Life can be a Pain

[utopia]

@Owlunar and all her followers - lol.
I was thinking about what topic to start the day off with & just coincidently it's about cats.
I'm sick and tired of cats coming onto my property - especially at night. It sets the dogs off barking. The owners don't seem to care or know where their cats are..Our local council and ranger does nothing. Just says we can borrow a cat trap. I'd need 20 of them. I'm thinking of bringing it up at the local council meeting. I want a cat curfew. All cats to be inside by dusk and not let out before dawn.
Ideally I'd like to see all cats restricted to a cat enclosure /run and nit allowed to roam.
I'm in trouble if my dog goes into other peoples yards. Why not with cats too?
I wonder where this thread will end at the end if the day. Maybe religion or politics. Lol.
@Appleblossom @eth @Former-Member

[Owlunar]

Hi @utopia

You will be into local politics if you get onto the council about the local cat popuation - in the country cats can have no owners and fend well for themselves and also their kittens - very hard to police

Here cats are not allowed out at night and mostly my cat has stay in - but she has not read the local by-laws and is sometimes running around outside at night knowing darn well there is no way of catching her. I do not want her running around at night

Feral cats can be a real ecological pest causing all sort of damage - is this the subject for today? Can I add ants?

Over the weekend they were into the cat's food - twice - today I found them in my bedroom - just coming out from behind my bookcase and walking along the skirting board and disappearing into a hole - just a little hole too - oh no - they are nesting in the dry wall - I have had trouble with ants just about everywhere I have lived

My daughter is still ill - she nearly collapsed at work yesterday and was too ill to go to work today and is seeing one of the doctors today - she needs a couple of weeks off work and she has run out of sick pay - probably has occupational boredom as well - but she needs time to recover from all the has been happening to her lately - her job is safe though

I am having low blood pressure in the mornings - it increases during the day but is still - well - more or less normal at night - this morning it took me ages to get moving and really all I can think about is taking it easy today

That's a great pic @Appleblossom - it wasn't up last night but I saw it earlier and fantastic - yes it does say a lot

Time for me to take it easy I think - I am really tired today

Back later

Dec

[utopia]

Your poor daughter @Owlunar. Her body has been through a trauma and does need time to recuperate. Lucky she has an understanding workplace. <br>Most of the cats in town are owned. A lot are not desexed. Seems every week there are ads for free kittens. I'm just sick and tired of negligent owners.<br>I'm harsh. My attitude is - if you don't have a cat run - then your cat should stay indoors all the time. They destroy (can't use the proper word here) much wildlife. <br>Sounds like you need a good rest. You have been through a lot of emotional stuff these past weeks with your daughter and Aunty and Uncle. Then your physical pain to deal with. <br>Sending hugs. ♥♡♥

[jay2]

I make a point of trying to spend 30mins ea day outside in the sun to get my vit D I live in the north of SA not a big shortage of sun in our neck of the woods.I give the garden the once over every morning,chat to the chooks smooch my 2 cats and talk to the bees,we have a hive.Bees are very receptive to people chatting to them.          I take many vitamin pills especially B vitamins. B3 it is the most important to me. I am on an orthomolecular programme with the blessing of my shrink.  Pharmacuticals stuff up my life, they make my brain all foggy,and my body rebells against them.  Mental illness mucks up your brain,I try to keep my brain in the best order I can.      Good nutrition is a must,stay away from sugar,eat lots of fruit and veggies,do a bit of execise,and feed your brain positive information by reading and watching positive stuff,walk away from negativity,it leaves its mark on you if you allow it to take hold.    I keep my disance from GPs only go to see them for medical reasons, wont let them interfere with my mental disability,that's the shrinks domain.  Hope this is a help to any body out there.You can do it, but it requires a lot of inner strength. Good luck to all you lovely careing people

[utopia]

@NikNik @moderators
I know there are certain words that we can't use on the Forum & for good reasons.
But boy sometimes it's hard to think of an alternative. Especially when my brain function is low.
Struggled last year to think of an alternative that I could use for a single piece of grass. We normally say ' a b**** of grass.
Seriously testing my word knowledge recall. Lol

[Appleblossom]

Edited @Owlunar Sorry I did not see your daughter had collapsed at work, but what was she doing back so soon?  

Take care both of you.

Hi @jay2 Sounds like you have a lot of things sorted. Take Care

@utopia are you in a feisty mood today? Taking on the mods and all and sUndry?

Apart from the fact you know I am cat lover. I have a cautionary tale to tell about my 2 neighbours, one with dog only and the other with small children, a dog and a cat.

They went to council - had an ongoing war over years - the dog lady had cameras mounted and took samples of cat poop from her garden to align with the photos and prove her point and council applied fines.  I was appauled at the pettiness but both women were young alphas ... there are alpha females as well as males ... both women caused themselves a lot of distress. It was unecessary and foolish IMO. Both women ended up moving out. It had nothing to do with me, I only heard about it with the upcoming sale of one house ... both women had been a bit bullying with me, but apparently the dog owner had taken a liking to my Patch, as a "cat with :character". Maybe she could see that Patch did not go in her yard .wuth her gadgets . he tended to go down the canal ...I had hopes of better relationships all round ... but knew not take their silly feud into my dealings.  Maybe I truly socialsed my cat well with all my students coming to the door and he was as gorgeous and spesh as everyone said.  Just gave him his thyroid pill.  The dog lady ended up going country and renting out her property.  She was a druggie and violent at times, and I think in the end she was embarrassed that I had forgiven her and started to do meditation ....and moved on ....

What does being a good neighbour mean?  More laws and pedantic and litiginous living? 

[utopia]

These laws exist to stop neighborhood fighting and protecting native wildlife @Appleblossom.
My neighbours dog barks all night, everynight. She takes out her hearing aids and doesn't hear it. I don't complain. Most nights I can sleep through it.
In QLD I had chickens and a neighborhood cat used to come and terrorise them. We caught the cat - took him to his owner - explained what was happening - the neighbour kept his cat locked up at night from then on.
Sometimes you just need to speak nicely to neighbours. Most are good and will try and fix any problems.

[Appleblossom]

I agree @utopia  

I dont usually make a fuss either. I've had plenty of barking dog nights too. I also probably apologised for the cats a lot and so maybe the neighbours accepted them, but they could see they were well loved. A lot of new people have moved into the street and there are a lot more cars now. Where before there was mainly one car per dwelling.  I also think of leaving the area ...

I have been working on keeping my outdoor cat in more often, but it was so stressful for him and us, we decided not to push it too hard. He was not doing well and now he is ...a lesson in not imposing too much change at once.

The safe cats program is important, however a lady once was so nasty about it and then boasted about her cows hooves wrecking the ground .... 

There are so many things to consider with LIVE things.

[utopia]

You can't push sudden change onto a pet and expect it to be happy. Especially an older cat @Appleblossom.

[Appleblossom]

I never had pets growing up, but I did work on a dairy farm so knew a bit about cows .... the only childhood pet was a cat on the street in a boarding house I lived in. It was run over after a few months and we buried it, so premature death and burying was a returning theme ...

Now I am lucky enough to have actually enjoyed my pets and had good long relationships with both my boys.

I need to log off, but I have really enjoyed our chats.  See what tomorrow will bring. I am at the zoo.