Neutering a male cat that isn't yours
Discussion
- Please not that I don't intend to do this, it just crossed my mind and I'm interested in the legalities of it*
For reasons of unwanted pregnancies, safety and fleas, they live indoors. They have the run of the house and back garden which has high walls that they seem to not be bothered to escape over so we leave them out there semi-supervised.
However, we now have a regular intruder who is very interested in our girls and he is equipped to impregnate them. This has to be avoided due to the possibilities of feline leukaemia which our cats are purposely not vaccinated for, unnecessary preganancies and fleas (kitten killers).
Now we can't really let them out for any period of time on their own and I feel that I shouldn't have to put up with someone else's cat coming on our property and trying to impregnate our girls. Netting the top of the garden is not a possibility.
I'm hoping I can track the owner down and offer to pay for their cat to be snipped but I'm wondering if he could be a bit of a wandering stray so this might not be an option.
What would happen if I nipped him to the vet and had him done?
It would also stop a few unwanted litters in the area as well.
His owner might not like the idea of him being operated on unnecesarily and would no doubt be freaked out by his emasculated moggy turning up one day but would the police even care?
NO WAY should you be considering kidnapping someone else' cat to perform an irreversible medical procedure on them!
If you want to keep "your girls" fertile, but don't want them to become pregnant, then you're going to have to keep them indoors, or keep a watch over them whilst they are out doors. You might not like those choices, but given your self imposed predicates, those ARE your choices.
If you want to keep "your girls" fertile, but don't want them to become pregnant, then you're going to have to keep them indoors, or keep a watch over them whilst they are out doors. You might not like those choices, but given your self imposed predicates, those ARE your choices.
It's a bit like saying you want to "ban rain" so that you can let your cats go outside without getting wet. It's not something you can control in the way you want to; you can't make your garden Tom proof and there will always be toms roaming about, so even if this one was neutered it doesn't solve your concern when the next one comes along. You're best not letting them outside, or not letting them outside alone. Or accept that they go outside alone and may become pregnant. Or neuter your own cats. No, you can't go and rip his balls off, even if he is a stray.
Randomthoughts said:
Spade to the back of the head. I resent the fact that people think that their cats milling around on other people's property is something you should tolerate. Sick of having to pick up their crap.
Off topic but I've never understood that, if you let your dog wander around neighbours property doing what he likes all hell would break loose but when a cat does it you have to accept it.Our neighbour’s cat has a habit of walking up and down / sitting on our car with grit in his paws and has caused a few marks. Tempted to put our Alsatian on their car roof, see how they like it.
Type R Tom said:
Randomthoughts said:
Spade to the back of the head. I resent the fact that people think that their cats milling around on other people's property is something you should tolerate. Sick of having to pick up their crap.
Off topic but I've never understood that, if you let your dog wander around neighbours property doing what he likes all hell would break loose but when a cat does it you have to accept it.Could try spraying the walls with a mixture of lemon juice and eucalyptus oil? It's supposed to be properly offensive to cats. Yours have no requirement to go over the wall, so it shouldn't bother them. I have no idea whether this works, but a friend who owns cats says eucalyptus oil is anathema.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Type R Tom said:
Randomthoughts said:
Spade to the back of the head. I resent the fact that people think that their cats milling around on other people's property is something you should tolerate. Sick of having to pick up their crap.
Off topic but I've never understood that, if you let your dog wander around neighbours property doing what he likes all hell would break loose but when a cat does it you have to accept it.Type R Tom said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Type R Tom said:
Randomthoughts said:
Spade to the back of the head. I resent the fact that people think that their cats milling around on other people's property is something you should tolerate. Sick of having to pick up their crap.
Off topic but I've never understood that, if you let your dog wander around neighbours property doing what he likes all hell would break loose but when a cat does it you have to accept it.If you can catch it could you put a collar on it with a short polite note asking them to call you.
As for the other bits;
I am not a lawyer, a cat, a dog or a farmer.
I think the following is broadly true.
Dogs are legally domesticated pets or livestock.
Cats aren't.
Cats are in a sort of semi domestic/semi feral bracket.
The owner isn't responsible for the cat, but if the cat in injured the owner can't claim damages.
In terms of the bigger picture, the food chain has a space for a small predator.
In most towns in England that space is filled by semi-domestic cats.
Where people don't own 'pet' cats that niche is filled with wild cats, foxes, ferrets, rats and other much nastier little bds.
While cars can be annoying the alternatives are much worse.
As for the other bits;
I am not a lawyer, a cat, a dog or a farmer.
I think the following is broadly true.
Dogs are legally domesticated pets or livestock.
Cats aren't.
Cats are in a sort of semi domestic/semi feral bracket.
The owner isn't responsible for the cat, but if the cat in injured the owner can't claim damages.
In terms of the bigger picture, the food chain has a space for a small predator.
In most towns in England that space is filled by semi-domestic cats.
Where people don't own 'pet' cats that niche is filled with wild cats, foxes, ferrets, rats and other much nastier little bds.
While cars can be annoying the alternatives are much worse.
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