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My mate’s neighbours are a bit simple. A 70+ year old woman living with her son and daughter both about 40 years old. They let his cat in and feed it so obviously the cat spends a lot of time there such that it virtually lives there now. He has spent a lot of money on the cat with vet bills etc and his young children have used to it, he refuses to get the police involved as he (quite rightly imo) believes that they have bigger fish to fry. The son is the main problem, apparently when my mate said “how would you like it if I nicked one of your cats?” The daughter got a real frightened look on her face. The son goes in the back yard shouting and stuff sometimes and the police have been – He is largely harmless apparently but proper bonkers. I think you have to be a bit more aggressive and sh1t the son up a bit but matey ain’t gonna do that, he's a bit of a softy. He is resigned to losing the cat I think, which isn’t fair. I thought perhaps steal their cat and send it back by post, just an inch of tail a week kind of thing – tails grow back and cats don’t feel pain in their tail anyway. What do chitchat think. He has reported them to the cat protection league - thing is the cat isn't actually in danger, it is well looked after.
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Your mate needs to calm down a bit, nobody has nicked his cat. Cats go where they please.
The cat is only in danger if he starts mutilating it. Tails don't grow back and cats do feel pain. Do that and he could find himself in court. |
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I was joking about the tail thing. No the cat isn't in danger and he seems resigned to losing the cat, doesn't seem fair. If you're not gonna get the police involved need to sh1t the son up a bit, be a bit more threatening.
Apparently, in despearation, matey went next door and said "How can we resolve this? How can I stop you letting the cat in?". Bonkers mental bloke said "You could try calling the police." pmsl. |
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we had a lovely siamese cat many years ago, before we had kids. Had a cat door and puss would come and go as she pleased.
One day wife was going to work, pusshad already gone out, and there was puss sat on the lounge window cill at neighbour's house watching my wife go up the road to work - puss was smirking, my wife reckoned. Lovely cat though, neighbour apologised but said cat loved the kids, so puss used to go there when she knew wifey was going off to work ... so to solve the problem we had kids and puss stayed at home. Took 9 months though! Wonderful cats, siamese. Very independent and extremely arrogant ... like most of us chit-chatters  |
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The cat will go where it feels most welcome, it's sending out a message.
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They are enticing the cat in with food. They don't have a catflap so not sure if it can even get out once it is in there. People like this need to be taught about consequences. The only consequence they understand is the consequence of pretending they don't understand about consequences is that the loony left public servants let them get away with blue murder. And the consequence of taking the p1ss out of my mate is that you get away with it because he is too soft. Nothing to do with me really,just p1sses me off.
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Herding cats is unpossible. They go where they like.
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Maybe, but if your neighbour was actively enticing your cat in when you specifically asked them not to, is that still OK?
I mean there must be millions of domestic cats in UK and presumably there is enough respect between households that this problem doesn't arise very often. When it does then the perpetrators need to be told. Imagine going onto a farm and (I've no idea if this is actually possible) enticing livestock onto your van with food then claiming them as your own and taking them, not right that. |
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I think cats have a number of "owners".
There is an orange cat next door. When I go out into the garden to fill the bird feeders it knows to get the hell out of Dodge. But when I return in the car, or go out the front door, it comes scooting up to me. It remembers I left some tinned mackerel at my front door one Christmas when it was left for a week (catflap and some dry nuggets indoors). The same with my sister's cat. I was asked to top up her fishtank daily and feed the cat. The cat disappeared for three days, presumably to its other "owners". |
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Ask yourself how Clint Eastwood would have handled it and I don't think you'll go far wrong.
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Many years ago, when I was developing my new place we rented for six months.
A decent area, all four bed detached, but the neighbours on one side were particularly aloof. Their cat came to ours, without encouragement (it was never fed by us) pretty much every day. One morning the witch came round and asked if their cat was in my garage. Well indeed it was, curled up and asleep on top of the boiler. She acted like we had "catnapped it"! |
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Imagine going onto a farm and (I've no idea if this is actually possible) enticing livestock onto your van with food then claiming them as your own and taking them, not right that.
That is certainly possible. The technical term is "rustling", and Eastwood is indeed the man to approach to resolve such a situation. |
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Well according to some on here there is nothing wrong with rustling, because animals go where they want to go.
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One idea would be for your mate to buy a pet collar camera (if they are legal) and then see if his neighbour still lets it into his house.
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Forget that, maybe not such a good idea as the neighbour would just nick the camera.
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Well according to some on here there is nothing wrong with rustling, because animals go where they want to go.
I would agree with you if they intended roasting the cat for Sunday dinner. |
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I wouldn't disagree with you if the cow/sheep wasn't gonna be roasted for sunday dinner regardless.
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I think your mate should tempt the cat back home with a dish of sheep's lights.
Just the smell of them boiling used to drive my parents cat and dog wild. |
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Have someone, in the presence of you and mardy arse next door, threaten to chop the cat in two and give half to each of you.
When mardy doesn't object but you say he can have him, then claim the cat and quote the relevant verse about the wisdom of King Solomon from the Bible. ... you might have to tie the cat's back leg to a table for a few weeks afterwards though so he doesn't stray back there. |
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If the cat likes the neighbours more, there's nothing your mate can do. You can't tell the neighbours to never open their doors or windows - just in case the cat goes in. A cat won't go back to a place it feels threatened, but will go back if there's food, a comfy place to lay and a relaxed atmosphere
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Sit the cat down and get your mate to explain to it how hurt he is that Mr Puss keeps going next door.
Cat will look at him as if he's nuts ... and then just go next door. Cats are like that. Couldn't give a to$$ about anything but themselves. Great if you can get away with it. |
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Years ago I lived in a 4th floor flat, there was a cat that would walk on a ledge round the building and come in through the bedroom window. We were there for two years and it would just wander in get fed and pampered then just wander off and reappear again a few days later. Never did find out who owned it.
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No comment from Cannyman yet, hope he's OK.
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Lesson to be learned. Never become a neighbour of Dylan. If they are not stealing money, they are stealing f****** cats.
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Give the cat fleas and they'll soon stop it coming in the house.
At the end of the day cats just go where they want, they're obviously treating it better than your mate and his kids. |
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Breaking news:
He DID call the police yesterday and the police retrieved the cat and returned it. The cat scratched the copper too. |
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I think they should be fighting crime.
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He`ll be feline better now.
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Tell your mate to start shovelling some Lion poo through the neighbours letter box....cats don't like it !
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Get a Dog very loyal !
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