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[chickenbutt]

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LibbyAnnE wrote:

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chickenbutt wrote:

Bad neighbors - everybody's nightmare, eh?  

We are pretty lucky on our little street but the guy who owns the house on one side of ours (actually, I think his mother actually owns the house) has become a problem because he decided, out of nowhere, to start a feral cat population explosion.

It is so irrresponsible to attract them by feeding them and just let them over-populate and spread disease.    I've tried to get my husband and two of our other neighbors (also guys because this guy doesn't seem to  give women much credit) to get together and talk to him.  All of us take care of the birdies and it's very upsettings to have to deal with this thing.

My point is just that if he wants to feed them - fine.  But it becomes his responsibility to have them spayed/neutered, get shots, and then bring them into HIS house.  

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When we moved here, we started seeing cats around. Oh no. Bit by bit, we have rescued many, feeding and trapping them, getting them neutered, getting their shots and finding homes for most of them. Yes, we have taken in a few, too. If he is feeding to trap and neuter them, that's great. But doing nothing but feeding will only grow the population, as you say. "Trap, neuter, release" is fine for totally feral cats, but I have tamed a couple because i could not bear to turn them out in zero-degree weather. Anyway, we seem to have the population in our area in check for now, thank goodness. It took several years of work and a lot of money to reach this point, but it was worth it. 

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Good for you, Libby!  I really mean that.  You are responsible and wonderful to do all that you did.

This guy won't do anything.  He's just running a feral cat farm and even opened up one of those vent-looking things at the bottom of the house, so that they could go under his house.   I told my husband that if he doesn't say something, or get together with the other guys around us and say something to the guy, one day I'm just going to go crazy on the guy.    To be THAT irresponsible to be a part of over-population and the spreading of disease is just abhorrent.

I can't even tell you how upset I get when I find one of them on my property stalking the little birdies, either.   I'm constantly stresssing out about it.  I know - that's on me, but still.   I don't ask anything of anybody, but this is just a bridge too far.

You have my respect! 

[SaRina]

After reading all these horror stories about neighbors, I think everyone here should move to the same town so we can be each other's respectful neighbor.  I think we'd all get along famously....    don't you? lol.

       

          

        

     

      

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[sandraskates]

Don't forget this one @SaRina

@chickenbutt - Your neighbor is going to run afoul of code enforcement eventually.

[stevieb]

I'm increasingly seeing the 'portable' basketball hoops in streets. I abhor them. Not only do they make an otherwise nice neighborhood look a bit unsightly, but they invite kids to play in the street... which is just plain stupid. Used to be that if you wanted your kids to have their own hoop, instead of playing at school or a recreation center, it went in the back yard or your own driveway...