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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2005the first night in a new apartment
A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at the SPCA. But the landlord was less thrilled, in fact I was evicted. Fortunately I found a great 2bdrm just blocks from work and after a hard day's move I was sound asleep but woken by a godawful sound. Wondering what it was then ... a cat. A cat in trouble. A Siamese cat in trouble. Well, long story short: I'd opened a window in the other room a couple inches at the top, and lowered the blinds but that didn't daunt the male who, after exploring the open atrium above the garage, couldn't jump back in and started caterwauling. The female was answreing inside. And I could see all the apartments facing the atrium had their lights on! First night! No cats allowed. I gambled and instead of of opening a window (and letting everyone know whose cat it was) I went down a floor to the garage, out the door, and called the cat quietly. He stuck his head between the fence stiles, I grabbed him and retraced my steps quietly and mercifully undetected. But for a week I was expecting to have to apartment hunt again. -- Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEbody's out to get me. > A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - > me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > mercifully undetected. But for a week I was expecting to have to > apartment hunt again. I would never move into an apartment that didn't allow pets. I realize there are often financial constraints (been there, done that) and pet deposits can sometimes be daunting. Sometimes there is also a monthly pet fee tacked on. But in reality, with the exception of (perhaps) the mini-blinds and the occasional horking up of a hairball, the most damage a cat will do is to your *own* property, not that of the landlord. Being evicted and having to find a new place by not following the rules sounds like a major hassel. Moving isn't a fun chore. My recommendation: find a place that allows you to have your cats. Jill > I would never move into an apartment that didn't allow pets. I realize > there are often financial constraints (been there, done that) and pet [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > like a major hassel. Moving isn't a fun chore. My recommendation: find a > place that allows you to have your cats. I agree one hindred percent! My present apartment is the forst where I ever even had to pay a "pet deposit" - most of the places I've lived, the owners took one look at me and decided they'd rather have me plus my cats than most of the people they'd shown the place to. But of course, this is the first real "apartment building" I've lived in - in the past it was always a small house or at most a four-plex, with the owners living right next-door. (When you're dealing directly with the owner, rather than a manager, there aren't so many hard-and-fast rules.) >> A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - >> me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at the [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jill I like the attitude of one of our favorite beach front motels. They allow pets. And almost never have a problem. They would ban children and teenagers if the law allowed I think, but not pets. Jo >>> A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - >>> me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Jo LOL! My apartment complex used to be (when it was still legal) "adults only". As it is, they tend to keep the folks with children at one end of the complex and those of us without children at the other, which works out well. Some of us don't have children for a reason ;) I have no patience for them (actually, it's not the kids so much as the parents who let them run wild, but that's another issue). Jill >> A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - >> me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at the >> SPCA. But the landlord was less thrilled, in fact I was evicted. > I would never move into an apartment that didn't allow pets. I realize > there are often financial constraints (been there, done that) and pet [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > like a major hassel. Moving isn't a fun chore. My recommendation: find a > place that allows you to have your cats. Jill - IIRC, Norm had the Siamese many years ago. This is a blast from the past. They were beautiful cats as I remember from his pictures :-) Susan M Otis and Chester >>> A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - >>> me, because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester And this has to do with moving due to eviction re: pets not allowed... why? I still maintain, don't move anywhere that doesn't allow pets if you have pets. Sneaking around will only result in trouble. Jill > > Jill - IIRC, Norm had the Siamese many years ago. This is a blast > > from the past. They were beautiful cats as I remember from his > > pictures :-) > And this has to do with moving due to eviction re: pets not allowed... why? > I still maintain, don't move anywhere that doesn't allow pets if you have > pets. Sneaking around will only result in trouble. Well, the story is longer than that (aren't they all?). I didn't have cats when I lived in the first apartment and didn't plan on any due to travel (explanation to friends, "Well, it wouldn't be fair to the cat since I'm not home much, and two cats would be too much to handle"). The super in the building I moved to knew I had the Siamese and said it wouldn't be a problem, in fact a woman I made friends with there had a Siamese too. But the lease contained the dreaded wordage and I still feared being caught out, especially after that first night. Norm -- Calvin: What's this music? Hobbes: It's "The 1812 Overture." Calvin: I kinda like it. Interesting percussion section. Hobbes: Those are cannons. Calvin: And they perform this in crowded concert halls?? Gee, I thought classical music was boring! >Well, the story is longer than that (aren't they all?). I didn't have >cats when I lived in the first apartment and didn't plan on any due to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Siamese too. But the lease contained the dreaded wordage and I still >feared being caught out, especially after that first night. Norm Same holds true with where I live. When I moved in the manager and owners had the no-pet clause, but never enforced it unless the tenant caused other problems. In fact, once when I took a trip the manager came and fed LB and Sammy. Then the complex sold, and the new owners started enforcing the no-pet clause, which of course I had agreed to when I signed the rental agreement. It's a long story, and which I told at the time it was goining on, but they eventually relented and agreed to grandfather any tenants who the old owners had unofficially allowed pets.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >> Jill - IIRC, Norm had the Siamese many years ago. This is a blast >> from the past. They were beautiful cats as I remember from his [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I still maintain, don't move anywhere that doesn't allow pets if you have > pets. Sneaking around will only result in trouble. I agree with you about moving somewhere that doesn't allow pets - its a terrible idea. It seemed that you thought that Norm was currently in this situation. I just thought I'd point out that this was a long time ago and he doesn't do this now. You never know the circumstances that people have found themselves in before though - maybe the cats were going to be euthanized at a shelter so he grabbed them just in time and saved their lives? Maybe it simply was not a smart move? Could be either scenario. We found ourselves in an apartment that ostensibly didn't allow pets and we had a cat. What happened was that my friend was moving to Bermuda for two years and her cat sitter fell through at the very last minute. She asked if we could take the cat for a few days until she got something else worked out. We asked the apartment manager and he made an exception for us. Nothing else ever got worked out about the cat and we kept him, with full disclosure to the apartment manager; however, we were always a bit on edge because it wasn't officially allowed. We were saving up to buy a house, which we did a few months later, and everything worked out fine. We didn't set out to do a stupid thing - we were trying to help out. The cat was a stunning applehead Siamese called Cairo: http://community.webshots.com/photo/8834368/8834462xhSvFrRMse He ended up going to his mom in Bermuda after we moved because he sprayed everywhere, including in the oven fan. He was happy both in Bermuda and his next home, Singapore. He's back in Calgary now and has no recollection of me at all it seems. We lavished love and attention on this cat for over a year AND HE DOESN'T REMEMBER US!! Ouch. Susan M Otis and Chester My mum almost found herself in the same position. My brother had to go to New York for a couple of months prior to moving over there for good and this left him with the problem of his cat Schroedinger. I couldn't have him because of my two and my mum said she would take him in. She was in the middle of buying a new flat and noticed that pets were not allowed so she explained the situation to the agent and was told that the reason they put a "no pets" clause in was to have some way to deal with people who for example brought a large dog and left it locked in a small flat all day or running wild but they did not have a problem with an indoor cat Officially my flat has a "no pets" policy but thus far the only comment on our cats by anyone connected with the landlord has been "Awww! What lovely eyes! Here kitty kitty" aimed at Redunzel. (Thankfully Sarrasine went into hiding I don't know what they would have said if she'd done one of her infamous a**e ambushes!) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > http://community.webshots.com/photo/8834368/8834462xhSvFrRMse He ended up Gorgeous kitty! > going to his mom in Bermuda after we moved because he sprayed everywhere, > including in the oven fan. He was happy both in Bermuda and his next home, You seem to have a knack for spraying kitties... :) > Singapore. He's back in Calgary now and has no recollection of me at all it > seems. We lavished love and attention on this cat for over a year AND HE > DOESN'T REMEMBER US!! Ouch. Maybe he's just angry at you for sending him off to the tropics. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Fortunately I found a great 2bdrm just blocks from work and after a hard > day's move I was sound asleep but woken by a godawful sound. Wondering [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > inside. And I could see all the apartments facing the atrium had their > lights on! First night! No cats allowed. Sounds pretty well to be expected for Siamese! Glad it all worked out in the end. I really like hearing about all your cats, including the old Siamese ... and I've wondered if the Siamese every had any other names? Take care, Susan M Otis and Chester > Sounds pretty well to be expected for Siamese! Glad it all worked out in > the end. I really like hearing about all your cats, including the old > Siamese ... and I've wondered if the Siamese every had any other names? Well, as it happens, my friend who talked me into adopting them and liberated them from the SPCA himself and brought them to me, named them but I rarely used the names. I'll explain circuitously. A couple years ago, when I was having therapy for a back inhury, I heard a Siamese from an adjoining booth - my trainer verified that's what it was and did I want to meet it. Of course! As I scritched the female (Siamese if you please!) I explained that I'd had two Siamese and the elderly owner asked if I had pictures. I said I'd relay the photo website address and, as it happens, the next week I was there the therapist said she loved the pictures but what was the cats' name. After some embarrassment I told her, Sux and Fux. She loved it and so did the Siamese's slave. SO there's the whole story! Norm (my cats and I had no problems, whenever I called I got both anyway. It's only since then I had a problem referring to them but everyone who knew them knew their names anyway :-) -- "The web has got me caught. I'd rather have the blues than what I've got." <via Nat King Cole> > Sounds pretty well to be expected for Siamese! Does, doesn' it? I came to learn... and apreciate. Remeind me about the time the male fell off the outside A/C > the end. I really like hearing about all your cats, including the old And, apologies. I did start to thank you for the compliment and got derailed into another anecdote, the names you know, heh. -- "If it ain't broke, don't lend it" <off the Net> > A long time ago, when I got the Siamese they and I were delighted - me, > because they were my first cats, and they came from a cage at the SPCA. > But the landlord was less thrilled, in fact I was evicted. I've always cleared my cats with landlords to avoid issues. I'm already nervous that old leases at my old place said "no pets" even though teh city had since passed a by law saying it was illegal to refuse to rent to people because they had pets--the company had not changed the lease yet. But since the landlord herself had cats...there was never an issue. I have, however, smuggled the cats into motels during our move across country. DP had it worse. He had the BITTIES, age 6 weeks, with him. I had Nox and Smokey. Of course everyone in his hotel wanted to see the kittens and there was a wedding party--they all wanted to see bitties--and here he was freaking that the management would find out and would make him take them out, which he couldn't do. They were so little, they depended on him to feed them and warm them all night. Fortunately nothing was said. --Fil |
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