Problem with my neighbour - time to confront?

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Liza1948 said:
Suffice to say, I'm starting to get a little annoyed and am very apprehensive that things have gotten worse since my month long trip. But I am apprehensive about approaching her because I don't know what the reaction would be. I *could* start putting rat poison in lumps of tuna around the yard and see if that has any results. Or, I guess I could buy a sight hound since I know they hate small furry things (including the rabbits, so that may not work). Or, I could make an anonymmous, if unsubstantied, call to local animal control. Those are options but I don't know how bad her hoarding problem is or whether that would push her over the edge and just go full "crazy cat-lady".

Anyhow, thoughts are welcome.
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Here's a thought. If you're really where you say you are, drive on over here and I'll make a nice tuna sandwich, specially for you :ROFLMAO::sneaky:
 
Liza1948 said:
Hi,
I'm on my way back from a vacation in England and am arriving home tomorrow after a lay-over in Chicago.

I live on a rather large property in a semi-rural part of Iowa. My closest neighbor is on an acre adjacent to my property. She's very quite, and substantially older than me (I think she is pushing 90). Her son comes around maybe twice a week to check on her but other than that she is pretty much alone most of the time.

Except, her cats. She's always had three or four but during the outbreak of the pandemic almost twe years ago the number has spiked to (last I checked) at least 25. I don't think they are entirely kittens or cats that are breeding but it could be case since it is not like I ever go over there.

I know it is not really much of my business but at the beginning of summer last year I started noticing my flowers being dug up and random dead sparrows in the yard. Also, there used to be a den of rabbits living in the brush on the edge of the trees behind my property and I haven't seen them in I don't know how long.

Suffice to say, I'm starting to get a little annoyed and am very apprehensive that things have gotten worse since my month long trip. But I am apprehensive about approaching her because I don't know what the reaction would be. I *could* start putting rat poison in lumps of tuna around the yard and see if that has any results. Or, I guess I could buy a sight hound since I know they hate small furry things (including the rabbits, so that may not work). Or, I could make an anonymmous, if unsubstantied, call to local animal control. Those are options but I don't know how bad her hoarding problem is or whether that would push her over the edge and just go full "crazy cat-lady".

Anyhow, thoughts are welcome.
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bingo said:
oh well... i got worse trouble....than that....
can't open my elf fudge cookies
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I agree, that is definitely more important!!:love:

And I wanted to be the first to offer to help with those fudge cookies,
but now I have a major life problem,:eek:
that others have offered to help with those cookies, before I did.:oops::sneaky::LOL:;)
Could everyone please help me solve this terrible problem of mine?:sneaky:;)
 
In my state (Ohio) we have free spay days. I'm not sure how it all works, but I think they go to places like your neighbor's, catch strays or any cat or dog the owner wants fixed, and operate quickly in their van.

Call your local humane society and tell them about the 25 cats. Your state may have a five pet law like some do or they may just go talk to the woman and ask if she would like help spaying and finding homes for them.

Say nothing about the tuna, because, well, you've seen how it goes.

My son's a hard core vegan -- he feels the same way about someone who buys regular, large eggs vs cage free small eggs, as you guys feel about the tuna plan. Don't be speciest! ;)
 
Liza1948 said:
Hi,
I'm on my way back from a vacation in England and am arriving home tomorrow after a lay-over in Chicago.

I live on a rather large property in a semi-rural part of Iowa. My closest neighbor is on an acre adjacent to my property. She's very quite, and substantially older than me (I think she is pushing 90). Her son comes around maybe twice a week to check on her but other than that she is pretty much alone most of the time.

Except, her cats. She's always had three or four but during the outbreak of the pandemic almost twe years ago the number has spiked to (last I checked) at least 25. I don't think they are entirely kittens or cats that are breeding but it could be case since it is not like I ever go over there.

I know it is not really much of my business but at the beginning of summer last year I started noticing my flowers being dug up and random dead sparrows in the yard. Also, there used to be a den of rabbits living in the brush on the edge of the trees behind my property and I haven't seen them in I don't know how long.

Suffice to say, I'm starting to get a little annoyed and am very apprehensive that things have gotten worse since my month long trip. But I am apprehensive about approaching her because I don't know what the reaction would be. I *could* start putting rat poison in lumps of tuna around the yard and see if that has any results. Or, I guess I could buy a sight hound since I know they hate small furry things (including the rabbits, so that may not work). Or, I could make an anonymmous, if unsubstantied, call to local animal control. Those are options but I don't know how bad her hoarding problem is or whether that would push her over the edge and just go full "crazy cat-lady".

Anyhow, thoughts are welcome.
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I think the idea of getting a dog is a whole lot better than poisoning your neighbors cats. Death by poisoning is horrid, I once had a cat that died in agony from contacting poison that a neighbor had set out, probably for the ground squirrels.
 
The best way to get rid of cats that I know of is to use humane live traps. I would probably keep some of the two year olds and then get rid of the rest. I would butcher the cats and let the dog eat them. There is no rearon to let good meet go to waste. I also have thought about the theft the of your gazebo and thought that if your dog woud pee on the gabezo when it was in your yard and now the dog goes into the neighbors yard to pee on the gabezo let the police know that you have proof.
 
Lawrence said:
The best way to get rid of cats that I know of is to use humane live traps. I would probably keep some of the two year olds and then get rid of the rest. I would butcher the cats and let the dog eat them. There is no rearon to let good meet go to waste. I also have thought about the theft the of your gazebo and thought that if your dog woud pee on the gabezo when it was in your yard and now the dog goes into the neighbors yard to pee on the gabezo let the police know that you have proof.
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Folks, we have a contender!
 
Lawrence said:
The best way to get rid of cats that I know of is to use humane live traps. I would probably keep some of the two year olds and then get rid of the rest. I would butcher the cats and let the dog eat them. There is no rearon to let good meet go to waste. I also have thought about the theft the of your gazebo and thought that if your dog woud pee on the gabezo when it was in your yard and now the dog goes into the neighbors yard to pee on the gabezo let the police know that you have proof.
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Well, of course, at first I misread this as “human live traps”. Silly me. Are you getting rid of the cats or the traps? It’s unclear. But if you mean the cats, once you trap the cats how do you tell the 2 year olds from the 18 month olds? Have you ever handled a feral cat? Not an easy thing to do. So maybe you are talking about the traps, cause dogs will eat anything-even you.

Why are you feeding perfectly good meat to the dog? I mean, @Lawrence if you have gone to all this trouble; why aren’t you eating the cats? Fear of Covid-19? People do eat cats, dogs, bats, rats, and bananas 🤮. I really dislike bananas.

As for the dog, peeing on the ”gabezo”; did you mean gazebo? 😊
 

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