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i'm just trying to figure out what neighbor my beloved animals ran off ? ? ? All my animals are in our yard, close to our patio so as not to disturb neighbors on the other side of our fences. Even our goats are double fenced to keep them 20 feet away from neighboring fences while grazing...

. . . and so fellow BYCers, you see the charming folk i am dealing with here.

Thanks for coming out of hiding. My husband and i are the owner of this house and have a right to enjoy our home and to keep our pets safe. i already apologized for being so angry after their cat attacked our ducks. i was there, no one else was there, i saw what happened, no one else did. i...

Quote: i'm guessing this is the young lady next door or her boyfriend's mother. Although, the boyfriend's mother mentioned to me once that she read byc, so she would already have been a member. This person just joined today and posted at 3:39 and 3:47pm, and the young lady who lives next door...

Quote: What are we up to now . . Quadruple "huh?" . . . . and what rumor is this? Interesting that you just joined. Related to my neighbors are we? Also, i would be perfectly within my rights to use whatever force is necessary to protect my livestock, or as i like to refer to them...

Hi Naughty - That was one of their arguments yesterday, that i should keep my birds locked up. i explained that i do have them all in fully enclosed cages most of the times, but let the ducks wander around our patio area when i'm home and within earshot. They argued that, if they keep their...

i think things are taking a positive turn. My husband and i went to talk to them again yesterday, after shooing their cat from on top of our coops three times in quick succession. That is one stubborn cat! The talk didn't seem to be going well at first. But towards the end we agreed to erect...

annaraven, you sound like a very kind and compassionate person. i have done some trapping and feral fixing in my time, and some rehabbing. It is hard work, time consuming, costly, and pretty thankless. So anyone who takes on that challenge should be commended. You know, it's such a...

Quote: Hi Suebee! i was surprised that our animal control was so nice and helpful on the phone. i've even had them here in person when someone reported us for having "a LOT of animals". A nice officer came, i gave her the tour, we talked about our chickens, and she dismissed the complaint.

Here's my feeling about cats. i love cats. Have rarely met i cat i didn't like. This one duck-attacker is actually very pretty and sweet to people. When i see this cat in our front yard i tell him that it's fine that he's out there, he can even keep leaving his paw prints all over my car, i...

Quote: Yes, that's the case here. You can only have four adult domesticated pets, as in dogs and cats. But i was surprised to find that, because of the size of our lot, we can have as many ducks, chickens, turkeys, any kind of fowl or any farm animal that does not exceed pounds at adult...

annaraven - When i am not home, all of my birds are within totally enclosed predator-proof pens and locked up tight in predator-proof coops at night. The area where i let my ducks wander during the day *only while i am at home and within steps away*, is right off my covered porch surrounded by...

Hi KaterCheek, the cat is not mingling with my birds, it attacked my ducks. It has spent the last six months, since moving in, prowling around my yard, sneaking right upside of my coops, and skeddadling on top of my coops. All my chickens are penned, so all that it has been doing is scaring...

Obviously our neighbors are not the smart, considerate, animal-loving type. Twice now since they have read my note i have found that same cat back in my yard. Within an hour after they read the note, they didn't put their cat inside and it was back in my yard, which is what prompted me to go...

Just to be clear, i only threatened to use a pellet gun on her cat if it came in my yard again because i was angry at the time and felt that would persuade her to keep her cat out of my yard. i have no intention of shooting the cat with anything that would cause real harm - no guns, no pellets...

Lot's of good suggestions. i like the idea of shooting it with something stinky or paint. Although those paint guns pack quite a sting. Wonder if i could get some kind of stinky liquid (coyote urine or whatnot) and add some type of coloration to it, and load it into a super shooter water gun...

Quote: annaraven - So, it's okay for my neighbor's cat to kill my pets but not okay for me to protect them? i have no desire to hurt any living creature. Have never harmed or killed anything in my life other than mice and rats. But honestly, i can't predict what i might do if i found one of...

Well, if the cat was just after rats and mice, that would be fine. But to find him in the middle of my ducks, steps from my back door . . . not good. i went over and talked to my neighbor. She at first tried to convince me that it was another cat from down the street. i told her i know it...

i agree Sonoran, that's what i would think. And our neighbor said most of the cats had lived with her boyfriend's parents, and had been around chickens. So i was surprised that it chose to wrangle with a dozen large ducks. But a month or so ago, another one of their cats tried to sneak up on...

When we moved here 3 years ago, we had a terrible time with feral cats. But over the years, they have disappeared. Things were peaceful until our next door neighbors moved in with four cats. Since then i am constantly shooing them out of our yard many times a day. All my chickens, turkeys...