feeding cats milk

Re: feeding cats milk

Jo Mackenzie — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:02:16 GMT

Re: feeding cats milk

oconnoanan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:00:21 GMT

thats lovely! win win situation, you, neighbour, cats, all happy - problem solved!

Re: feeding cats milk

Louise B — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:33:38 GMT

What a perfect neighbour you are Jo! I think that was a fantastic way to solve the problem all round.

Re: feeding cats milk

Jo Mackenzie — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:20:42 GMT

I had a similar problem with one of my cats who would wander into a neighbours house through her catflap and stuff himself on the food she left out for her two cats, and even chase them away from their bowls! It got to the point that if I couldnt find him Id go down and knock on her door and he would be curled up on her cats favourite place on the sofa, sleeping perfectly contentedly with a full belly of two cats worth of dinners (after his own dinner at mine!). The neighbour took it pretty well and actually got quite attached to him, but it got to the point that she was buying three times the amount of cat food just so she would have enough to feed all three! There was no way I could have kept my boy inside as he would have gone stir crazy, so in the end I bought her a microchip catflap and microchipped her cats for her - bit of a cost to me but solved the problem. She did offer to go halves with me but I felt as it was my cat it was my issue so paid for it myself. Bit of a shock to the system for him to go from six meals a day to two though! (She did still occasionally let him in her house to sleep on "his" spot on her sofa, but checked with me to make sure I was ok with this first )

Re: feeding cats milk

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:35:37 GMT

Well, someone obviously didn't follow the recipe!

(If you don't boil it in vinegar first, you're doing it wrong!)

Re: feeding cats milk

Louise B — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:12:57 GMT

[quote user="Mark Hedberg"]

Feeding good tripe to cats; bosh!

It makes a lovely stew and tastes excellent!

[/quote]

Euwwwwwwwwww -

Re: feeding cats milk

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:37:36 GMT

Feeding good tripe to cats; bosh!

It makes a lovely stew and tastes excellent!

Re: feeding cats milk

Louise B — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:07:47 GMT

I don't think she taking responsibility for your cats though. By your own admission, the crafty buggers are stealing from her house Full kudos to them really - they really are chancers but I can see why it is stressing you. I think the onus is on you though to stop them entering their house by confining to your garden though. I had a similar problem last summer but in reverse - I like to sleep with my back door open and the neighbour's cat took to coming in and spraying my sofa I had to deal with that situation in the end myself which annoyed me as I really don't want someone else's cat in my house or garden under any circumstances.

Mine tolerate milk without any issues but then I feed my cats stuff that would make the average vet nurse's hair curl and we never have a problem with diarrhoea as a consequence. Mine love chilli con carne, soft cheese, dairylea, chips, brocolli, butchers tripe, you name it, my cats will try it Annie was trying to tuck into lime pickle the other day - but I draw the line at that!

Re: feeding cats milk

oconnoanan — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:32:32 GMT

Yes I can't dictate what this woman does with HER cats! I wasn't suggesting I could. Although animals like all sorts of stuff that is bad for them. I don't expect her to take responsibility for MY pets! I dunno though, is milk bad for ALL cats or just the ones who can't tolerate it, like my guy who gets D++. I'm not breaking into neighbours houses and demanding that they don't feed their overweight dogs fried breakfasts! people like feeding pets! one cat is hyperthyroid so she always thinks she is starving, I think she bullies the neighbours! Its not their fault they feed her chicken.

Re: feeding cats milk

Louise B — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:52:39 GMT

I have to say I am firmly on the other side of the fence here. I think if your cat is visiting there house then you are the one with the problem. I don't think the person living in the other house can be dictated to as to what she feeds her cat - regardless of the fact that it encourages your cat into the house. I think I would have an eppy fit if someone also tried to give me a leaflet on why I shouldn't give my cat milk - because their cat was entering my house to consume it. Assuming I didn't have dogs, your cat would probably be trying to visit all the time as I feed mine raw chicken wings, milk, fish, tripe, etc and my cat is often in the garden crunching its way through a chicken wing or similar

Re: feeding cats milk

Alison Clare Hickman — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:10:22 GMT

How about downloading and printing off some information for her from Feline Advisory Bureau and then visiting, friendly and neighbourly like, with a smile plus a packet of food your cats CAN eat for her to put out instead of milk? Get her on board. Miles more effective than making her an enemy and certainly cheaper than moving house!

Hope you can win her over.

Best regards

Ali h

Re: feeding cats milk

Susan Jackson — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:54:53 GMT

I had the same issue with a neighbour but I had to fetch my cat from his house three times a day as he was encouraging him in the house also. Sorry but in the end I moved. I was told it was my fault and my cat should be kept in, it made my blood boil at the time as he was never in any other neighbours house.