I always expected this time might come but today the HOA contacted me to stop leaving cat food on my porch and removing the cat house/shelter as well.
I became quite defensive and asked to see the rules regarding pets or animals. He referred me to the HOA website and was very rude/sarcastic to all my responses and questions.
We own our house but unfortunately live in a HOA community. Apparently there are no rules about feeding cats or items on the porch. The only rule is all pets must be on a leash. We told them multiple times that these are not our “pets”, and that they have been there since before I started feeding at the end of last year. They didn’t care and said I can feed my pets from the backyard. But again there is nothing in the rules about what goes on in the porch or stray animals.
They said these things will be added to the rules now that we brought it to their attention, but I know it takes time to add it legally and they cannot enforce it just yet. I was just amazed at how rude they became! I also told them I would be consulting an attorney regarding my rights and the rules, as well as looking into the county laws regarding feeding strays and what deems an animal a “pet”. (I vaguely looked into this before because I always feared this would happen!) I know some counties consider an animal your pet by providing food...
Does anyone have advice or tips for dealing with this issue? This guy does not care about animals at all so explaining will do no good. One of the cats I feed is pregnant right now and I worry about keeping her fed! I haven’t been able to trap her ever.
I became quite defensive and asked to see the rules regarding pets or animals. He referred me to the HOA website and was very rude/sarcastic to all my responses and questions.
We own our house but unfortunately live in a HOA community. Apparently there are no rules about feeding cats or items on the porch. The only rule is all pets must be on a leash. We told them multiple times that these are not our “pets”, and that they have been there since before I started feeding at the end of last year. They didn’t care and said I can feed my pets from the backyard. But again there is nothing in the rules about what goes on in the porch or stray animals.
They said these things will be added to the rules now that we brought it to their attention, but I know it takes time to add it legally and they cannot enforce it just yet. I was just amazed at how rude they became! I also told them I would be consulting an attorney regarding my rights and the rules, as well as looking into the county laws regarding feeding strays and what deems an animal a “pet”. (I vaguely looked into this before because I always feared this would happen!) I know some counties consider an animal your pet by providing food...
Does anyone have advice or tips for dealing with this issue? This guy does not care about animals at all so explaining will do no good. One of the cats I feed is pregnant right now and I worry about keeping her fed! I haven’t been able to trap her ever.