Neighbor demands kittens from stray cat I feed
Neighbors who refuse to contribute to a stray animal's care often demand kittens or claim ownership after you have done all the work. This puts you in a difficult position of shouldering all responsibility while managing entitled demands for the offspring, leaving you unsure of your actual obligations.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Neighbor demands kittens from stray cat I feed
- 1Keeping the cat indoors2 people mentionedDid this help you?
- 2Setting up an outdoor shelterDid this help you?
- 3Finding other people to rehome the kittens toDid this help you?
- 4Tapering off dry food and encouraging them to go homeDid this help you?
- 5Talking to the ownersDid this help you?
- 6bring the cat inside to eatDid this help you?
- 7lure the cat off of the property for feedingsDid this help you?
- 8take the food with you when you leaveDid this help you?
- 9hide the food or put it on a private patioDid this help you?
- 10Setting up a camera for legal evidenceDid this help you?
- 11Putting a GoPro on the cat's collarDid this help you?
- 12Taking the animal to a vet to check for a microchip to determine ownershipDid this help you?
- 13Asking the neighbors directly to officially adopt or take ownership of the animalDid this help you?
- 14Keeping the animal temporarily isolated in a bathroom away from other household petsDid this help you?
- 15Providing an outdoor heated shelter to keep the animal warmDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“i can’t bring her inside bc i have 3 cats and my dog doesn’t do well with new animals.”source ↗
“it’s getting colder out and at this point im wondering if i should just rehome her myself because my neighbors give 2 fucks with their lazy asses.”source ↗
“I’ve been hanging out/feeding this cat for an entire year outside my apartment in Seattle. In the city. Why the hell did this random message come up? Is this legal?”source ↗
“Our neighbour is currently trying to steal our cat and I'm not sure there's much we can do! We have seen him locked in their car, we have caught them feeding him, picking him up and putting him on their garage for food.”source ↗
“We have tried the polite neighbour approach but they now ignore our messages. They act friendly and say they aren't doing these things, but we have seen them do these things.”source ↗
“And today I got a message from her saying and I quote "oh yeah im gonna need 1 kitten no actually 2 i've got people who want them".”source ↗
“My neighbor leaves food out for the squirrels anyways, and it attracts nasty raccoons and skunks in the summer. They come up to my patio door and it’s scary. I feel unsafe.”source ↗
“I don't know if it's OK to just sort of... Let them coexist with us? As what point do I have a responsibility to care for them more? It feels a bit like they chose us.”source ↗
“i do have one for her but i’m worried bc my neighborhood gets raccoons and coyotes. she really shouldn’t be an outside cat with her skin condition.”source ↗
Where this came up
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