she has a cat to and it isnt just my cat in the fight my boyfriend is going to speak to the housing as I offered to get her a cat flap with a magnet so only her cat can get in to her house as my cat went in hers once 6 months ago and not since they wont make me get rid of my cat will they.
2007-11-01 14:05:54 · 19 answers · asked by EMMA P 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
my cat i 7 years ol and has always gone out and she has a cat to I love my cat
2007-11-01 14:21:47 · update #1
my cat is 7 years old not 17 sorry so thanks for everyones help you are making me feel better she wont poison him as has a cat herself
2007-11-01 14:35:29 · update #2
If you are in the UK, then relax, she cannot force you to do anything. UK legislation acknowledges that cats are free roaming creatures and therefore they (or their owners) cannot be prosecuted for trespass.
It sounds like you are trying to be reasonable, as your offer to buy them a cat-flap was a thoughtful and sensible one. If there is a housing manager or residents committee where you live, then it might be worth involving them to mediate in an effort to resolve the situation. You could always buy your neighbour a water pistol and tell them that they can use it to deter your cat from entering their home or garden. Maybe she might agree to some kind of time-share arrangement for the cats being allowed out, whereby your cat is indoors whilst hers it out and vice versa.
Hope you find an amicable solution.
2007-11-01 20:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by Michele the Louis Wain cat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, its no more your fault of 'letting,' your cat go in there, than it is for her having a cat flap.
Cats go where they please, and if they smell food, or feel curious, they'll go into someone else's house to take look. When the resident cat spots them then there's a fight- pfectly natural! We often had our neighbours cat coming in our back door. He'd eat any food there was and then get comfy somewhere! But we don't go round hollering at the poor owner! Do you let your cat in enough? Our neighbours cat was always shut out, and often bored, cold and hungry so that's why our place was more tempting. My gran also has a cat that comes in hers because he's shut out all day when the owner's at work.
My only worry is that your weird neighbour will get nasty and perhaps hurt you, your cat or property etc.
I think the electric cat flap idea is a good one. Perhaps you could get a cat flap too if you don't have one now. Then your cat can come in anytime it wants.
2007-11-02 06:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by skyespirit86 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one will make you get rid of your cat (nor put it down) - if your neighbour also has a cat than fights are only to be expected. I'm not sure how you and your neighbour will resolve this issue since you both love your cats but, like your cats......none of you will get along.
The incident you have mentioned happened 6 months ago, I certainly wouldn't offer to do anything for your neighbour.
Your cats will learn to keep their distance or come to some resolution at some point - I doubt you can do much more than sit it out.
2007-11-02 07:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by Leu 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the UK the owner of a cat is not accountable for the feline offender's crimes! Unlike a dog, you have no control over what it get's up to when it's out and about. Don't worry they won't make you get rid of it. You sound like a nice person by offering the cat flap, the neighbour is nasty because she knows there's not a thing she can do about this.
At 17 years old your cat is too old to be kept inside, that would be cruel, it's not an option to keep him/her indoors if always been allowed outdoor freedom.
OK 7 years, still can't keep it like a prisoner indoors.
2007-11-01 21:27:36 · answer #4 · answered by JP32 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
You can`t keep cats in! What`s wrong with all these people.
Tell her politely that it is just cat behaviour and you are sorry if she is distressed about it. I used to have a cat flap years ago but got a new door without one after a male cat had been in spraying all over the kitchen. It wasn`t the cats fault - it was mine for allowing it a way in!
Don`t worry, they can`t make you get rid of the cat.
2007-11-01 22:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by Sir Bobby`s Hairdresser 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Please be carefull , I once had A neighbor who complained
about my 2 cats coming over into her yard ,she even called
the City ,animal control ,and our home owners association
ALL of which told her cats are "free roam" animals and are not regulated as dogs are ,so she would just have to live with them visiting her yard from time to time.
HER ANSWER TO THIS WAS TO POISON MY CATS !
1 of them made it back to my front porch to die in front of me.
The vet determined it was rat poison mixed with canned food
( I always fed my cats dry food)
The law was on MY side - BUT I STILL LOST MY CATS!
Some people are just plain cruel and heartless.
I hope you fair better than I
2007-11-01 21:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by lost in az 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It would be safest to keep your cat inside. It is YOUR responsibility to control your cat which you obviously can't do if it is let out to roam anywhere and everywhere it wants to. Put YOURSELF in your neighbors situation..what if HER cat, or HER dog came into your house and attacked YOUR animals...it would be a whole different story then wouldn't it??? Sounds like BOTH of you are irresponsible pet owners. If you don't want your neighbor harming your cat along with about another 100 dangers of the outdoors, keep the cat inside.
2007-11-01 21:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I think that anyone who has a cat flap needs to be prepared that from time to time other cats will enter, especially if they can smell food. This is the reason we don't have one. if it is not your cat eb=ntering it could be a stray.
2007-11-02 00:44:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
a cat cannot be controlled by it's owner, you are not responsible for your cats behaviour in the eyes of the law unlike a dog when the onus is on you to controll it. She cant hold you legally responsible for your cat
2007-11-01 21:36:52 · answer #9 · answered by purplewitch 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No don't worry about it.
The council will laugh this one out.
a cat cannot be made to do what its owner wants unlike a dog
thats the law in the Uk.
thats why you don't need to report a cat you have run down in your car but you do a with a dog
2007-11-01 21:12:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋