My Neighbors have Stolen my Cat.
 

Hey all,

I've had a cat since he was a little tiny kitten. He turned up on my door and I fed him and he stayed with me. His name is Scratch and he's a dude.

Last year I moved house and I brought Scratch with me. I have some neighbors who are these two old spinster sisters. They're very kind, and we get on well which is important. A couple of months ago their little poodle died, (I hate poodles), and they were very sad. One day one of the sisters asked me if I'd mind if they sometimes gave food to my cat. I said sure, what the hell.

Fast track to yesterday when I walk out onto my balcony and have a conversation with my neighbors where they happily tell me that my cat is now sleeping in their house.

WTF????? I'm not too pleased about this. Now normally I'd just tell them to stop doing it but;

1. Neighbors are important to get along with in a small mountain village in Italy.

2. They regularly give me home baked cakes of the most delicious variety. I particularly like their cherry pie. I don't want to risk losing this.

So how do I go about the delicate task of getting my cat back?

ps, there are no ninjas involved here.

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1. Neighbors are important to get along with in a small mountain village in Italy.

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If that's the case, then you should avoid doing things that would piss of your neighbors like...stealing their cat.

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Scorched earth policy: kill the cat.

Is the cat voluntarily sleeping in the house, or are they keeping it indoors on purpose?

Edit: I'll just get it out of the way for everyone -- no one owns a kat haw haw haw

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I was so excited to make a ninja related post... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I kind of did this to my neighbors. If your cat is free to roam outside it's ultimately going to be up to the cat where it sleeps.

EDIT: I own two cats.

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Get a confederate from your bar. Have them pretend to break into the spinster house drunkenly, while you confront them loudly and chase them off. Decline offers of sex, but demand pussy. Victory!

In terms of more serious ideas, find them a different cat at a shelter and give it to them.

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Is your cat an outdoor cat (presumably)? One of my cats likes to frequently spend the nights outside. He often wanders into the neighbors house, hangs out with them and sometimes spends the night there. I don't consider them stealing him. Now if it got to be an every night occurance, I'd worry, but if it is only once a week, I'd be fine with it.

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1. Neighbors are important to get along with in a small mountain village in Italy.

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If that's the case, then you should avoid doing things that would piss of your neighbors like...stealing their cat.

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Yeah, but I'm the foreigner so I have to get along with them, if you know what I mean.

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Well the thing with animals is they are always the most loyal to whoever feeds them. You probably need to go talk to the neighbors and explain that the cat is yours and you want to be the only one taking care of it. If they want their own cat they should go to an animal shelter and adopt one. As long as you are nice about it and explain why you feel the way you do I don't think they would take offense.

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I'm the foreigner so I have to get along with them, if you know what I mean.

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I don't really get this but I'm sure you're not making it up. But it's kind of weird to me that they can just take stuff from you, tell you about it, and because you're the noob you just have to grin and bear it. Strange place.

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Scorched earth policy: kill the cat.

Is the cat voluntarily sleeping in the house, or are they keeping it indoors on purpose?

Edit: I'll just get it out of the way for everyone -- no one owns a kat haw haw haw

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Yeah, yeah, nobody owns a cat. Actually, I haven't seen Evan around for a while. What happened to him?

He's in their house all the time and it's voluntary. The problem is that they've taken advantage of the period when I've been working a lot of late hours in the bar, (I just finished now actually), and I don't get up until ten in the morning. It appears that ten in the morning is not an acceptable time for my cat to eat. The little traitorous bastard.

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ads,

If you wanted to get back at them you could always just refill their wine bottles with antifreeze.

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Just tell them that you hardly see your cat anymore and could they feed it less... "a little treat for it now and again is ok but I miss my cat being around"

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ads - Maybe you should keep your cat indoors during the night. Cats do a great job of bitching and moaning and mewing and pawing and rubbing their slimy wet nose on your sleeping face when they want to be fed at 7AM and have no other recourse but to wake your ass up.

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I'm the foreigner so I have to get along with them, if you know what I mean.

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I don't really get this but I'm sure you're not making it up. But it's kind of weird to me that they can just take stuff from you, tell you about it, and because you're the noob you just have to grin and bear it. Strange place.

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They don't think they've taken the cat. I don't think it's even entered their minds. Or do you think they've been bribing me with the cakes? Maybe they're really sneaky after all. Oh man, I'm going to bed. If any of you can think up a good way to get my cat back I'll be happy.

Here's a photo taken in early Spring looking from my balcony down onto their house and yard. This is where my cat hangs out now. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]


http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1...ture038ve0.jpg

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It sounds like the cat has moved on. Now its time for you to do the same.

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http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1...ture038ve0.jpg





This picture makes me feel happy.

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How long do you intend to live there?

If it's not bugging you too much, I'd just let the cat enjoy itself, then if and when you intend to move, steal it back.

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I live part of the year in Barcelona and let me tell you, if one of my Catalan neighbors wanted pretty much anything from me (my flat screen - sure - just can I come watch the Barca home games on it?) I would give it up. You cannot really afford to tee your neighbors off when you are a foreigner in their hood.
Get new cat. Keep new cat inside.

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Offer to cut the cat in half, then immediately protest and tell them to keep it instead. This should prove that you are the cat's true owner, and your wisdom will be heralded for generations to come.

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Dude, cats are gay and pretty much suck ass anyway. Let it slide, and enjoy that delicious cake.

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Ads,
I'd trade our family's cat for regular doses of cherry pie in less than a heartbeat. I don't know if yours was more affectionate, but it does seems like it's chosen. Sorry, and can I try that pie sometime?

Best,
Pete

EDIT - i'd add that there is no feasible way of preventing the cat returning to that house, even if you got it back. They are fickle beings, and maybe one day it'll swing its fickle tail back towards you.

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No choice. Must let go of cat, eventually you will lose him completely and he won't even recognize you.


Offer to give them your cat completely in return for more home baked cakes.


Everyone wins.

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Tell them I will mail my girlfriend's retarded cat to them if they give your cat back to you. You win, I win, they get a cat.

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Pretend to take the cat to the vet and make up some reason why the cat has to have special food (or some other restricted diet - I'm sure you can find something online). Tell your neighbors that they can't feed him any more because of that, and then he'll start coming home more regularly to eat. You could also pretend that he needs to take a pill each night, so he has to come home.

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sorry man. cats can be useful for killing rodents and such, but they can be lacking in loyalty

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Leave a trail of open tuna cans directing the sweet kitty back to the correct household.

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My cat used to do this. It upset me too. Then I found out he was FIV+ so I had to keep him indoors. Problem solved.

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tell them it has a vet appt

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Leave a trail of open tuna cans directing the sweet kitty back to the correct household.

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if you don't have tuna cans, you could try this.

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no one owns a cat

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Fast track to yesterday when I walk out onto my balcony and have a conversation with my neighbors where they happily tell me that my cat is now sleeping in their house.

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I've never had a cat, but this seems kind of weird to me. You didn't know the cat was sleeping there before they told you? Does that mean if they had never told you about it, you'd be happy in your ignorance? If so, seems like your life is exactly the same as it was before, except with increased likelihood of free pastries.

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http://www.u-blog.net/kikomike/img/t...d_with_gun.jpg

Show up at their door step like this.

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sounds like my ex, dump the cat before it dumps you

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Leave a trail of open tuna cans directing the sweet kitty back to the correct household.

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What if he follows it the other way?

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THREAD CAT PICS PLZ.

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You should just give the cat to the neighbors. They already give you cool stuff now, just think what you would get from them if you gave them the cat.

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Or do you think they've been bribing me with the cakes? Maybe they're really sneaky after all. Oh man, I'm going to bed. If any of you can think up a good way to get my cat back I'll be happy.

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lmao!! This made me laugh... ever see Arsenic and Old Lace? ROFL!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[if you never have... make sure you get the ancient Cary Grant version... it's the BEST!]

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no one owns a cat

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Ahh, this post makes me feel nostalgic.

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adsman, I think it's time you get the ninja involved. Ask him to go kick ass and take names (and cat)

But the real answer is when you see the cat, just give it some food he will come running back.

you can also start throwing a ball of string around the yard aimlessly looking sad