Nothing resulting in violence, but my neighbor accused my kitten of biting his Rottweiler and giving him rabies.
My 3 pound kitten had all of his vet records and this guy had none.
His best apology was him saying "I guess he probably didn't do it"
If ANYTHING gave his dog rabies, *HE* is the one who should be chastised. One, for not having his dog vaccinated and, two, for leaving the dog outside unattended.
BTW, letting your cat(s) go outside is a very dangerous thing to do. I currently have six, all rescues, all indoors, and wouldn't dream of letting them go outside. Between predators--both human and other animals--poison, cars, pet thieves--including those who sell animals to labs--and everything else that can happen, the great outdoors is NOWHERE for a cat to be.
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"BTW, letting your cat(s) go outside is a very dangerous thing to do."
I know. Both of my cats appeared on my doorstep with little or no human contact. I try to keep them busy with scratching posts, toys and indoor grass to chew. Can you give me any other suggestions I can try to make them happy indoors? Thank you
Both of my cats appeared on my doorstep with little or no human contact.Trust me, I GET that! Two of my six are actually feral. They and their mother, along with a third kitten, showed up in my yard one day. They were tiny, and were nursing. I hatched this plan to catch them, but the mom and the third kitten disappeared before I could catch them. The two remaining kittens, one I tricked into coming inside, and the other I used a humane trap to catch, then brought her inside, too. They are STILL human-shy, although one of them now eats out of my hand--a HUGE accomplishment, all things considered. It just takes time and patience.
I try to keep them busy with scratching posts, toys and indoor grass to chew. Can you give me any other suggestions I can try to make them happy indoors?Those are very good choices, so you're already doing a great job. Cats can get bored with toys, so you might want to keep a steady supply of new toys. They don't have to be fancy or expensive. You can make your own with an old sock, some catnip [to put inside], and a string to tie it off. When you're looking for new toys, consider things that involve human interaction, like this 'cat dancer wand' -- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DHV16 -- or a laser pointer toy like this -- http://www.walmart.com/ip/Petsport-Usa-90010-Laser-Chase-Pet-Toy/26962305. Playing with your cat is a great way to bond and to make them more human-friendly. And I can't say enough about keeping treats on hand! I buy the 'mega' sized bags of Temptations -- http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029O4PCY -- and always have a supply of them around. They were the magic ingredient that got one of my ferals to start eating out of my hand. I just kept working with her, putting some Temptations down near me, then nearER to me, then NEARER to me, etc., until she got used to that, then the next step was holding some on my fingertips...and I nearly had a heart attack when she ate them!
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shareI have a terrible story that lasted till the other party died. He was the president of the strata council and I was in charge of the bike room. Someone had moved out and he felt this woman still owed us money. He asked me to steal her bike for the money she owed, and I refused. He started sending me very threatening letters, saying I would have to pay what she owed. I asked for an apology. Next thing I know, my balcony (common property) is being blamed for a leak on the first floor, and he suggested it would cost ME 50,000. He then, out of range of the rest of the council suggested that I would have a great summer with repairmen on my deck looking in on me in my pajamas.
Long story short, he turned the entire building against me by writing lies about in in the minutes, like I was insane, had robbed my neighbor, etc. I hired a lawyer and an engineer, who both agreed this was not my responsibility as my balcony was a) common property and b) not the cause of this leak. He didn't care. He got the CONSTRUCTION company to send me a bill, which they removed as soon as they got my letter explaining that this was not my fault.
A lot more horror ensued, but n the end, I won and they had to remove the bill and all the nasty defamatory minutes and issued an apology, but despite this some people still believe he was right. My life was hell for years.
Sorry you had to go through that, I've also had to deal with a loony neighbor. So in the end, this man died? Was he old ? Reason I ask is I've said it on here do before that a LOT of these people starting nonsense seem to be older, and I assume feel entitled to things because of their age. I can point to a few episodes to show my point. Grumpy old men. I've learned now to be nice to my neighbor's but I don't try to befriend them. Because that's when things can go bad. I'm speaking from first-hand experience. Glad your misery (for the most part) is over.
Dave "Crown Time" Blankenship for Time Man of the Year.
No story as bad as anything on this show, but my parents neighbour did pour poison on one of their trees in the backyard. My dad got a tree expert to check it out, who confirmed it had been poisoned. When my mom got talking casually to the neighbour she mentioned the "suspicious" poisoning of our tree and he told her to go *beep* herself. Nice eh? A few weeks later he apologized and things didn't go any further, fortunately!
The neighbours across the street had a long feud when one cut down the others tree that sat between their two houses. They completely ignored one another for a good 15 years after that, so nothing violent happened there. It's amazing how people hold grudges over stuff that's so petty though.
It's really terrifying how crazy people can be, and you never know who you're living beside until it's too late.
I have a neighbour from hell. I live in the downstairs flat of a converted house and she lives upstairs, we share a common hallway and communal front door. She has stolen my mail; stolen parcels delivered to the house for me; taken parcels of items I have purchased online, and delivered to the property, and opened them and used the return form to return them, so I wouldn't receive them. She is crazy and spiteful. I did this woman no wrong; I think she is just an over-grown school ground bully. She has assaulted me; kicked and banged on my door as she passes; chucked things on my skylight; banged on my skylight late at night - which terrified me as I thought someone was trying to break in, I rushed outside into the street in just a sheet when that first happened and I saw her and her friends leaning out of their window laughing about it - she had a broom in her hand, which is what I assume she used to bang on the glass. She has set my bins on fire; chucked rubbish in my garden. Six years of hell and harassment; she received and ignored verbal and written warnings issued by the police - she had a screaming match with one police officer that attended after she went ballistic the first and only time I confronted her about the harassment. She has verbally abused neighbours. She's just nuts. Recently she disappeared and the police came to the property looking for her - she was on the run. I don't know what she did but the police found her and now she is in prison, thank goodness. I don't know for how long but I'm enjoying the peace that has descended since she has been gone. Hopefully prison will teach her a lesson and when she comes out she will, hopefully, behave like a rational and reasonable human being. Good riddance though.
shareSounds like she had WAY to much time on her hands! Sorry for your problems. But I've been in your shoes so to speak. Some people just are crazy.
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<<Some people just are crazy.>> So true! I have lived in many places and most of my neighbors were good, normal people but I have also had LOTS of crazies, like in the movie *Barefoot in the Park*. I remember one of our landladies spending all day polishing the front door just so she could have conversations w tenants coming and going. She was in everybody's business, lol. Also had a couple of infamous criminals as neighbors but they were harmless.
shareI know just stay "friendly" with my neighbors but I do NOT befriend them...like I mentioned in another post, that's when things go bad (can)...just like any friendship. They'll use the things you confinded in them against you, etc...
When I bought my current house, my old neighbor who we were really friendly with became like "obsessed" with trying to get me to stay..tried to sabotage me selling that house...he even put up a big homemade sign, nailed to the mailbox that said "For sale by owner Section 8 welcome." He didn't want an unknown moving in especially because I didn't care about his criminal activity. And that's just the tip of the iceberg...
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I shared a common wall with a guy that used to beat his girlfriend. She was so nice... I felt bad for her. And her boyfriend used to get in a fight with the guy across the way in our fourplex. This guy used to hang his laundry outside to dry and he used to scream at the potted plants. It was like watching crazy fight douche.
shareWe've really only lived in one place where we were beginning to have issues with a neighbor. We moved into our house right after it had been built, and had lived there about six years when this family moved in next door. It was on a cul de sac, and all of the kids played in the street. Four of houses, including ours, were families with young children, from about 10 years old down to three years. The new family had teenagers. They would come flying into the "sac," with no regard to the young kids playing there. They set up a basketball goal in the street, in front of our property. We kind of turned a blind eye to it...until teenage boys started hanging out in our yard every day before the parents got home, smoking pot. One of them slam dunked too hard and brought down the goal, shattering the back board. The boys told their parents that we had pulled the goal down. Not long after that, they teenage daughter began riding her bike across our lawn, even though the street ran straight into their driveway. (You had to turn right after entering the cul de sac to enter our yard and driveway.) The father soon approached us, after we asked her not to cut through our yard, contesting the property line. We had already settled that issue, because we'd built a privacy fence before they had even moved into the house. Didn't stop "someone" from climbing the fence at night and tapping on our bedroom window at all hours, though.
It was nowhere near as bad as anything seen on "Fear Thy Neighbor." Fortunately, my husband was transferred to another state, or things may have gotten worse.
I hate it when people move in and act like they own the place. To me, my two times moving I was the new person so I felt the people that have been there for YEARS deserve some respect and privacy. Some people are just ghetto.
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