to go to the neighbours house and have a word

[yippeekaiyay]

My neighbours have rang the RSPCA about my cats

I am furious. I have 2 cats. One is 'mine' eg, I chose to have her, she is chipped, jabs, neutered etc

The other chose us. She came to us a pregnant kitten and we have cared for her and her litter since then

The 2nd cat has just had her litter, and following this is extremely skinny. She eats for britain, and even eats the other cats food and goes next door stealing food also.

She is just a really small cat. Both are extremely well loved and happy and I am furious that the neighbours who don't even acknowledge us in the street have taken it upon themselves to report to RSPCA, not even knowing the situation about the cats in the first place!

wibu to go and have a word? I mean, what next? NSPCC???

(they have never liked us btw, not sure why but they are strange and don't speak to anybody in a very sociable street)

[onagar]

People like to hide behind curtains interfering in their neighbours lives and reporting anything they can think of. If you say anything directly they can then report you for harassment and perhaps for benefit fraud and child abuse.

There's probably nothing you can do but let the other neighbours know what they are like so they can be wary of them.

[worraliberty]

I know what you're saying OP...I'm just giving you a possible reason why they didn't want to knock and talk about it.

I think if I was very worried about an animal I thought was in poor health...and I didn't like the owners, I wouldn't knock either.

I would be of the mind that if the RSPCA found no signs of neglect, then there's no harm done.

It's not nice for you...but surely you'd rather people picked up the phone when they're concerned about an animal?

[DejaWho]

I feel your pain (not much help) - I own a very skinny dog who is gradually gaining weight since we homed her - but still looks a pretty rotten state (bite scars on her legs from her past life, but we've moved on from the toastrack on legs look). While I'm not HAPPY with her weight as it is, compared to where she's come from - I'm not unhappy either with her progress. I think she's always going to be that irritating creature that never gains weight despite scoffing her face off anyway as well - she's naturally got that type of frame - and if she was human she'd be the size 8 blonde in the office shoving her face full of malteasers with impunity (that one you all want to kill).

Course that doesn't stop me being endlessly quizzed by the dogwardens when they see me about if I've wormed her (yep) and the all-time classic "Are you feeding her" (shit was there something I forgot to do?!). The fact they don't bloody listen when I explain the situation, explain she's gaining weight gradually which I'd much rather she did than balloon overnight (the local park does NOT need more fat dogs) and explain the condition she arrived with us in is the part that drives me fucking nuts - not the querying the dog's wellbeing, but the judging and looking at me like I'm lying when I explain things. I've since started going to a different park if I see the dog wardens parked up scoffing their sarnies in the local one - it's just easier when people won't take a telling and have jumped to conclusions!

I've taken to uploading a pic of skinny minny when we got her on her phone as a before shot and having my phone with me as some amunition to say - look at when we got her and do you STILL want to argue we're neglecting her?

(Poor abused creature currently has her head on the sofa cushions and all four legs in the air - a vision of canine neglect if ever you saw one)

[yippeekaiyay]

GumballCharm good idea