Not to change the subject, but I could use help with this. We have a family pet, cat. Then Thanksgiving 05 a cat adopted us. It lived under our veranda. We fed it as it was -30 and hadn't left for three weeks. It never came inside, poor thing was scared. That spring "it" had kittens.
My kids absolutely loved them. I found homes for two of them, the other two (as well as the mom), have all been fixed and had their shots. The mom still lives under the porch--does come in and hides--eats and uses the liter box at night. The kittens are now cats and quite entertaining. The dad hangs out in the neighborhood, I don't know who he belongs to, I did ask one neighbor for kitten support though!
The problem, two of them, I really don't like having four cats. (I have four kids). It's a lot of upkeep and two of my children have allergies. But the youngest daughter just throws a fit over them.
The other problem, the neighbors accuse my cats of using their flower bed as a liter box. Well I tried to do the good thing, have them fixed and all. But they're just nasty about it--the neighbors. But the neighbors trap animals, and there's carcasses in the back of his pick up and such--so it's like they're saying here kitty kitty. (and we live in a nice neighborhood). There's a lot of cats in the neighborhood, so I asked, is it my cats? And she said, well I don't know, I just get what they leave. Then he later in the day told my husband to build a liter box outside. So he did. And the cats don't use it. (Like they would). They go under the fire place outside, always have. Anyways I don't know what to do if anything. I don't think it's a big deal, my dh does. The neighbor woman asked my husband to help her with the hedge one day, so my husband being the kind man that he is did. Her husband came home and later told my husband to never touch his hedge again.
Is it my cats, or is it the neighbors, or is it both? Help!
Last edited by iwonder; 03/28/07 02:42 AM.