Blinking neighbors cats

[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!

 

[crofoot629]

Hmmm.... I've got the classic slightly eccentric, lives alone, never been married older lady across the street from me with a dozen cats. They like to poop in my front flower beds. She's a great neighbor other than that, so it doesn't bother me much at all. I suppose if she had other things about her I didn't like the cats would be a bigger issue for me.

I just chalk it up to the price of living close to other people. Now barking neighbor dogs really get to me.

Emory

 

[pred]

I catch lots of cats in a large havahart trap that's in my back yard.
Then relocate near where you work.

 

[therevjay]

A motion detector connected to a ultra sonic noisemaker will work for a while. The bad news is cats will evenualy figure out, that scarey noise won't really hurt them.

I now have a 'hi-tec' piece of junk mounted by my garage door that the local cats all laugh at, while pissing on my tires, and craping in the flower beds..

I did get some 'cat/dog' repellent that actualy works. (on about the 4th try) Messy, smells worse then cat pee, and isn't cheap.

The only thing that will work for sure. And won't cause problems with the neighbors (or the law) is, get youself the biggest, baddest cat in the 'hood. This will at least reduce the amount of cat poop you have to pickup.

 

[RonJ]

Not much you can do except get over it. My neighbor had a grey cat that just loved me for some reason. When I got out of my car he was there to wind himself around my feet. Same if I went to sit on the front porch. I'm mildly allergic to cats so I did everything I could to discourage him, including the garden hose. He wouldn't be discouraged.
Finally I relented and scratched him between the ears. You'd have thought he was in cat heaven. We became buddies. Never knew his name so I called him Moochy. Last fall he disappeared and now I miss him.

 

[gregintenn]

You got an air rifle?

 

[Amici]

How many cats are we talking about? How well are they cared for?

In other words, is your neighbor a "collector" who needs assistance because s/he is not really in full possession of his/her faculties and is creating a nuisance as well as being in need of care herself?

 

[DeathGrip]

Guess what my kids bark at "Love is in the air" But the are in the house early. As well as others kids should not be a burden on my peace of the pie,I don't have time for cleaning their mess.

 

[m1gunner]

My neighbor had a Rottweiler that liked cats. He really liked them, so much so the only thing he wouldn't eat was the tip of the tail.

And, he wouldn't eat dog food for 2 or 3 days after an "encounter" with a cat.

 

[Jellybean]

I used to have a real cat problem at my old house. There were two cat ladies in the area, one across the street the other around the corner. Cats were all over the place, on everyones cars, living in the sewers, any shed or building they could get into. They did slowly start to go away,

, I think they moved to the city dump.

Anyway, be very careful. There was a guy that had a cat problem with his neighbors cat. The cat was constantly getting into his garden and flower bed, stinking up his house and garage and doing all the things that cats do to irritate innocent folks. After repeated attempts by the man to tell his neigbor to keep his cat off his property, and having the neighbor pretty much tell him where he could go, he killed the cat. Then hung it up in the neighbors tree, where it was when it's picture appeared in the local paper the next day. The judge slapped him pretty hard but he told me later he didn't have too much choice in the matter with all the media attention. If he would have killed it and gotten rid of the corpse he wouldn't have done anything. But you might want to check with your local judge on that last part.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Call animal control and complain.

Or you can just say that they were coming right for you and that it was a clear cut case of self defense.

 

[nicky4968]

I like cats. I don't like small noisy dogs. But, for your problem, how about a Jack Russel Terrier?

 

[Amici]

Originally posted by Jellybean: he killed the cat. Then hung it up in the neighbors tree, where it was when it's picture appeared in the local paper the next day. The judge slapped him pretty hard but he told me later he didn't have too much choice in the matter with all the media attention. If he would have killed it and gotten rid of the corpse he wouldn't have done anything. But you might want to check with your local judge on that last part.

That's:

1. Animal cruelty (a felony in many states) AND

2. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - a VERY serious civil charge.

 

[Jellybean]

Amici, You're half right. He was convicted of Animal cruelty. But only because he hung the cat in the tree. The judge ruled that killing the cat wasn't a crime because the animal was a nuisance and was causing property damage. He had made several attempts to make the cat's owner keep it out of his yard and had witnesses, including a couple deputies.

There never was a civil charge as far as I know. This was a long time ago when men were men and he might not have cried all that much about it.

I just had to throw that in since I noticed your attorney like email address. I was just kidding.

 

[DeathGrip]

A Jack russel? Nope I've a Giant Schnauzer and Portugese sheep dog,as I try to point out,I do not allow my dogs to become a nusince to any one, as the are well trained Yes dogs bark,cats go meow and the cow goes moo. But I have to be a compassionate person and realize that what comes aroud goes around.

 

[rburg]

I'm thinking this thread is right on the verge of getting locked and going away. I've not heard Lee's take on someone intentionally killing others pets, but our former owner wouldn't have tolerated it this long. Those who feel its cute to shoot someone elses pets need to reconsider.

 

[Jerry N.]

Originally posted by Amici:
That's:

1. Animal cruelty (a felony in many states) AND

2. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - a VERY serious civil charge.

And hard to prove if there's no witness or dead cat to be found.

Live trap, pellet gun, shovel, night time.

 

[bubbiesdad]

Originally posted by RonJ:
Not much you can do except get over it. My neighbor had a grey cat that just loved me for some reason. When I got out of my car he was there to wind himself around my feet. Same if I went to sit on the front porch. I'm mildly allergic to cats so I did everything I could to discourage him, including the garden hose. He wouldn't be discouraged.
Finally I relented and scratched him between the ears. You'd have thought he was in cat heaven. We became buddies. Never knew his name so I called him Moochy. Last fall he disappeared and now I miss him.

I used to dislike cats. One of my neighbors cats cured me of it. He showed up at my house one day and started rubbing his head against my ankles. Wouldn't give up until I would pet him. He started getting old, would actually make craking sounds when he walked. I miss him. I now have Bubbie. I also have a different neighbor with a cat, Pookie, who decided that I would be his friend whether I wanted to or not.

Now, he will see me in the yard, he will MEOW loud so I will look at him. He will walk toward me, then get about 10 feet awy and walk at a slight angle away. He will then flop down on the ground, look at me and wait for me to go over and pet him.
His people both veterinarians, he had been hit by a car and was brought in to be put to sleep.
My neighbor fell under his spell, saved him and took him home.

 

[DeathGrip]

As I do to concour,maybe its not P.C. But it is a problem.And I would never condone any action like some sugest and attemted to make that clear.

 

[grit]

Originally posted by Jerry N.:

Originally posted by Amici:
That's:

1. Animal cruelty (a felony in many states) AND

2. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - a VERY serious civil charge.

And hard to prove if there's no witness or dead cat to be found.

Live trap, pellet gun, shovel, night time.

+1

Try diplomacy first though...several times. You never know what kind of hard times your neighbor could be going through.

I'm not making excuses for pet-owners being inconsiderate, but I know the only reason I haven't "relocated" my neighbor's cat is because she is a single-mom trying to raise teenagers and it's probably all she can do just to make ends meet.

'still pisses me off though.