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First, a comment: IDK, do people really love animals, or only their own animals, or only love animals if they're not too much trouble? People carry on about the unconditional love animals have for us, yet some people have so many conditions in regard to animals. I try to love them...

Well, I think I've got a bigger problem than I realized. I'll be lucky to make it through the nine months. She has been campaigning against me to the neighbors. I have never heard from them. She keeps repeating that I have 17 cats - never - and now I'm sure that's what she's saying to them. She...

That's my dream. To build a lovely catio for their health and safety. Distinct possibility if we buy. I'm all thumbs and my husband doesn't have time to do regular stuff. He works at MB/Vegas (don't like to spell it out.) He arrived at work 15 minutes before the shooting started. Since then...

Thank you. I just wrote back to her. I said I don't recall ever being so angry and told her not to message me again, that I've been nothing but cordial and yet I get these nasty, curse-filled messages. I asked her if she was going to hurt the cats. I asked her how she handles dogs peeing all...

They're equal opportunity depositors - they use the boxes and our yard and allegedly her yard. I haven't brought up that there are plenty of stray cats wandering around the neighborhood. They might also be making a contribution. I hope she wouldn't be complaining if she hadn't actually seen them...

Worrisome, right? How can you have animals of your own and talk like this? I think it's drunk evil twin, not entirely sure why I feel that way. If this skirmish is like the ones in the past, the next message will be much different in tone, full of concern for the cats, but not backing off entirely.

Great points, Willowy. Thank you. AFAIK, no restrictions about staying on the property, so we're good there. I hadn't thought about the fact that they're mine, and that they just can't take them. I guess I'll just have to go through this with her again - she attacks, I placate her, she...

Been almost three years, still the same problem. Neighbor complaining about cat poop in her backyard - my little devils are the accused. Meanwhile, I've never seen this woman come screaming out of her house as other neighbors walking their dogs poop and pee on her lawn (I'm sure they pick up the...

I've posted about the two mothers and kittens we found ourselves with a year ago yesterday. I've got to face it; I don't want to give them up; I feel so fiercely protective of them (among other things, that awful but true commercial about the pets in shelters living years in cages.) The...

When we lived in NY, we used to refer to the lawn as "The Killing Fields" (not very funny, really). I'll never forget all the adults in the house trying to save a chipmunk from certain death (we succeeded.) Everybody was running all over the lawn. It's terrible, but it's their nature. Now that...

One of the cats brought in a big fat mouse today, freaking me out since the poor thing kept getting away from him. Lots of screaming - must have been me! I threw the front and back doors open and went after the cat with a hand held vacuum. None of them like the sound of it, and I was lucky...

Thanks for the advice, Aimee. I think I'm going to concentrate on the schools. Never underestimate the power of a nudgy kid who wants a pet. I've gotten some good deals on The Forklift (Amazon Warehouse Deal Finder, category Pet Supplies). Our vet also suggested Purina as a cost cutting...

Got a message from my next door neighbor - he couldn't have been nicer. He says he's going to fix the screen that was ripped (probably by one of my little nut jobs) and he said that the yard is the cat's to explore. He just wants to be sure his dogs don't go after him. If he's sincere (and it...

Hi Joyce, Like your good guy, you can't help but love this bunch. What else could I do? They're the best - affectionate, lovable, sweet and shiny It was so wonderful for you to adopt a cat with health problems. So many people wouldn't. That is lovely. Ahhh, landlords. We've had one terrific...

Hi Joyce, I thought about maybe calling some news outlet, but I'm afraid of calling to much attention to myself (and possibly coming to our landlord's/neighbors attention.) Las Vegas is a surprisingly small town. As far as my relatively minor (in comparison to other people) ailments go, I feel...

Thanks, Hope, I will  Mary (Tarara)

Hi 2Cats, I love the idea of a catico, but I rent (there are all kinds of people I'm hiding out from, like the landlord, LOL.) Maybe I could just hammer something cheapish together with strong screens. My brother moved out here, too, and he's DIY kind of guy. I never think of these guys as...

Hi all, I've always loved cats. All of our pets generally have lived to ripe old ages. The most we've ever had at a time is three. My tale of woe started last September when one of three strays I was feeding walked into the house and had six kittens. My cats were not thrilled, neither was my...