

Cats that aren’t neutered shouldn’t be allowed outside. Your pet registration form should ask if their animals are neutered. Unspayed females can also be territorial, and when they’re in heat males often fight over them, stray or feral cats are more likely to come into the community.

Unneutered male cats can become territorial, aggressive, they often spray urine. The only situation that they might cause issues, is if they’re not neutered or spayed. These cats should count within the pet limit, but if they are domesticated shouldn’t cause problems. Some owners allow their cats to go in and out at will. This is an important part of your pet policy, so you can keep track of the pets in your HOA. However, even if they don’t count, owners should still fill in a pet registration form for them when they join the community. So long as they don’t cause disturbances, they shouldn’t be a nuisance. But if they just stay inside you can’t reasonably demand to go in and count them. If you start to see them outside, then they should be counted. If the properties are separate, so don’t share walls, then it probably isn’t necessary to count indoor cats. You might end up with 2 or 3 noisy cats or a cat and a dog that fight, and if that sound carries the neighbors will get annoyed and complain.

That depends on your community’s layout, in an apartment block you probably should. If your HOA or condo has a limit on the number of pets per household, should you include indoor cats in that number? Let’s start with a relatively easy type of cat, the indoor cat. What you should remember about your HOA and cats is that some owners keep their cats inside, and others don’t. Every HOA should have clear rules about pets, and that includes cats.
