Some people should not have pets! (long)

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I understand completely how you feel.

We've got a family just like that near us so I sent them a leaflet anonymously on getting their cats spayed and neutered for free

[Pawla]

I agree totally! If they are not going to be viewed as a member of the family, then don't bring them to live with you! I took my neighbors cat about six years ago for this very same reason. She lives with my ex husband. She was the cutest, most loving little girl, and they just left her outside on a busy street. I finally got fed up! I took her to the vet for a check, and brought her inside where she still lives.

[Catlady711]

I've got several neighbors like that. The nearest one is causing havoc in MY house because of it. They have an unneutered tabby that frequently poops in my flowerbeds. It wears a collar with no tags, and the neighbors idea of feeding it consists of a 50# bag of meow mix sitting in a chair on the front porch with the top cut off the bag. I've seen the cat (and the now dozen other neighborhood cats) with their front half buried in the bag eating. I've never seen a water dish out there, but it does drink out of my pond though. The problem is that this (and a couple other cats) hang around outside my windows and causes my own cats to go nuts either trying to smash through the screen to fight the cat outside, OR my own cats get all worked up and start fighting among themselves. So even when it's 90+ degrees outside I have had to close ALL my downstairs windows and we all swelter just to keep the peace if any other cats are out there!!!

BTW these neighbors also have a young shepard mix that they made an outside dog, and after several near attacks on other neighbors, they finally fenced the dog in, but it isn't socalized nor trained, growls and barks when other people are in their own yards, and from what little I"ve talked to the owner the dog does not go to the vet at all for anything. They have a pomeranian in the house but they don't take it to the vet for anything either, although at least that one doesn't charge people trying to bite them.

[Medusa]

My cats do the same thing. A couple of neighborhood cats (no one knows who they belong to) come up on my patio sometimes to groom, sometimes to spray. Well, my cats have been pretty good about not peeing anywhere but since those other cats started coming around, Yodie started peeing again, so I had to increase her dosage of Clomicalm. People just don't realize the problems they cause when they're irresponsible pet owners, problems not only for their dear animals but for the rest of us, too.

[KittyGurl]

I can't stand when people do that to their pets. I just makes me so mad I remember my neighbor adopted an eight-week-old kitten. We were friends and she was about twelve. I remember going over her house and seeing that kitten. I went on vacation for a week and when I came back, I went to say 'hi' to her kitten. It wasn't there. I aked "Where is your kitten?"
This is what she said back "I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Well, we got a dog and the dog kept attacking our kitten so I let her outside." That was her answer.
I was mad. Actually I was more than mad. Who is the world would do that to a nine week old kitten. A NINE WEEK OLD KITTEN!?

Anyway, two weeks later, I found the kitten in an alley way. I took her in and fed her. I went over to my friends' house and said "I found your cat."
"Good for you" she said.
I was mad. Then she told me she got another cat. And guess what: I found the same cat out on the streets. ERRRRRRRRR. After that, I never talked to her. I can't stand people. If people are mean to animals, I don't want to be their friends. They are just mean people!

[Medusa]

Everyone here on PT knows how you feel. Unfortunately, this is an every day occurrence all over the world.

[fragrancehound]

Thanks for letting me vent. I think I will contact one of the not for profit shelters here and see if they can do anything.

I would take in more cats but I can't get close enough to them. They run away.