Neighbor's cats running wild in Arlington
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Anonymous
| Is it legal to let your cat run wild in Arlington? Having issues with the neighbor's cats pooping in our yard regularly. I don't want to pick it up, but hate having my kids running through the yard with multiple piles of it in the grass. |
Anonymous
| I know in our area its a fine of $50.00 for not picking up after your pet. Also isn't there a leash law? With all the sightings of foxes and coyotes I'm surprised they are letting their pet run freely. You have every right to be upset with having pet waste in your yard and the owner not picking it up. |
Anonymous
| Outdoor cats are horrible. They eat songbirds, which is not cool. |
Anonymous
| Go to Ayer and buy bags of moth balls and sprinkle the in the areas where you have seen cat feces. The cats are repelled by them. |
Anonymous
Yes, completely legal. Dating back all the way to colonial times, cats have been declared by law as "free-roamers". Deterrents are your only option. |
Anonymous
| Funny cats. Mine only poop where there's something to cover it up with. |
Anonymous
The birds chirping at 4am? Then outdoors cats are totally cool. While I generally love nature, birds are creepy and carry disease, and their sounds are not pleasant to my ears. I'd rather have spiders (and cats, obviously) than birds. |
Anonymous
dogs >>>>> birds >>>>>>>>>>>>> cats >> spiders |
Anonymous
I agree. And I have 3 cats, but they are indoor only. A neighbor has an outdoor cat that comes up on our porch and torments my cats. I feel kind of bad for it because it will be on our porch at 4 am in the dark (I get up very early to workout.) But it still pisses me off that this cat trespasses on my property and bothers my cats. |
Anonymous
| Get a BB gun. |
Anonymous
Do you see them pooping in your grass? How do you know it's a cat leaving the mess? |
Anonymous
Why do you feeL bad? Cats are nocturnal you know. Or you should, as a 3 cat owner. |
Anonymous
| Cats don't poop in grass. That's not how they roll. That said I agree that they do not belong outdoors. They're an invasive predator. |
Anonymous
| Keep in mind cats help keep the rodent population down, naturally, without toxic chemicals. Part of the reason the plague happened in medieval times is because Europe was going through a cat-hating phase and they had killed off much of the cat population. Better to have cats in the neighborhood than rats. |
Anonymous
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Catch it and take it to the shelter as a stray. After a few times of paying to get it back, maybe they will get the message. Also, bag up all the poop and put it on their porch.
I had the same issue several years ago and mothballs helped a little bit but not totally. And I had white mothballs visible all over my yard. |