Some people have just moved into one of the houses next to us, and last week one of the other neighbours cats was sat on the wall and I heard a “pspsps” sound, and when I looked, one of the guys was holding out a bag of treats to get the cat to come to him. A few days later I was stood at my back door and my cat was just chilling, but again someone from that house could see her and was going “come here, come on, do you want some food?” So I popped my head round and he was chatting to me asking her name. Then when I came home from work yesterday there was a huge plate of fish on the back which I’m assuming they left out for the cats.
would I be unreasonable to ask them to stop feeding the cats?! None of the cats are strays, they all have homes so they don’t need food and treats leaving out by strangers. I know he is just trying to be nice and friendly and he must love cats and thinks it’s harmless, but my cat has just recovered from cruciate surgery and we have been told by the vet we need to be very strict with her food and make sure she is never overweight. Other people cats might be on special diets etc.
DH tells me if we have cats that go outdoors then there’s nothing we can do to stop them eating random things, we can’t control it. But would it be wrong to ask the neighbours to stop?