My cat got into next doors house....

Badger_Lady

Badger_Lady wrote: »

My neighbours got a new kitten early this year, and as soon as he was allowed out he started wobbling up my garden path to follow my old cat around. It was desperately cute - he had a little mini-me!
Sadly their cat disappeared a few months later... it genuinely wasn't me though :eek:

A bit off-topic and out-of-date but I thought I'd share:
I recently found out the wee puss was adopted by a new family across town because apparently my neighbours weren't feeding him. That would explain his constant desperation to break into my house then!

juliebunny

Aw that's nice to know. Some funny stories on this thread.

A few years ago when my sister was staying with me, apparently a neighbour came round to complain that her cat had got pregnant and just had a litter of kittens. My sister was a bit puzzled as to what she meant but seems she was saying that one of my cats was responsible for them and my sister thinks she wanted maintenance money for them!!:rotfl:

I wish I had been there cos this neighbour is a bit thick anyway and has knocked with other bizarre ramblings about child monitors and fequencies before (I have no children but apparently the people here before did - she obviously did not notice that I looked nothing like the previous occupants!)

My sister pointed out that all of my cats are not only female, but neutered but kindly offered to help her rehome them through a local charity if she needed that. At which point she promptly stomped off.

I'm pleased to say the cat is now neutered after having 2 litters (well I did say she was thick, obviosly didn't realise after the first lot). How do I know this? Because the day of her post spay check up, the neighbour again knocked on my door to ask if she was in my garden because she had gone missing. Would you let your cat out the day of a vet appointment only 3 days after that op? And would my 9 cats really let a stranger into their garden? Seems like I get the blame for anything cat related from her!!! Yet I have to smile sweetly and throw countless children's items back into her garden that have come astray!

She has never spoken to me on any other occasions - only ever to moan or accuse me of hiding out her cat!

missparrot

My next door neighbours cat once got into my house and killed one of my pet finches...
things happen. People over-react to EVERYTHING these days.
I was gutted and i was seriously p*ssed off with the cat for a few days, but i still fed them when my neighbour went on holiday! It wasn't his fault, or the cats (only being a normal cat) it was summer and my back door was open.
so as for a bit of digging the garden and sitting on the sofa...well!

HAD29

Dear Kataklysm,
I really do sympathise with you. There is nothing worse than someone who accuses without evidence.

There is a TON of things you can do to resolve this amicably, and I am sure if you go to any conflict resolution textbooks you can find them.

However, lets just let our imagination run wild for a moment. Any criminal accusation in the eyes of the law requires proof "beyond reasonable doubt". Crapping up a couch comes under the terms of criminal damage. So, lets just assume they haven't gone to the police, or they have otherwise decided they can't be bothered, it then becomes a civil matter, and then is "on the balance or probability" How probable was it that your cat did what they suggested they did? naaaaahhh, not much, yours is one cat among many. However, if you want to be sure. Then here is the absolute rest:

Round up every cat in the area and send them off to the Cat Valhalla. If yours is the only cats in the area and nothing ever happens, your cats they are in the clear. Case closed and good night.

KittyCats_2

I love the letter you sent to your neighbour! Very funny. Also seems to have shut her up...?
We live in a dead end road and for a long while we were the only house with cats (once upon a time we had 8, 4 of which were kittens that weren't allowed out so didn't cause much trouble). Everyone in our road knew we were the cat house, but the last few years there's been more and more cats in the road. We have dreadful problems with our neighbours cat. He's a this big ginger cat and loves to chase after my Mossop who is a scaredy old female cat and can out run him, but still he leaves her absolutely terrified to go outside at time. He always used to come in and eat our cats food, and more often than not we've found him asleep up in our loft. There was one time when we came home and he was sat at the top of our stairs watching our youngest eating a headless squirrel (we never did find where the head was!!) Fortunately we have a good relationship with our neighbours so we were forever saying 'oh yes, your cat was in our house today, silly cat' and they would always apologise profusely but we'd laugh about it. It was never any major bother, just a bit annoying that he'd eat all the biscuits and leave ginger hair everywhere. However when we got our youngest, he started venturing into their house, so it was a bit like getting his own back! Both houses are fitted with different magnetic cat flaps, but they both manage to force their way in! Cats will be cats, eh? They're cheeky and sneaky, but as cat owners, we all learn to accept it.

The old bat next door to you needs to deal with it, learn not to leave windows open while she goes away and leave a delicious plate of chicken out (which Dr.Gonzo probably smelt from the garden and so had to just check it out..) As a cat owner she should understand what cats are like! I wonder if she knows the true extent of what her cats get up to. I hope the next set of neighbours, or the next house you move into in the future are a bit more understanding!