Looby
Well-Known Member
I think she meant that cat food can't compete if they are being fed meat etc elsewhere.
I think one of the neighbours is feeding my cat
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I think she meant that cat food can't compete if they are being fed meat etc elsewhere.
Corax
Luke 5:16
You have sod all basis for your post.
There are plenty of (particularly elderly/retired) people who think they're being nice by feeding tiddles bits n pieces.
If the cat's getting fed wet treats, then of course she can't compete if she's feeding it the (much healthier) dry stuff.
Corax
Luke 5:16
If it's just the dry food, I'd only be worrying about my own cat's territory. It's the wet treats that cause cats health problems (in excess).
Looby
Well-Known Member
I get really pissed off about this tbh. I frontline my cats, I worm them, I pay £10 a month each for insuring them, I spent 40 quid a month on food etc etc
They are clearly well cared for and have collars but neighbours still think it's ok to feed them.
This means that-
1. They don't come home for food which means I worry about where they are. More so since Delilah was hit by a car last year and didn't come back for nearly 2 days. How do I know if they're safe?
2. They get fat because there are at least 2 people feeding them.
3. I miss them. They're my fucking cats and I like having them around. They also like being here but all cats are tarts when it comes to food.
To all those that think it's ok to feed cats that are clearly healthy and belong to someone-get your own fucking animals and keep the fuck away from mine.
They are clearly well cared for and have collars but neighbours still think it's ok to feed them.
This means that-
1. They don't come home for food which means I worry about where they are. More so since Delilah was hit by a car last year and didn't come back for nearly 2 days. How do I know if they're safe?
2. They get fat because there are at least 2 people feeding them.
3. I miss them. They're my fucking cats and I like having them around. They also like being here but all cats are tarts when it comes to food.
To all those that think it's ok to feed cats that are clearly healthy and belong to someone-get your own fucking animals and keep the fuck away from mine.
space-tout
Our house, our house music.
This may sound odd, but do any of your neighbours have beards or moustaches?
Only i was reading an article in the paper the other day that said domestic cats were more likely to act up for food to fellas with a beard or moustache as eight out of ten cats prefer whiskers.
sorry
Only i was reading an article in the paper the other day that said domestic cats were more likely to act up for food to fellas with a beard or moustache as eight out of ten cats prefer whiskers.
sorry
Corax
Luke 5:16
This may sound odd, but do any of your neighbours have beards or moustaches?
Only i was reading an article in the paper the other day that said domestic cats were more likely to act up for food to fellas with a beard or moustache as eight out of ten cats prefer whiskers.
sorry
Get out.
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
I think you have sod all basis for this. What are they, your version of 'hoodies'?
Proof required surely?
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
I get really pissed off about this tbh. I frontline my cats, I worm them, I pay £10 a month each for insuring them, I spent 40 quid a month on food etc etc
They are clearly well cared for and have collars but neighbours still think it's ok to feed them.
This means that-
1. They don't come home for food which means I worry about where they are. More so since Delilah was hit by a car last year and didn't come back for nearly 2 days. How do I know if they're safe?
2. They get fat because there are at least 2 people feeding them.
3. I miss them. They're my fucking cats and I like having them around. They also like being here but all cats are tarts when it comes to food.
To all those that think it's ok to feed cats that are clearly healthy and belong to someone-get your own fucking animals and keep the fuck away from mine.
Have this sweary rant in public and people would think you are losing it. If you really know people are feeding them go and have a word and see if you are able to make it polite.
I really never knew this cat poncing issue was such a big deal.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Patronising git.
I'm having the sweary rant on here and I don't need you to tell me how to behave tyvm.
If you read the thread you will see that I put a note through my neighbours doors at the last house saying my cat had a medical condition.
Looby
Well-Known Member
It's not just the feeding though tarranau, it's the fact that people think it's ok to let other peoples cats into their house to sleep there etc I know cats sneak in if there's a cat flap but if I find a cat in our house that isn't ours I shoo them out not plump a chuffing cushion for them.
Sadly there's nothing you can do past a certain point though. If you don't want a housecat - which I'd say was advisable generally - then it really stops being in your control as soon as it is outside of your property's boundaries. There are some advantages to not having to supervise your pet elsewhere, but that's one of the counterbalances. As long as they're not murdering or selling on cats your neighbours can pretty much do what they like.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Yes, I have a personal vendetta against the elderly.
Repeated personal experience. Which I dealt with by the method I detailed before, and which Red Rose agreed is the best way of tackling the situation.
Fuckin ell, we can make anything a shitstorm on Urban eh?
Looby
Well-Known Member
Yes, I have a personal vendetta against the elderly.
Repeated personal experience. Which I dealt with by the method I detailed before, and which Red Rose agreed is the best way of tackling the situation.
Fuckin ell, we can make anything a shitstorm on Urban eh?
Cats always create a shit-storm especially the housecat thing or cats killing birds etc
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
Repeated personal experience. Which I dealt with by the method I detailed before, and which Red Rose agreed is the best way of tackling the situation.
Fuckin ell, we can make anything a shitstorm on Urban eh?
Yes, that's exactly what you are doing.
I made a mild joke and you and cat lady are going nuclear effing and jeffing.
I thought the Cat deal was that we love them because they are untrustworthy and unreliable. Not because we can keep them neat and trim.
My son loved a story when he was little called 'Six dinner Sid'. It was a romanticised tale of a village cat that took the piss from neighbour to neighbour.
But I can see now that this charming tale had sinister overtones. What I took to be an idealised tale of village quaintness was just a typical tale of grasping older folk on the look out for cat's to ponce from their trustworthy owners. Poor sid, the victim in this. Denied a diet solely consisting of dry food by those old farkers.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Yes, that's exactly what you are doing.
I made a mild joke and you and cat lady are going nuclear effing and jeffing.
I thought the Cat deal was that we love because they are untrustworthy and unreliable. Not because we can keep them neat and trim.
My son loved a story when he was little called 'Six dinner Sid'. It was a romanticised tale of a village cat that took the piss from neighbour to neighbour.
But I can see now that this charming tale had sinister overtones. What I took to be an idealised tale of village quaintness was just a typical tale of grasping older folk on the look out for cat's to ponce from their trustworthy owners. Poor sid, the victim in this. Denied a diet solely consisting of dry food by those old farkers.
Don't call me cat lady you stupid twat. I wasn't effing and jeffing at you anyway just in general. I am now though so fucking the fucking fuck off.
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
no, identify and kill the neighbour
Looby
Well-Known Member
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
One thing I would add to the mix though is does a solely dry diet really fill them up?
The neighbour's cats hang round our catflap like Vultures. We feed them when they are away and they only have dry. They (the neighbours not the cats) say our cat goes in and doesn't eat their food. (Just watches their fish).
I like the neighbour's cats but I don't want to be seen chasing down the garden like a loon. But I don't want to feed them either.
The neighbour's cats hang round our catflap like Vultures. We feed them when they are away and they only have dry. They (the neighbours not the cats) say our cat goes in and doesn't eat their food. (Just watches their fish).
I like the neighbour's cats but I don't want to be seen chasing down the garden like a loon. But I don't want to feed them either.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
No one 'gone nuclear'.
And 'effing and jeffing'? Twat.
Big baby.
Corax
Luke 5:16
Silly little wankstain.
Shows that you know fuck all then really.
Mr Moose
What the hell are we supposed to tell the kids?
Silly little wankstain.
Shows that you know fuck all then really.
Big baby.
red rose
Fee-Ai-Esh-See-Oh
Christ on a bike I go away for one day and world war three breaks out.
Mr Moose, for what its worth I couldn't tell that you were only joking.
But I stand by what I said. If someone else is feeding my cat then I don't know what they are feeding him, there are plenty of people who think its fine to give cats regular cows milk and uncooked meats. There are plenty of things that can make cats very sick that non-cat owners don't know about. Like ham and pork products or raw fish.
There are also plenty of cats with diabetes or cats who have recently had urinary tract infections who need specific diets. And in my opinion feeding a cat that is clearly well cared for and belongs to someone else is irresponsible, you don't know if you are feeding it things that could make it ill and since it has an owner who feeds it as much as it needs, you are over feeding it (not you specifically but the feeder)
And if anyone is being a big baby it seems to be you, I disagreed with your opinion and you started throwing your toys out of the pram. Most cat specific treats are high in salt and fat and most cooked household meats aren't great for cats to live on as a regular diet. I don't want him eating them on a regular basis and I don't think its unreasonable for me to want my neighbours not to feed him.
Mr Moose, for what its worth I couldn't tell that you were only joking.
But I stand by what I said. If someone else is feeding my cat then I don't know what they are feeding him, there are plenty of people who think its fine to give cats regular cows milk and uncooked meats. There are plenty of things that can make cats very sick that non-cat owners don't know about. Like ham and pork products or raw fish.
There are also plenty of cats with diabetes or cats who have recently had urinary tract infections who need specific diets. And in my opinion feeding a cat that is clearly well cared for and belongs to someone else is irresponsible, you don't know if you are feeding it things that could make it ill and since it has an owner who feeds it as much as it needs, you are over feeding it (not you specifically but the feeder)
And if anyone is being a big baby it seems to be you, I disagreed with your opinion and you started throwing your toys out of the pram. Most cat specific treats are high in salt and fat and most cooked household meats aren't great for cats to live on as a regular diet. I don't want him eating them on a regular basis and I don't think its unreasonable for me to want my neighbours not to feed him.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
I feed next doors cat if it comes around.
Get a life ffs
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
My folks Siamese came home with an (obviously stolen) roast chicken once. Was that neighbour 'feeding my cat'? Hard to say really, depends on how much of a fight they put up I guess.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Honestly, if you're that protective about your cat then don't let it out of doors, because they can get up to anything. Keep it locked in a room and only feed it macrobiotic gluten-free jelly.
This may sound odd, but do any of your neighbours have beards or moustaches?
Only i was reading an article in the paper the other day that said domestic cats were more likely to act up for food to fellas with a beard or moustache as eight out of ten cats prefer whiskers.
sorry
