Dear LFTP: the neighbor's FIV-positive cat

• Would it be fair to ask my neighbor to pay for the extra vet costs caused by her free-roaming FIV-positive cat?

Mike reads the last letter: the writer lives in a duplex; the neighbor's FIV-positive cat Sox roams freely and uses their cat door to eat their cat's food, their own cat has caught respiratory infections, and FIV tests cost $60 a year. The neighbor refused to switch kibble brands. The hosts' advice: stop feeding the neighbor's cat, secure the cat door and let your own cat in and out manually, and call animal control if it roams -- but don't ask the neighbor for money ('you get a punch in the face'). The 'Secular' answer agrees on the cat door and animal control.