All these ideas are so great!
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On May 29, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Nina wrote:
Hey Anita,
This is one of my worst nightmares. The apathy in my less than
desirable neighborhood causes my overcrowded rescue efforts, but it
also has the benefit of protecting me from just this sort of
thing. I know how distasteful this suggestion is going to sound,
but I think your best bet is to muster the stomach to appease this
horrible new neighbor of yours. People like this are desperate for
attention. Give it to him! If I were you, I'd go over there and
tell him that even though these animals are "strays", you love them
and feel responsible for them. Let him know you understand why
he's upset and, if he'll let you, tell him what you are planing to
do to rectify the situation. Ask him to allow you a time frame to
see if your ideas are working, (maybe a month). Don't make
suggestions about what he could do, ask him to let you do these
things FOR him. Clean out his landing, spray cat-be-gone products,
block the entrance, pour wood chips in any area that looks like a
cat might use to relieve themselves. Enlist his "help" by asking
him to let you know if he spots any cats on his property and to
call you so you can come and clean up any "messes" they make. I
would tell him you are sorry that you got off on the wrong foot and
maybe even apologize for my husband's rudeness, (very difficult to
do, I know). In short kiss this guy's ass! Believe me, I
understand how hard this might be to do, but you have to think of
the end result. You don't want him calling animal control, and you
certainly don't want him putting poison down for your unsuspecting
cats. Nip this feud in the bud, it's not about you, it's about the
safety of your babies. I would figure out some sort of enclosure
if you can and start trapping asap. I'm sorry this has happened.
Please let us know how it is going,
Nina
Stray Cat Alliance wrote:
Do you believe this story....every day, I feed my front yard and
back yard cats (I love in a townhome attached on both sides)..and
have done so since we moved into the City in 1998. Last May my
elderly neighbor moved out (she was pet friendly and had
volunteered at the Humane Society) and new neighbors moved in (no
pets).
Over the weekend, I was cleaning out my backyard house of straw
from winter and the husband neighbor came over and said a cat was
pooping in the landing of his basement steps. I said I feed only
stray cats and you can't control where they go as you can't
control the birds pooping where they want. He said you don't walk
in bird poop. But in any case, I said to let me think about the
situation as it never happened before. So I went in and got a
plastic bag and cleaned up the poop as I didn't want any problems.
Funny that noone ever pooped in our landing but ours smells a lot
better - not that musty yuck smell.
Then that night, in the middle of the night, I realized the one
thing that changed was my husband put stone along the only grassy
section in the backyard. In the morning, I asked my husband to
move the stones as I figured that would probably make it stop if
it was indeed a cat/s.
Then, the door bell rings and my neighbor wants to speak to my
husband. Of course, it was about the cats. My husband said it
might not be a cat/s, there are skunks and possums. And just to
put some wood out to block the cat/s or animal/s from going down
the steps to the landing.
Then the neighbor says if it doesn't stop he's going to kill them!
Then my husband said he couldn't do that or he'd go to jail -- and
my husband said then he didn't have time to argue about it and
came in.
Now, I am worried about the kitties! I would love to take still
somewhat feral Mom cat (tho she lets me pet her) from the front
inside but I have way too many cats and doubt she'd appreciate
it. If we ever move, she is definitely coming.
I am crossing my fingers and hoping this blows over.
Thanks for listening, I know I am rather long winded!
Anita
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