... A tale of cats, nuisance and shared ownership...

Skiddaw1

AdrianC said:

Poster_586329 said:

I would love to know how to keep a cat quiet between 11pm and 6am!  Mine likes to jump from furniture to the floor.

One of ours snores...

That's if they aren't bringing "friends" in the cat flap. Nothing like a 3am round of the squeek-bang-thump-crunch game...

A most wonderfully accurate description if I may say so @AdrianC !

AdrianC

There are usually quite a few rounds of squeek-bang-thump before we reach crunch, tbf.

SallyDucati

I get several rounds of the squeak-bang-thump but never the crunch.  No.  I have got very skilled at scooping up mice/voles/shrews with an old margarine tub and releasing back into the wild.  That was never a life goal though.

Scotbot

AdrianC said:

Poster_586329 said:

I would love to know how to keep a cat quiet between 11pm and 6am!  Mine likes to jump from furniture to the floor.

One of ours snores...

That's if they aren't bringing "friends" in the cat flap. Nothing like a 3am round of the squeek-bang-thump-crunch game...

My dog likes to go out late then crashes through the dog door at 2am. It's like living with a teenager!

Scotbot

I cannot believe 2 kittens running around can make that much noise, they can't weigh more than a few kilos each. If you are bothered about it just let your neighbours know you have a new kitten and to let you know if they make too much noise.  You won't here anything and they will think you considerate neighbours. 

AdrianC

SallyDucati said:

I get several rounds of the squeak-bang-thump but never the crunch.  No.  I have got very skilled at scooping up mice/voles/shrews with an old margarine tub and releasing back into the wild.  That was never a life goal though.

The two recent squirrels have been dead when intercepted at the door.

We did have one released live in the bedroom a while back... Fortunately, during the daytime. I just shut the door and let them sort it out.

Murphybear

Scotbot said:

I cannot believe 2 kittens running around can make that much noise, they can't weigh more than a few kilos each. If you are bothered about it just let your neighbours know you have a new kitten and to let you know if they make too much noise.  You won't here anything and they will think you considerate neighbours. 

Rule number 5 of the official cat manual is “when we are kittens we charge around as much as possible then drop down exhausted”.  

Cats are generally not as noisy as dogs because they don’t bark and it is unlikely your neighbours will hear them.  Cats being cats of course there are a few exceptions.  Siamese cats “yowl”, they are notorious for it.  Elderly cats can miaow a lot (and when I say a lot I mean a lot) but according to the vets the noise our 19 year old cat is quite normal.  If your cats meets an enemy cat it can get very noisy but hopefully this won’t  happen in a flat.  We used to have a cat who was normally a wimp but when a local cat came in her cat flap it sounded like WW3 had broken out.

All this notwithstanding cats are a total joy, there’s nothing like them. 

Lunchbox

I would have a friendly chat with your downstairs neighbour and let them know you’ve got all the permissions etc., and that they should just let you know if there’s ever an issue. They’ll at least know you’ve considered the potential impact on them and that there’s a friendly face to speak to if an issue does arise.

We live in flats which are very soundproof. However, thuds/bumps and vibration does carry through the hard floors and concrete. Repetitive thudding noises can drive you absolutely crazy (far more so than loud music etc.), and it’s often much louder in adjacent properties than in your own so you may be completely unaware they can even hear it. If my upstairs neighbour got a cat and let me know, and told me I could pop up and let them know if there were issues, knowing the cause I’d be much more tolerant of any noise and would speak to them rather than making any formal complaints if it did become a problem. I suspect you may not have any issues if you have carpet but if you have hard floors and noise does become an issue it may just be a case of putting a few rugs down.

Skiddaw1

Does remind me of when we lived in a flat. Our upstairs neighbours had something which we referred to as 'the Scuttling Thing' based on its noise and movement across their floor (our ceiling). We spent many happy hours trying to work out what the Scuttling Thing was (my money was on a Shelob-style giant spider). Scuttling Thing eventually proved to be a (very sweet) cat...

Weathergirl_76

I really wouldn’t worry. You have permission to have pets. If the property is well sound proofed, I think it’s unlikely any noise they make will be heard by neighbours. A dog barking for hours is a lot different to cats going about their daily business. I have a cat and she would never make noise enough to disturb a neighbour. Honestly, please don’t worry.