thanks everyone :sun:
it's easier said than done with the couple next door. one isn't too bad, the other is really scary and has a massive lesbian chip on her shoulder. without going into too much detail, she has a foul temper and attitude and has fallen out with most people in the road, so living next door, it was obvious my time would come. about 18 months ago she tried to kick my front door down when she was drunk at the same time calling me every obscenity under the sun. i was so terrifed, i rang the police and meedless to say we haven't spoken since. they are however animal lovers. these are the ones who copy every thing i do - anything i do to the house, i come home to see a mirror image etc and got a cat that looks like louis because they liked the look of louis - he's the one who keeps me awake all night. they have 3 cats and 3 dogs in a minute house and postage stamp garden. even called a cat lou. i don't say morons for nothing.
so......i mustered up every bit of courage i had and knocked the door - the drunk works so i went this afternoon to speak to the one who uses the drunk as a meal ticket. i was very polite and explained how louis' life could depend on it and how the vet had said he coulsn't even have catnip in case he ate it and she said they put out dog food and even worse cooked chicken and that he could come across that anywhere. so i said well no, i might find a discarded chicken leg at the beach but people as a rule don't leave food outdoors especially where we live cos we have a huge rat problem.
she then said couldn't i keep him in at night and i said well he sleeps all day and wants to be out at night especially as that's when THEIR cats are in the garden. once i uncover the cat flap he will go crazy if it's locked. also she then went on to say although she puts the food out in the evening, she puts so much out the foxes don't eat it all so it's there all day anyway. she said all she can do is keep an eye on it - as though she can watch for louis 24 hrs a day!
so i am now in a terrible dilemma. the vet said he accepts he will catch and eat mice but he must NOT have lamb, chicken, beef, milk, cereals, nothing he has ever eaten before apart from mice. i don't know what to do - i've longed for this day but now i am so frightened if i let him out he will eat the chicken (he
may not eat the dog food but 100% certain he'd eat the chicken) and we'll be right back where we started. i would not put louis through this again so it means i would lose him
i just don't know what to do
