To ask my neighbours to stop meowing out of the window? (Lighthearted I think??)

[eleanorsos]

We live in a suburban terrace of 4 houses with a small garden. DCat likes to roam said garden and neighbouring gardens with his many local cat friends.

Yesterday I heard meowing and went to investigate, expecting (clumsy) DCat to be stuck up a tree or on a conservatory roof.

Instead I find neighbours next door but one leaning out of their upstairs window doing their best, quite accurate, cat impressions, no hint of irony. DCat looks baffled as does his pal, a local tabby. Neighbours seem to be attempting to lure cats over to take photos of them.

Slightly weirded out I went back inside.... only to hear them still meowing several hours later - and again today????

When I went into the garden they waved at me politely and then carried on meowing.....

So, WWYD?

YABU - it's a free country and they can meow at local cats if they like
YANBU - they're bonkers, keep poor DCat way from them

Oh, dear, I meow if I see a cat out of the window. I've got two of my own and one is really chatty and likes me to meow to him, so I'm used to meowing when I see a cat.

Fortunately from your description of where you live I don't think I am your neighbour.

@LApprentiSorcier Ha, oh dear! I don't think I'd mind the occasional meow but hours on end?! We love cats but seems like some kind of sinister cat trap to me! Maybe I've seen too many films... 😁

Love it. Checked it wasn’t me. No I don’t live in a terrace.

I would find this weird but also hilarious. Would absolutely let them crack on purely for entertainment value...unless they start doing it at unsociable hours or your cat is attracted by their noises, but that's unlikely.

@Notgoingonholiday Not particularly unsociable hours, no, was a weekday afternoon and now weekend. DH is working from home but doesn't seem bothered!

DCat does love their garden but so far haven't seen him climb in their window.... Is it a matter of time? Some kind of cat summoning ritual??

Catfishing ?

I would meow at your cat from my window. I love cats, especially standing cats.

@SnotLongTilEaster 😁 But would you meow into an empty garden hoping for cats to appear? They don't seem to wait for him before meowing!

Maybe I'm the miseryguts though, I do love fluffy visitors...

[quote eleanorsos]@Notgoingonholiday Not particularly unsociable hours, no, was a weekday afternoon and now weekend. DH is working from home but doesn't seem bothered!

DCat does love their garden but so far haven't seen him climb in their window.... Is it a matter of time? Some kind of cat summoning ritual?? [/quote]
No. The Summoning Ritual involves casting incense out of a packet labelled with the most magical word ever - Dreamies.

Yes, I’d meow to an empty garden to get a cat to appear. I love cats so much. They are the best.
This is my cat. I love her so much, but I love all cats.

@NeverDropYourMooncup oh so that's where they're all coming from...

@SnotLongTilEaster fair enough, I can see why! Look at that cheeky smile 😀

I know, she’s a beauty 😉 can I have a pic of your cat? I swear I won’t meow to it 😂

I had to really read this to check this wasn’t about me .

Ours come and meow loudly in the garden and we sometimes open the window and meow back!

I’m lucky now but have had some awful neighbours before - I reckon if this is most annoying they do you’re winning.

Flowersandjellybeans I would like you to be my neighbour. 👍

YABU. It’s my party and I’ll meow if I want to.

Meow if I want to, meow if I want to.
You would meow too, if it happened to you! 🐈

I always greet cats by making that "prrr-wow" noise they use to say hello.

It works. They almost always come over.

I didn't know this was antisocial.

I greet my cats with 'brrr-nee'.

There is a place near Sydney called Berowra. I always imagine it full of friendly cats as it sounds like that noise.

I love cats, I don’t meow at them, but I do talk to every single one I see.

We have a feral factory cat at work, I’ve been trying to make friends with him for years, the talking and chu chuching hasn’t worked, maybe I should meow.

@BalloonSlayer

There is a place near Sydney called Berowra. I always imagine it full of friendly cats as it sounds like that noise.

Ha ha. Perhaps the town planners were having a meeting and a cat wandered in just as someone said 'Now, about a name for this new town ...'

I hate cats because I love birds. Meow away!

Are they meowing constantly for hours?! That is v odd!

I love that the cats looked confused - I wonder what the neighbours were saying?! Like Delboy taking French!

I used to meow dramatically at DCat if he started nagging me about something or other. He'd just huff at me and storm off, probably muttering in cat about how I'd not turned a pillow the required 7 degrees or had given him chicken instead of tuna, and was now shouting the cat equivalent of 'mangetout, bonnet de douche' at him.

It’s ok to meow or speak to a passing cat, but it’s weird to do it to entice cats into your garden.

It does make me anxious though as years ago, my cat was happily sitting in a park behind our house and I was watching him out of my bedroom window - and a boy of 9 or 10 reached out his hand and called him over in what looked like a friendly, I-want-to-stroke-you way, then when my cat got near the little shite slapped him round the head! I’ve never moved so fast in my whole life!