Catting around causes neighborhood fur to fly
Secondly, even though I admit to enjoying the idea of Pumpkin and other neighbor cats convening in your neighbor's kitchen late at night to play a few rounds of poker and smoke tiny cigars, you should take your cat to the vet immediately to be neutered, chipped and tested for disease.
Your "outdoor" cat might not ever adjust to being inside full time, but it must be stated that cats -- yours and theirs -- are easy prey for coyotes, cars and feline leukemia, to name a few hazards.
The solution here is for you to invest in a new cat door as a gift for your neighbor. You want to get the kind that has a computer chip on it, matching a chip on that cat's collar, so it will only open when that particular cat approaches. Not only will this keep your cat out of the neighbor's house, but it will also keep other animals such as raccoons from entering their kitchen through the cat door.
This is going to cost you. But it will cost less than a lawsuit. Your neighbors have been great up until now. Don't count on this lasting.
Until you can make these arrangements, you should ask if your neighbors would be willing to adhere to a basic schedule and latch their cat door closed, perhaps at night. You will then have to keep your dude on a leash if he needs to go out on their cat's schedule.
Dear Amy: I am a 20-year-old gay man in college. I am open about my sexual orientation, and proud of it, but I feel like the odds are stacked against me in the dating world.
I can't afford dating sites, and going to clubs/bars (when I turn 21) is not really my thing, so I have a feeling that the people I would meet there are people who wouldn't share my interests. But it's hard to find out gay guys wherever.
I don't NEED a relationship, but I want one, and I feel like that's not even an option.
-- Out But Not About
Dear Out: Finding a relationship will start with finding and forming friendships with other students across a wide spectrum. Everything will flow from there.
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