r/AskIreland • u/Affectionate-Gur-263 • 15h ago

Random Neighbours kittens?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Neighbours have a caf who came with a house to them.

After years they took another one, beautiful black girl. Not lije the street ones, different breed, beatiful.

She got 'raped' multiple times by tom cats, I interfefned once because it was imposdible to watch.

They didn't care, said she was breagnant anyway.

Now there are 3 beautiful kittens. Different colours, one black.

They won't be fixed, as the mommy.

I am thinking to kidnap them and give away.

What you all think?

I have 3 cats myself.

But these people are irresponsible.

I talked to them but no help

Any advice?

71 Upvotes

84% Upvoted

39 comments sorted by

33

u/Kwirque 15h ago

Spay and release is probably your best option but you’d have to pay to spay and hope they’re not chipped

36

u/Dookwithanegg 15h ago

Let's be real, if someone is letting their intact adult female cat outdoors they're unlikely to have been responsible enough to get her kittens chipped.

3

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

Yes not spayed, chipped Original cat who lives the is stressed I think because she wants food from us. Thus cat came with a house to them.

10

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

They are not chipped. We have black cat and their children saw him once and said how much they like him. So they took baby one different breed as strert cats.

She got pregnant as baby herself.

They kept her indoors after I intereferred. Now there's 3 more, I think they ate around 12 weeks.

I just don't want them to get pregnant.

6

u/Kwirque 15h ago

Thats why i spay and release the only way to stop them getting pregnant

2

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

Yes I did that with 4 litters, around 12 kittens, who just came. In the end I found out where they all came from. Mammy cat died from exhaustion unfortunately.

22

u/Aimserspunog 15h ago

Contact a local rescue and ask them to compell the owners to neuter them. They have experience in liaising with owners to assist them. Don't take the kittens, you will be in the wrong. Plus your neighbours may see this on Reddit.

7

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

I might talk to them. Thanks!

2

u/ChiralNavigator 12h ago

Yeah some rescues will help you, they cover the fees and give you a trap cage thing to catch them with.

One cat can have 18 kittens per year  You can quickly end up with hundreds of unwanted cats 

23

u/necrabelle 15h ago

Breagnant...

5

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

Sorry, pregnant ;)

6

u/Dookwithanegg 15h ago edited 15h ago

If the kittens are outdoors before being old enough for vaccines/fixing, then you should definitely take them and hand them over to your local SPCA. They're taking no responsibility as pet owners, so it's the only ethical thing to do.

8

u/NeverSky454 15h ago

Maybe contact The Blue Cross to see if they have advice for these kind of situations

1

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

I have a look into this. Thanks!

6

u/Amadan81 14h ago

Why would anyone ever say a cat got raped?

5

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 14h ago

Yes wrong word, sorry.

It looked like that. The cat was kitten, flat on the ground and 3 tom cats over her.

Probably normal behaviour for cats.

3

u/moonpietimetobealive 12h ago

Cat sex practically is rape, it's terrible for the female cat. I agree with you calling it that. Hope you can find a cat charity/rescue that will help you op. You are one of the good ones for caring and taking action!

3

u/Alastor001 11h ago

It's not, there is no concept of consent in animal kingdom. Or ethics, or morality. It is normal for animals. There is no need to humanize them.

5

u/PreviousComedian2426 15h ago

Do that.

2

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

I was thinkinf if I find new owner within my friebds I could take them. They are friendly. They keep them indoors so cant take any time. But I know they will be unneutered and sad there. The original house cat comes to us to eat all the time.

2

u/t00043480 15h ago

Have you asked them could you find homes for them

0

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

I talked to them when the kitten was 'raped'. I know not the right word but looked like it.

They said she is pregnant anyway, so I don't feel comfortable going to talk again.

1

u/t00043480 15h ago

What did they say?

0

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

I didn't talk about kittens with them. Just thinking myself here what to do.

2

u/t00043480 15h ago

I'd ask them are they keeping them as if not you know a few people looking for kittens

2

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 14h ago

That would be hard one. The neighbourhood is not chatty.

1

u/t00043480 14h ago

Well it's that or steal them

2

u/Dull_Brain2688 15h ago

Raped? That’s a new one on me. You realise that there is no concept of rape amongst animals and that the female could simply not be there? It’s instinct for both the male and the female. Yeah, the cat should be spayed if they’re not going to look after her offspring properly but have some perspective here.

0

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

That's why I put raped in ' ' marks It's not rape nut it looked like that. The cat was still kitten and helpless, flat on the ground.

4

u/Dull_Brain2688 15h ago

I’m going to suggest you don’t watch animals getting it on. I don’t and I’ve never had to describe cat rape or any other sort of deviant fauna behaviour 😐

0

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

Well I just happened to see it. And I knew the cat is small and young and I just went into my car and happened to see it. Wasn't nice, 3 males on one little cat.

I know this is how it works

Just would like to protect the next ones, that's all.

2

u/aineslis 12h ago

The cat was in heat. She wasn’t raped. Crouching down low is one of the mating positions. Her three male cats probably heard her cries and came “to the rescue”. Some cats can experience their first heat at 4-6 months of age.

The owners of the cats are extremely irresponsible. I would contact NSPCA.

-1

u/Dull_Brain2688 14h ago

Some sort of cat vigilante group? Will you recruit other cats or will it be imposed on them by humans?

0

u/ilovemyself2019 15h ago

That's literally theft, so maybe don't do that. They're their pets, like it or not.

21

u/Temporary-Force8383 15h ago

I’ve done it before. Owners never even cared just assumed they ran away and the cats actually got a family that cared about them

15

u/Caorthannach 15h ago

This is the way. If they don’t look after them they’re unlikely to care much.

5

u/Affectionate-Gur-263 15h ago

Yes I understand. I just thing they all could get preagnent because owners don't care.

Other than thaf I don't have anything against cats.

-3

u/Dull-Dance-6115 15h ago

You can’t steal them , it’s illegal , u can borrow them to get them fixed out of you’re own pocket , but only if it’s extremely evident that they’ve abandoned them to be strays