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Yellefan · 10-04-2008, 10:21 AM

So I have some new next door neighbors. They have been living there for a month or so, but I have only ever seen them once when they were moving in, but I always see their 2 cats! They seem to have adopted my yard as their own... every time I look outside they are hanging out in my yard, lounging on my front porch and sleeping on my patio furniture. I would probably have no issue with this if it were occasionally but it is ALL THE TIME!

Both my wife and I have terrible allergies to cats and really want nothing to do with these things, yet they are always hanging out and leaving their hair behind. I have tried spraying them with water to deter them but they just keep coming back-- but they know to hit the road as soon as they hear me open the door. 10 minutes later they return though.

I have been wanting to discuss the situation with the neighbors but they are never home. So as a last resort I left them a letter in their mailbox explaining the situation to them and asking them to try to confine their cat to their own yard, but it is still in their mailbox. As I have never actually met these people I don't want their first impression of me as being the dick that called the city on them about their cats but at the same time I don't appreciate their lack of responsibility with their pets. Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do? Am I just being a jerk and should I just stop worrying about it or should I take some other action?

10-04-2008, 10:21 AM	#1
Yellefan Scoring Winger Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SW Exp:	What's with people and their cats? So I have some new next door neighbors. They have been living there for a month or so, but I have only ever seen them once when they were moving in, but I always see their 2 cats! They seem to have adopted my yard as their own... every time I look outside they are hanging out in my yard, lounging on my front porch and sleeping on my patio furniture. I would probably have no issue with this if it were occasionally but it is ALL THE TIME! Both my wife and I have terrible allergies to cats and really want nothing to do with these things, yet they are always hanging out and leaving their hair behind. I have tried spraying them with water to deter them but they just keep coming back-- but they know to hit the road as soon as they hear me open the door. 10 minutes later they return though. I have been wanting to discuss the situation with the neighbors but they are never home. So as a last resort I left them a letter in their mailbox explaining the situation to them and asking them to try to confine their cat to their own yard, but it is still in their mailbox. As I have never actually met these people I don't want their first impression of me as being the dick that called the city on them about their cats but at the same time I don't appreciate their lack of responsibility with their pets. Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do? Am I just being a jerk and should I just stop worrying about it or should I take some other action?