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Jake · 02-03-2012, 05:09 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:34:27 -0000, Janet wrote:

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Dick Adams wrote:

Is there any reason not to put cat manure in a compost pile?

Yes. Cats sometimes carry some nasty soil-borne diseases, which
can affect humans. On the other hand, cats burying their faeces
in the garden is as much, if not more, of a risk.

Look up Toxocara, Toxoplasmosis etc.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

At the risk of starting up this old and tired arguement, us none-cat owners
have to put up with it every time we dig, new shit or old shit it is always
there to pollute our private space.

Not "always". There's none in my garden.

Janet

Since being adopted by a cat, the garden here's been free of the stuff
- with what was 9 cats between 11 houses in the close it was a
problem. This cat's been acclimatised to a litter tray and it's not
unusual for him to come in to use it and then go straight back out
again. But lazy cat owners are a problem. In the three years prior to
moving in, this cat had never been wormed, vaccinated or even
neutered. I don't know how many babies he sired in those three years
but he's now firing blanks! I get annoyed that so many people think a
cat can be left to fend for itself and is more an appendage than a
family member. It's not the cat's fault.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay.