My neighbors patio umbrella blew into my house during a storm - is he required to pay for the damage?
i believe he is. with things like this they have to draw the line somewhere, and the line in this case is that it was his property blowing onto your property, bottom line. no matter if it was his fault or not he is still responsible for it. it's unfortunate for him but there's no other way to get around it. still not convinced? think of it this way. it isn't your fault that a storm came and it isn't your fault that he didn't have his umbrella secure in the event of high winds, so you shouldn't be responsible for the damages. of course i could be very wrong and you could be proper f$%& (what movie did that come from?)
Our cats keep pooping and peeing under our deck. How can we keep them away?
Well...besides putting up a physical barrier (a lattice), you could lay down a physical barrier. Cats like to scratch in the soil, so you put things there to make it uncomfortable to do so. A chain link fence laying down would work, as would a lot of blackberry canes or rose canes. (thorns) If that isn't what you are looking for, then you can try the various repellents that are offered for sale at larger pet stores. These repellents are supposed to stink out the cats. But as to whether humans are repelled by them too, I don't know. I've always used a scrap of fencing around my bushes, to great effects.
The neighbors cats are using my deck spindals as a scratching post
Here's what you do, put vinegar and water in a spray bottle. You have to make it potent, cats hate the smell of vinegar. Spray it all over it. That should repel them. Pepper works to keep cats out of the garden.There is also another spray you can buy at a pet store or Wal-mart, it is called Be Have. I got it when my cats would not stay off the X-Mas tree.
How can i stop cats from pooping on my deck?
I can't help it but, you have a poop deck? lol
Do some cats kill and eat rabbits?
Yes, indeed, cats kill and eat rabbits. Until my husband was chosen by a cat to belong to him, I didn't rally know this. But Tigger — the cat that claimed my husband — was about 10 years old when we had a lot of baby rabbits in the woods near us. Our neighbors' lawn evidently looked like a good nursery to a mother rabbit. But it wasn't. I never noticed any rabbit activity across the street. Tigger did. The first we knew of it was when we found 3 little headless bodies on our deck. We felt very guilty and a bit puzzled about the missing heads. Our neighbor cleared that up for us. They found three rabbit heads on their porch that morning. Tigger was providing for both households because our neighbor and he were good friends. Not much of the meat was eaten but Tigger was very proud of himself. We were appalled but our neighbors, whose gardens were being raided at night by the increased rabbit population, were grateful.
Is it possible for neighbor cats to peacefully socialize?
Yes very much so. My cat's best friend Sugar lives next door. They are cute playing together even though both are grown cats. Sugar's family moved here only a few months ago so they did not grow up togetehr and it seems they have been friends as long as she has been here. Sugar's brother tolerates and is tolerated by this one of our cats and barely tolerated by our spayed female cat but Sugar and MK are real friends. Yrs ago when we moved to a new apartment one of the 1st visitors was Pierre a neutered gentleman cat. Our spayed female who was generally antisocial to animals and to ppl other than us visited with him throught the screen door then he turned up one day when she was on the deck and the two of them sat in the sun and seemed to enjoy each other's company After that he was a regular afternoon visitor. He'd come in or she'd ask to go out on the deck. They even groomed each other. Why one set of cats gets along and another doesn't is hard top say but one thing that deos make a difference is being on neutural or mutual ground. For example when MK first met Sugar she was new to the neighborhood and they met in the field not his or her yard. The two of them now regard the front field and her yard as their mutual territory. She is also a very pleasant natured cat who is not interested in challenging anyone but also does not display overly submissive behavior. Your cat and her new friends were probably also on neutural or common ground. They may not have been so sociable if their first meetings had been in each other's apartments. Cats are thought of as solitary creatures but in the wild they and their ancestors lived in groups called prides. They take care of their territory and each other as a team. We have had an extended family of related cats thanks to a neighbor who moved and forgot to take mom cat, her grown kittens and the new kittens. They bonded in and became family with our other cats after a relatively short time and mom cat would defend our eelderly cat from overly bossy tom kitten.
I saw a feral cat. I started to feed it. Today she was rubbing against my legs and let me pet her. What does this mean? Does it mean she likes me ?
Other people have already told you that cats that will rub up against you and allow themselves to be touched are most likely abandoned pets, not actual ferals, and that they would easily become good pets. I’m going to go one step further.This is Gramercy.He was completely feral and lived under a shrubbery for two years. When I finally rescued him, he lived under a chair for two months, coming out only to eat and to spit at me. As you can see here, he’s calmed down, loves to sit on the bed and be with people, and is very affectionate.What I’m telling you is that even a feral cat can become a good companion. The two cats that you’ve described are already quite tame and welcoming of company.If you have literal room in your home, pick them up and take them in. Take them to the vet to be checked out, and have them edited with parts deleted, if it hasn’t already been done. You won’t be sorry, and will have excellent companions for many years.If for some reason you can’t keep them yourselves, consider taking them in for long enough to foster them until you can place them in permanent homes.If you can’t do that, other people have advised TNR. When a stray cat is neutered, generally, a notch is made in one of their ears. In this way, if they’re ever picked up by Animal Control, they know that the animal has been fixed, and they get bumped up on the adoptable line. Even if they’re never picked up, avoiding stray kittens is a very good thing, to put it mildly.Good luck to you and the cats. It sounds like you’ve made a couple of good friends.