"Vicky" wrote in message
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Now, I own a cat, a species known to be the bain of many a gardeners life.
Fortunately, my cat is only intent on destroying my own garden and I can
cope with that! However, we have recently been infiltrated by an
un-neutered tom cat and he is spraying everywhere. The final straw came
yesterday when I left a bag outside for half an hour and came back to find
that it reeked of tom cat pee.

I have no idea where he comes from but he appeared suddenly a couple of
months ago so assume his owners moved to the area around that time.

Any solutions people? Apart from catching him and forcibly removing his
dangly bits!!!! And bearing in mind I own a cat, albeit elderly and
slightly senile, myself.

A Cat fence is the answer, a kind of netting that bolts to the top of your
existing fence, keeps yours in and others out. As much as I love all animals
I think it should be made law for Cat owners, as well as being considerate
to other home owners a Cat fence will also protect your cat from the hazzard
of being killed on the roads, or even worse, as read in our local paper a
spate of Anti-freeze poisoning. (if you think it will get bored you can
easily build and adventure playground for the Cat even in small yards, seen
it prescribed by vets for depressed cats, you just build an avery type
building on the back of the house with ramps perches and allsorts).