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Hey everyone,
Yesterday my boyfriend and I were feeding one of our colonies and trapping kittens, and we had an unexpected visitor.
This colony is in a very wooded area behind a neighborhood. We feed behind the fence line.
It’s hard to describe, but we access this wooded area through a couple foot gap in fencing between some houses and just off a sidewalk that no one (typically) seems to notice.
Yesterday morning we heard yelling from outside of that gap.
There were a lot of expletives, and something about “I don’t around behind your house, so don’t around behind mine” and “Do this somewhere else” and all sorts of things like that. Very, very angry.
My boyfriend immediately went to go chat with the guy while I unset the traps to join him, but the guy had a been yelling from his car, and by the time my boyfriend reached him, he had turned around and driven off.
So… we have no idea who this is, what they know as far as what we’re doing, if something could be worked out, etc.
This was my boyfriend’s first brush with an angry person and it really freaked him out. Currently, we’re in heavy disagreement over how to proceed.
He wants to feed and trap during the day now, but I’m opposed to that idea for multiple reasons.
First, it’s extremely inconvenient, and I’m not sure if it’s even possible with work. Right now I’m not working because of medical issues, and he’s been working and going to school from home to take care of me, but that will be ending in the next month or so in all likelihood.
Secondly, it’s also much less discreet. (The evening is also much less discreet, as it’s a busy/active family neighborhood, otherwise, it might’ve worked).
And, we live in South Central Texas… most of the year it is truly, unbearably hot and humid. Feeding the colonies in the morning works for us because even though we still sweat our butts off every morning out there at 6am, it’s not a big deal because we just come home and shower before heading to work/school. I can’t take a (rather short) lunch break and come back to work a hot, sweaty mess, and he works/goes to school way too far to do it himself.
So, I’m of the mind of just trying to feed everyone an hour or so earlier.
My boyfriend is too afraid to do that though.
Basically, since this neighbor did not allow us the opportunity to respond and we have no idea who they are or where exactly they live, I’m not sure how to go about this and could use some input or fresh ideas. We have a lot of cats to trap back there so I need to figure this out as soon as possible.
I also want to note that in the year+ we’ve been caring for this colony, no one has ever disturbed the feeding stations, shelters, or traps we have back there.
We also have TNR tags with our contact info on the traps, as well as on the tree next to the feeding station in case anyone does go back there and has questions/concerns, and no one has ever contacted us. So it appears that no one really goes back there usually (or just doesn’t care about it).
That said, a few weeks ago our game camera back there did go missing. It’s possible the cats or kittens played with it and dragged it off somewhere (it wasn’t very secure and is a mini game camera), but I think it’s more likely that someone stole it, and the timing makes me think it might have been this angry neighbor.
Yesterday my boyfriend and I were feeding one of our colonies and trapping kittens, and we had an unexpected visitor.
This colony is in a very wooded area behind a neighborhood. We feed behind the fence line.
It’s hard to describe, but we access this wooded area through a couple foot gap in fencing between some houses and just off a sidewalk that no one (typically) seems to notice.
Yesterday morning we heard yelling from outside of that gap.
There were a lot of expletives, and something about “I don’t around behind your house, so don’t around behind mine” and “Do this somewhere else” and all sorts of things like that. Very, very angry.
My boyfriend immediately went to go chat with the guy while I unset the traps to join him, but the guy had a been yelling from his car, and by the time my boyfriend reached him, he had turned around and driven off.
So… we have no idea who this is, what they know as far as what we’re doing, if something could be worked out, etc.
This was my boyfriend’s first brush with an angry person and it really freaked him out. Currently, we’re in heavy disagreement over how to proceed.
He wants to feed and trap during the day now, but I’m opposed to that idea for multiple reasons.
First, it’s extremely inconvenient, and I’m not sure if it’s even possible with work. Right now I’m not working because of medical issues, and he’s been working and going to school from home to take care of me, but that will be ending in the next month or so in all likelihood.
Secondly, it’s also much less discreet. (The evening is also much less discreet, as it’s a busy/active family neighborhood, otherwise, it might’ve worked).
And, we live in South Central Texas… most of the year it is truly, unbearably hot and humid. Feeding the colonies in the morning works for us because even though we still sweat our butts off every morning out there at 6am, it’s not a big deal because we just come home and shower before heading to work/school. I can’t take a (rather short) lunch break and come back to work a hot, sweaty mess, and he works/goes to school way too far to do it himself.
So, I’m of the mind of just trying to feed everyone an hour or so earlier.
My boyfriend is too afraid to do that though.
Basically, since this neighbor did not allow us the opportunity to respond and we have no idea who they are or where exactly they live, I’m not sure how to go about this and could use some input or fresh ideas. We have a lot of cats to trap back there so I need to figure this out as soon as possible.
I also want to note that in the year+ we’ve been caring for this colony, no one has ever disturbed the feeding stations, shelters, or traps we have back there.
We also have TNR tags with our contact info on the traps, as well as on the tree next to the feeding station in case anyone does go back there and has questions/concerns, and no one has ever contacted us. So it appears that no one really goes back there usually (or just doesn’t care about it).
That said, a few weeks ago our game camera back there did go missing. It’s possible the cats or kittens played with it and dragged it off somewhere (it wasn’t very secure and is a mini game camera), but I think it’s more likely that someone stole it, and the timing makes me think it might have been this angry neighbor.