Agriculteur neighbour threatening to shoot my cat

[JohnRoss]

I was saddened to read this post and we had a cat shot at point blank range by a neighbour in the UK with an air gun, pellet went right through the stomach. The cat survived but from that day on the cats stayed indoors with an outside run available to them. Tthere were no problems in them adjusting to their new circumstances.

 

On moving to France we noted that our only immediate neighbour was a hunting type with a pack of dogs housed in his garden with many types of fowl running about. He also has two teenage sons and their young brother who runs around all day taking pot shots at things. So outside runs were constructed for our two cats with free access during the day and there were no problems. Our boys lived to a ripe old age and have now been replaced with two white jobs from Chat Libre Du Marais http://lechatlibredumarais.fr/ and one moggie who adopted us. You can see their mother on their web site on the right of the picture.

 

We try to get on with our neighbour and don't complain about the noise made by his increasing number of dogs, he was here first after all and although his way of life is not ours we keep our opinions about his desire to blast away at small furry animals to ourselves. As a consequence we have found him and his family helpful and we have a low key good relationship. We are going to have him and his family as our neighbours from here on in as it were all things being equal.

 

Indoor cats need to have lots of places to hide and play with each other. Shelves at various places around the house are a good idea so they can move in three dimensions. Also a 30 minute playtime everyday is a good idea with prey toys on thick string, rolling tunnels, soft toys and scratching posts. Our cats show no sign of stress or depression and we hope that they too will have long lives...............JR

 

PS Pic of our white jobs renamed Darty and Kulani   http://lechatlibredumarais.fr/toutes-nos-actions/animaux/82-les-fils-de-rose