Bear with me, this post may be long!
I live between two very different neighbours. On the right side we have who I shall call Caroline, she has 3 young boys and a partner. They're not the most ideal neighbours. Overgrown front garden with a sofa and TV dumped in the front for over 18 months. Her children have slept on uncovered mattresses and the house smells. Her children are good kids and they play nicely together. The house is getting more unkempt now that she has a heart problem and her partner appears to do very little around the house.
On the left side Rita lives with her teenage daughter. I can set my clock by her. She hangs out her clothes at 6:00 am and sweeps her front step at 10pm. She is a total clean freak.
Caroline has pets. She has a dog and I suspect there's also a new puppy in the house. They have cats but they seem to stay outside.
A few years back Rita and her daughter would leave cat food out for a cat they called Oreo. Because of the food being left outside, Caroline's cats would be fed by Rita too. Rita doesn't like the cats inside her house and she has a little cat box outside.
I noticed the other day that one of Caroline's cats appeared to have just had kittens. Today I've noticed that they are on Rita's doorstep - 1 cat and 3 kittens. Rita usually goes away for 4 weeks in the summer to visit family abroad.
There's a few issues.
These cats & kittens need (IMO) to be neutered.
The RSPCA should be notified, shouldn't they? Caroline can't afford to take care of them. But I am also afraid of getting involved and there being a bad atmosphere between us. I don't think they will be medically checked over either or given jabs.
Should I speak to Rita and see what she thinks should be done?
They are dead cute though.
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