I agree with the "don't be shitty to animals" sentiment, but I'm honestly a little surprised no one else has bothered to consider how shitty that cat might be. If it was always shitting in your yard, picking fights your cat or dog, using your bird feeder as a cat feeder, and tearing up your flower beds, then a cup of water is a pretty benign deterrent that still has a chance of being effective.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

If they're caught in the act, sure. A great cat training tool is a spray bottle of water. But from the story it sounds like the cat wasn't doing anything at the time, so even if it is a nuisance animal, no correlation is made with an act and a punishment. Not true on the kid, he got something right when he did his malicious action, so if he has any intelligence he might connect the two and not do it again.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol minus the birdfeeder thing you just described dogs.

Cats bury their shit, tend to avoid dogs / fights with bigger animals, and I've never seen one dig up a flowerbed.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Cats bury their shit

In your flower bed, which is how they get torn up. Then when you go to fix them: smelly shit

tend to avoid dogs / fights with bigger animals

That's cute, cats in my area love fighting everything