.
That exact mindset is what is not happening, but that’s not supposed to be the topic here.
Andimann, you lucky one! I just want to tell you that you’re really well off with your garden toilet. Over the weekend, I left the window at work slightly open because of the heat and to avoid the air getting stuffy.
And believe it or not, the neighbor’s cat squeezed inside to pee and poop here. What a great way to start Monday morning!
And believe it or not, the neighbor’s cat squeezed inside to pee and poop here. What a great way to start Monday morning!
Domski schrieb:
As long as no fox or raccoon leaves a massive pile on the inside of your garage door, everything is fine The animal pooped in a wicker basket. I can just throw it away now. A garage door is easy to hose down anyway. But now my office smells like a zoo.