Oh, and for the record - my cat is one of about six belongng to various people in this neighbourhood and mine is probably outdoors for the least amount of time out of all the others.
This woman is going to face worse obstacles than my cat, if she has a problem with feline friends. I’m guessing she has moved into the wrong area…
I think it is horrible she kicked your cat, We ourselves have 5 cats and 6 dogs. I have worked for vets for 12 yrs and am an animal lover.
She should never have kicked the cat and at least should have been apologetic when she realized it was her new neighbor’s senior pet.
However, I’m going to agree with the minority here. The city animal control guy has spoken to us about the city wanting to impose leash laws for cats. We all know this is impossible but it is unfair for cats to be allowed all over when dogs have leash laws.
Not only that and I just had a 15 yr old indoor/outdoor cat we had to euthanize, but this is not the norm. The AVERAGE life for an outdoor cat is 3.5 yrs. We have cats outside to control the mice, and we are realistic they are disposable, owl, coyote, what have you, we just get more. We make sure our beloved pets are inside or supervised at all times.
I had some neighbors that just moved away (thank god) and we are 1/8 mile away (long lane), my dogs are inside or kept outside kenneled, only out when I am out, or they are being supervised. Yet their animals would come up here once in awhile. I have breeds and dogs that can be dog aggressive, now if my dogs attacked her dogs even though mine were on my property guess who’d be at fault? Hopefully them, sometimes hard to say, but I didn’t want to cause squabbles, so I made the effort to be responsible. These same dogs chased my daughters’ and I on our bikes when I chose to go out of the lane. I made sure NOT to take a dog aggressive dog, even though my dogs have been trained to high levels of obedience and I’m a responsible dog owner. Again I didn’t want any trouble, but these dogs acted very aggressively and scared my oldest child with absolutely NO CARE in the world about it from the owner.
Unfair and cruel she kicked your cat? yes…but also you should be a responsible pet owner and keep your kitty up. Not only from annoying your neighbor, but out of harms way. Don’t think the bitch neighbor will have trouble being bothered by cats just because there are felines in the neighborhood. A little antifreeze laced water or mice/rat bait laced food, problem solved. Kitty is the one that suffers and most likely, at least I’ve never seen it, no one would be able to prove anything against the one doing it.
Rhonda
Those people who are advocating keeping the cat indoors – note that the OP is from the UK where strictly indoor cats are practically unheard of.
At the very least, I’d alert the rest of the neighbors about this woman’s attitude towards cats.
Hrm… I’ve often thought that it’d be fun to have an ongoing feud with a neighbor. I’ve never had a neighbor, though, so I’ve never been able to really get into it.
I agree with the poster that suggested the flaming cat crap. Also, it might be wise to photograph her or her daughter getting undressed and threaten to post said photos on the internet. Well… perhaps ‘wise’ isn’t quite the word I’m looking for.
Also, buy a pet tiger.
~ Isaac
How hard did she ‘kick’ your cat? I know that, if I’m carrying boxes and can’t see where I’m going, I don’t want a cat walking around near me. I like animals, and I know tripping over a cat while carrying something would probably hurt the cat more than me.
So, if a strange cat was following me closely or walking in my path, I would kick it lightly, to give it the idea I want to stay away. Not hard enough to hurt it, and if this woman really kicked your cat instead of poking her foot at it to get it to go away, this doesn’t apply. Some people tend to get oversensitive about their animals, though, and interpret the same kind of ‘force as communication’ that animals use as abuse.
Think rugby ball. Think Jonny Wilkinson.
This woman booted my cat in the face. She also yelled at my cat.
I’ve spoken to a woman who lives across the road from me, and mentioned what happened to her as she also has cats (three). We will be keeping an eye on the bitch neighbour. I hope she stays away from my cat in future, as I’d hate to break my fist on her face…
Grit your teeth, and control yourself. In the eyes of the law, if you punch her, you’re more in the wrong than she is, and will be punished. (At least, that’s the way it is where I live.)
Tempting as it may be to smash her face in, don’t.
On that note, have you checked kitty’s teeth? Did the creature break any of them when she kicked her? That may be enough to prosecute her, if there are visible inuries on kitty that weren’t there before the kick. Hope kitty is ok.
You have to report this to the RSPCA and quickly.
So far as your bastard neighbour is concerned just do your best to ignore the bitch amybe one day she’ll ask to borrow a bottle of milk or something then you can tell her to fuck off.
—HIJACK-----
Can you explain what exactly a close is?
I’ve often wondered, I here it on the BBC from time to time.
Thanks
Peace
Think cul-de-sac, elbows.
I can understand pushing with the foot, but a kick? Off to the RSPCA, with you.
This is not acceptable behaviour and you need to assert yourself PDQ.
Wait a minute.
Are you folks suggesting cats exist for reasons other than punting?
When you allow a pet to roam, you create the possibility that it will encounter someone who does not like loose cats and/or dogs.
What more effective means do you suggest for her to inform the cat that its presence is not welcome?
I agree that rat poison-laced tuna would have been more discreet, but it would have lacked the immediacy of a good solid boot…
She sure is. And you can’t change that. She’s also proven she’s more than willing to hurt your animal. So until you can either move away, she moves away, or the landlord evicts her, or the police arrest her and haul her away, you’ll have to do what’s necessary to keep your cat safe - and that means confining her so BitchLady can’t get at her to hurt her. Keep her inside except when you’re able to be right there supervising her, and when she is outside with you, keep her well away from your bitchy neighbor.
Phoning the RSPCA will accomplish nothing. Filing a police complaint might not be a bad idea (it at least documents that the problem exists), but don’t expect the police to solve this problem for you - realistically, there’s not much they can do at this point. She’s not going to be arrested and jailed because she kicked a cat! Retaliating by placing cat poop on her doorstep (or any of the other ideas some people have suggested) has the potential to turn this already nasty situation even uglier - the small amount of satisfaction you’d get from doing it isn’t worth the risk of escalation.
My advice is to just stay away from this horrible woman, and keep your cat away from her, too. With any luck, she’ll soon be gone.
I’m not sure if you intended this to be funny, but let me assure you that it is not. My cats are all indoor animals, however, they do on occassion make for a break for the exciting yet dangerous outdoors. If anyone ever harmed them intentionally, I’m not sure if I could stop myself from having a violent reaction.
Blackclaw, I suspect Dinsdale was attempting to sarcastically point out the very real danger this lady’s cat now faces. Rat poison in some tuna or a tablespoon of ethylene glycol mixed into some nice cream WOULD solve the problem nicely, discretely, and permanently (from BitchLady Neighbor’s twisted POV, that is). And the ONLY way SJSB can prevent that from happening is to confine her cat.
Sure, she might be able after the fact to get her neighbor arrested - IF she can prove that BitchNeighbor is the actual poisoner, AND that the animal was poisoned deliberately (instead of just accidentally licking up some spilled anti-freeze off the driveway, for example). Good luck trying to come up with proof solid enough to stand up in a court of law.
And even if SJSB managed to do that, so what? It wouldn’t bring her dead cat back.
Loose animals are always at risk of being poisoned, and with this nutcase neighbor living next door, I’d say the risk just went up astronomically. If SJSB truly values her cat, she’ll keep the animal confined.
Hold her down while your cat humps her leg.
Have you had the cat checked out by a vet? Is it eating OK? A moderately hard kick to the face could break bones, and certainly hurt teeth.
While a cat owner may not see any problem with their animal roaming, a neighbor might feel otherwise for any number of reasons. Killing songbirds, crapping in their flowerbeds, fighting with or aggravating their pets, allergies, perhaps many others.
IMO one person’s lovely cat could reasonably be another’s nuisance.
I do not advocate violence towards animals, but one’s options are somewhat limited when trying to get an unleashed dog or cat away from you and off your property. I know people who are afraid of cats, having been scratched and bitten in the past. I would not think poorly of those people for choosing to use their boot.
By allowing your pet to roam, you are making the choice that it will be potentially exposed to such people - as well as cars, sick animals, thieves, etc.