We have two 4 year old cats, 1 male, 1 female which we've had since they were 10 weeks old. They were born in a cat rescue so we know their background/history. Both cats are neutered and very much enjoy going out, they come go as they please via a cat flap but spend about 80% their time in the house sleeping on piles of freshly washed clothes or begging by the treat cupboard.
Our neighbour knocked today to say one of her cats has been attacked by our male. Said its the 3rd time she's has to take her cat to the vet because of our boy. She went on to say that she knows its our male cat because shes seen him swot her before (though didn't see any fight on this occasion).
This is the first she's mentioned this to us but we have suspected that our cat has been in fights. In the last 6 months he has come home with a small chunk of his ear missing and we've had to take him to the vets twice, once for another cats claw in his arm and a bite mark to his chest, both which led to infections. In fact he still has a chunk of hair missing from his last vet visit where he needed a drip.
Our neighbourhood is full of cats, some unneutered toms and they all tend to hang around another neighbour's garden which has a large tree that is home to many birds. We see all of the cats, including our neighbour's patrol up and down our drive via our security cameras.
We've lived here 3 years and in that time our boy has come back 4 times looking like he's been in scrap. We've just put it down to cats being cats, we always take him to the vets and make sure he has a check up to ensure he's okay at a substantial cost to us but it's just part of being a cat owner.
Our neighbour from across the road has asked us to keep our cat away from hers.
How is this possible? Its not fair to keep either cat indoors when they've been brought up with the freedom of going outside.
So AIBU to do nothing?