Cat attack - how to apologise?
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Ideas please!
My moggy has had a fight with a neighbours cat, and appears to have injured it so badly needed vet attention - and vet apparently said it appeared more like a fox/dog attack.
I dont know the neighbours at all - and this is the first meeting with them and to be fair they were very good about things.
Obviously its cats being cats, but the cutie fluffball inside appears to change to tiger mode when outside and I am gutted shes inflicted serious damage to another one.
I would like to make some sort of apology, daft as it sounds, to them aside from just verbal however clueless to what.
Any ideas are welcome!
My moggy has had a fight with a neighbours cat, and appears to have injured it so badly needed vet attention - and vet apparently said it appeared more like a fox/dog attack.
I dont know the neighbours at all - and this is the first meeting with them and to be fair they were very good about things.
Obviously its cats being cats, but the cutie fluffball inside appears to change to tiger mode when outside and I am gutted shes inflicted serious damage to another one.
I would like to make some sort of apology, daft as it sounds, to them aside from just verbal however clueless to what.
Any ideas are welcome!
t400ble said:
£50 towards the vets bill?
It was mentioned that she was insured so was more a knock at the door to just give info rather than demand monies - although it did cross my mind to offer a £ amount towards it or pay the excess but just feels a bit crass.Wine sounds decent but again just unsure - thus the post!
I'm in the process of introducing my year and a bit old Moggie, Jonesy, outdoors for the first time.
Jonesy is a sweetheart of an animal - very friendly but very much a predator. He's astonishingly athletic, even more so than his Bengal flat mate.
My downstairs neighbour has two rabbits...
Jonesy is a sweetheart of an animal - very friendly but very much a predator. He's astonishingly athletic, even more so than his Bengal flat mate.
My downstairs neighbour has two rabbits...
We had a small spot of bother with a couple down the road after their cat ended up with an infected wound in it's side. Caused a bit of grief for a while as they demanded we kept our cats permanently inside. We came to an arrangement where we had certain days of the week our cats could venture outside.
We did have them storm round and accuse us of breaking the 'treaty' but we'd been away the offending dates so it wasn't out little angels. In the end it worked very well - we'd let them know if we were away for a weekend and they'd do the same for the week-days.
Always worth thinking about if it becomes a regular thing but cats usually settle into a pattern of mutual loathing and avoidance after a while. Serious injury isn't all that common from experience although infected cuts are.
We did have them storm round and accuse us of breaking the 'treaty' but we'd been away the offending dates so it wasn't out little angels. In the end it worked very well - we'd let them know if we were away for a weekend and they'd do the same for the week-days.
Always worth thinking about if it becomes a regular thing but cats usually settle into a pattern of mutual loathing and avoidance after a while. Serious injury isn't all that common from experience although infected cuts are.
IainT said:
We had a small spot of bother with a couple down the road after their cat ended up with an infected wound in it's side. Caused a bit of grief for a while as they demanded we kept our cats permanently inside. We came to an arrangement where we had certain days of the week our cats could venture outside.
We did have them storm round and accuse us of breaking the 'treaty' but we'd been away the offending dates so it wasn't out little angels. In the end it worked very well - we'd let them know if we were away for a weekend and they'd do the same for the week-days.
Always worth thinking about if it becomes a regular thing but cats usually settle into a pattern of mutual loathing and avoidance after a while. Serious injury isn't all that common from experience although infected cuts are.
It's good that the above worked for you but sounds quite extreme! We did have them storm round and accuse us of breaking the 'treaty' but we'd been away the offending dates so it wasn't out little angels. In the end it worked very well - we'd let them know if we were away for a weekend and they'd do the same for the week-days.
Always worth thinking about if it becomes a regular thing but cats usually settle into a pattern of mutual loathing and avoidance after a while. Serious injury isn't all that common from experience although infected cuts are.
My old cat got into a few dust ups when I last moved and beat up a few locals - the violence soon ends as they establish a new order.
OP - wine and apology sounds perfect. I wouldn't offer money as it creates a bit of a precedent.
I know that when we take ours down the vet for treatment, usually the head end, vet reckons the loser will be in later for the tail end injuries, we just suck it up and take it on the chin and accept that as par for the course. They usually sort their territories out.
Might be worth seeing what the attitude is but I would also be wary of forking out loot, we see it as part of the package of ownership.
Just wondering about the bunny that was hopping around our garden, bet that would give the cat an injury, fella down the road will let the bunny out for a free range, cat probably does not know the danger. It's a big bugger.
Might be worth seeing what the attitude is but I would also be wary of forking out loot, we see it as part of the package of ownership.
Just wondering about the bunny that was hopping around our garden, bet that would give the cat an injury, fella down the road will let the bunny out for a free range, cat probably does not know the danger. It's a big bugger.
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