Blinking neighbors cats

[dlstewart01]

First I like cats as all animals. I have cats. My cats stay inside. They are all fixed. I don't have kittens unless I find one whos owner no longer feels the responsibility to take care of him. My dog stays in the garage. NO animal of mine has EVER bothered a neighbor and never will.

Now if a neighbor does not take the responsibility of pet owner ship seriously, there are other alternitives. To punish the animal by poisioning them, especially with anti-freeze which shuts down the kidneys and leads to a slow painful death, because their owners are idiots is unforgivable, and is against the law in all civilized states. I have enough to answer for already. I don't need to explain why I was not better to GODs lesser creatures.

"I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it".
Abraham Lincoln

 

[BarbC]

One time 20 years ago, a stray gray cat was running through our barn. He jumped onto a stall door and as he tried to run past me, I grabbed him by the tail. My ex happened to have a cardboard box handy and we stuffed the cat into it.

I put the box and cat in the back of the pickup and planned to drop the cat off a few miles away. I needed to stop for gas and the nice attendant, whom I knew from the station a while, said, "What do you have in the box?" I said, "A cat I need to get rid of." He brightened and said, "Oh, I like cats. I'll take it." And so I gave it to him.

Conversely, one of my barn cats disappeared. About a year later, I was in the shelter looking for a dog, and there she was! She had been found the next county over and had been in the shelter 6 months. I took her home.

 

[cmort666]

Originally posted by dlstewart01:
Now if a neighbor does not take the responsibility of pet owner ship seriously, there are other alternitives.

And what are they?

 

[dlstewart01]

Originally posted by cmort666:

Originally posted by dlstewart01:
Now if a neighbor does not take the responsibility of pet owner ship seriously, there are other alternitives.

And what are they?

Depends on what your city, county or state laws, ordinance are. They vary from city to city, state to state.

While my city has a leash law, it only applies to dogs, but there is a city north of me that the leash law applies to cats as well.

The solution in most cases is to prosciute the pet owner who will not take responsibility for his pets, and that includes dogs as well. I can call animal control and get any animal running loose picked up. We don't have a problem here, except with opossums and racoons. I just leave a little cat food out for them.

 

[DeathGrip]

marcus58 welcome! Now whats' this about a russian auto bb? sounds like fun.any info?

 

[moosedog]

My cats stay inside. They are all fixed.

We had no idea that they were ever broken.

 

[glypnir]

Originally posted by dlstewart01:
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Depends on what your city, county or state laws, ordinance are. They vary from city to city, state to state.

While my city has a leash law, it only applies to dogs, but there is a city north of me that the leash law applies to cats as well.

The solution in most cases is to prosciute the pet owner who will not take responsibility for his pets, and that includes dogs as well. I can call animal control and get any animal running loose picked up. We don't have a problem here, except with opossums and racoons. I just leave a little cat food out for them.

This, I think, is the best advice. I think in Dallas, for example, if a cat comes onto your property, you are free to trap it in a trap and take it to the animal shelter. I don't think they charge you for taking the cat off your hands. I suspect that if the cat has tags, the owner may get a ticket, and/or have to pay to get the cat back.

A friendly discussion with animal control might be useful, if you can find someone at animal control to have a friendly discussion with.

The ordinances and the informal rules do differ a lot from place to place.

I don't think that we should feed cats Prestone, or hang dead cats from trees, but, let's fact it, they're basically livestock. They ain't people, no matter how much some people pretend otherwise.

Now, near where I live, we've got too many ducks.

http://www.ci.bedford.tx.us/De...reation/ducksFAQ.htm

They wander around and poop in yards too.

 

[cmort666]

Originally posted by dlstewart01:

Originally posted by cmort666:

Originally posted by dlstewart01:
Now if a neighbor does not take the responsibility of pet owner ship seriously, there are other alternitives.

And what are they?

Depends on what your city, county or state laws, ordinance are. They vary from city to city, state to state.

While my city has a leash law, it only applies to dogs, but there is a city north of me that the leash law applies to cats as well.

The solution in most cases is to prosciute the pet owner who will not take responsibility for his pets, and that includes dogs as well. I can call animal control and get any animal running loose picked up. We don't have a problem here, except with opossums and racoons. I just leave a little cat food out for them.

As I said previously, the Berea, Ohio animal control wouldn't do ANYTHING.

So let's see:

1. Neighbors flat out say their animals have a RIGHT to be on his property contrary to his expressed wishes.

2. Animal control is not at all interested in doing anything about the problem.

Ok, your turn.

 

[dlstewart01]

Sorry, I don't live there. Thats one town out of hundreds.

Back in 1960, I lived out in the country on a farm, but there were several houses along the road that ran by the farm. A man lived in one of the houses had a very mean German Sheaperd who terrorized the neighborhood.

He chased me many times as I was riding my bicycle. Some times I would have to put the bike between me and the dog to keep from getting bit.

The dog would get in his neighbors garbage almost every day. The neighbor talked to the man, called animal control, tried to get the sheriff involved but nothing worked. (He should have tried a law-suit) but any way he came out one day caught the dog in the garbage can and shot him with a 12 gage. Killed him graveyard dead. The dogs owner sued him. I testified in court for the guy that killed the dog. He lost and had to pay a large sum for the mans dog. Judge said the only time you could shoot a dog is he attackes you or he is killing livestock.

I learned life is not always fair, but you pays your money and you takes your chances.

This has nothing to do with any thing, but I made my point several post ago so...

Have a very pleasant evening,

Regards,

Don

 

[Amici]

Originally posted by cmort666:
1. Neighbors flat out say their animals have a RIGHT to be on his property contrary to his expressed wishes.

2. Animal control is not at all interested in doing anything about the problem.

Ok, your turn.

To reiterate a point made by another poster;

1. DOCUMENT the damage caused by Moron Neighbor's cats;

2. Total the damages therefrom; and

3. File a lawsuit against MN.

Small Claims court will probably suffice and for short money. Once MN's irresponsibility starts costing HIM/HER money, you will get his/her attention.

And results.

 

[Old Sourdough]

I had tried everything to keep cats from pooping and killing my visiting birds. (Don't try talking to the owners,they don't want the poop in their yards!!) When I poured fresh concrete, they came to play and poop in the dug up dirt, had fights on the fresh concrete and left permanent marks on it. Tried a trap and found that cats are good at avoiding traps. There is a motion activated sprinkler called The Scarecrow which works for small areas.
(Cat lovers stop reading here)
In desperation, I discovered how to repel them permanently. I bought a SMALL electric fence kit from the local ranch supply store and put a thin wire around my flower bed. No more cats. It won't hurt them too much, just enough so they don't forget. I requires a little electrical knowledge such as-don't let the wire touch your plants or the ground. And of course, don't touch it yourself when weeding or you may poop in your own flower bed!

 

[beemerrider]

I understand the annoyance. We all suffer from things others and/or their pets do on or around our homes. By the same token, few of us lead our daily lives without bothering somebody. Try to find a compromise.

Contact local veterinarians and your local animal shelters, to see if there is some substance you can spray on the perimeter of your yard that will repell cats, last a reasonable amount of time and not kill your lawn. The cats will probably stop visiting after a few applications. Or, consider giving the neighbor some live catnip plants to keep the cats in their yard.
We live on 14 acres in a semi-rural area outside Portland. Several years ago, we bought 5 wild turkeys and realeased them in our orchard. Over the 12 or so years, the flock has numbered as many as 25 and as few as 8. The turkeys wander at will and most people seem to enjoy them. Some don't, because they poop in their yard, on their lawn, deck, etc. Alas, the turkeys go where they want; we brought them here, but nobody owns them. We throw out feed daily and they spend most of their time here, but during Spring, they're out and about on "sabatical". Whatever hassles the turkeys cause, it's worth it when a mom and her kids stop the car and they see wild turkeys for the first time. It's really worth the cost of the feed, the poop on our driveway and the occasional complaint to bring the discovery and fun to others; so we do it.

 

[Senior Citizen]

Originally posted by DeathGrip:
My dogs don't climb on their cars or defacate in their yards.Why should I have to put up with this stupity? If my "Kids" did that you'd bet I'd get in some kind of heat. I live in a poupulated area, any sugestions? Now don't get me in to much trouble!

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Whatever I was going to do or whatever I had done in the past certainly would not be discussed in the public views of this board. Sometimes I think we forget who reads and takes notes...........

Make up your own mind, do what ever it is you decide you need to do and be done with it. Not another word about it!...............

SC

 

[truckemup97]

Originally posted by moosedog:

My cats stay inside. They are all fixed.

We had no idea that they were ever broken.

Is there a warranty on the "fixing"? Mine were both fixed, but the way they act would suggest they might still be broken.

 

[cmort666]

Originally posted by beemerrider:
Try to find a compromise.

What's the "compromise" to "I and my animals can do whatever I want on and with YOUR property."

Compromise implies an ability and willingness to see the other person's point of view. In my friend's case, his neighbors saw one point of view and one only, THEIRS that his property was an outdoor playground and toilet for their cats.

 

[ncy54]

Strong feelings on both sides here.
I had a cat that adopted us and was an "outdoor" cat (neutered male) who cried at the door until allowed out. Had a confrontation with a neighbor down the street over the "garden fertilization" that he caused. After listening to her and her husband's threats, and making sure that they knew those threats would be unacceptable in a civil society, I offered to:
1. clean up the stuff that I saw
2. spray repellant in their garden areas
3. provide additional repellant to her to use if needed
These actions seemed to calm things down.........

 

[sasu]

It is very hard for me to imagine cats causing any trouble as I have had cats of my own. Our cats did not cause any problems in our yard. I never found their droppings or smelled any piss, they did not claw anything, they did not even make paw prints anywhere I could see (except inside the house). Sometimes I found a dead mouse outside, as the cats killed them but did not eat, they preferred to eat moles.

Maybe having just a couple of cats in a country house is little enough to keep their presence under radar. We also had a real forest surrounding the house so the cats had a lot of room to roam, maybe that is why they did not leave any marks around the house.

I do not know what other animals they killed beside mice and moles, but there seemed to be no shortage of wildlife, so at least the cats did not kill every species to extinction.

 

[Hermann]

Live trap, .22 short, shovel, night time, don´t tell ...

 

[BarbC]

It is very hard for me to imagine cats causing any trouble as I have had cats of my own. Our cats did not cause any problems in our yard. I never found their droppings or smelled any piss, they did not claw anything, they did not even make paw prints anywhere I could see

Would you, by chance, be DeathGrip's next door neighbor?

 

[DeathGrip]

Might be,might just be.