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AIBU?

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5 replies

bedhaven · 03/01/2013 05:39

To set the scene, I live in a newish development of 40 houses. Mix of social and key worker housing designed to be a home zone so kids can play out. It's also one of the routes through to a popular dog walking area.
I live in the middle of 6 terraced houses and have to walk along a shared path to my house past my neighbours.

I'm feeling increasingly annoyed and pretty revolted by their pet "care". They have two massive rescue Alsations that live in the house/bark in the garden/or walk on the roads as they have I believe attacked a few dogs over the fields.
They also have 2 maybe 3 cats that they feed by dumping handfuls of dry food on top of their wheely bin on the shared path. They also throw raw chicken drumsticks under the bushes on the other side of the shared path to their house. The cats keep pooing diarrhoea on the path, the dry (until it rains!) food gets spread all over the path, seagulls and dogs out walking get attracted to an easy meal. The cats don't seem to ever go inside the house which is not surprising given the edgy dogs and the smell. He's even started chucking out whole slices of bread onto the grass verge, presumably to attract birds for his cats to catch WTF!

AIBU to think that if you have pets you should actually look after them? Aren't cats supposed to be very clean animals and is the poo a sign of illness?
AIBU to want him to either be more considerate of us and our kids health /carpets or even to consider rehoming the cats?
Do I brave and speak to him or go straight to the RSPCA or housing association? Or just keep my beak out?

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AlienRefluxThanksFuckThatsOver · 03/01/2013 05:48

HA is your first port of call, cat crap can be dangerous as well as disgusting. The dogs are a problem as well, they should not be free to wander or attack other dogs, don't put up with it. Good luck!

Loveweekends10 · 03/01/2013 07:07

Just ring RCPCA and environmental health. The chicken and food will attract vermin. My neighbour used to do that and a big rat moved in. Disgusting. It took us ages to kill it.

lotsofdogshere · 03/01/2013 09:05

environmental health and the housing association will probably be more effective than the rspca. Good luck, sounds horrible and yes, the rats will love it, and make their home nearby

Tailtwister · 03/01/2013 09:29

Yuck, that sounds grim. It's not good for you and it's not good for their animals either. Definitely ring the RSPCA and environmental health and they will advise you how to proceed.

bedhaven · 03/01/2013 21:46

Thanks all, I'll start with environmental health...I hadn't thought of them. Even if they just advise me I can be fully armed with info to then speak to the neighbour directly.
Here's hoping there aren't any rats nests yet!

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