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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2006Unwanted cats
How can you stop neighbours cats from using your cats catflap? My girlfriends poor little tabby has just got used to our new home and now this big fat white cat is coming into our house, eating all the food and fighting with our cat. Personally I don't even like the things so one in the house is enough for me but my gf is getting really stressed because her little baby is upset by this other cat! Anyone got any tips (If I had my way a rifle would probably suffice, but I need some more humane/legel options)? >Anyone got any tips (If I had my way a rifle would probably suffice, >but I need some more humane/legel options)? Close the cat flap and keep your cat in, and outside only with supervision.  SignatureJanet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com > How can you stop neighbours cats from using your cats catflap? My > girlfriends poor little tabby has just got used to our new home and now [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Anyone got any tips (If I had my way a rifle would probably suffice, > but I need some more humane/legel options)? The most obvious solution is for your gf to keep her cat indoors and eliminate the cat door. Her cat will be safer and probably healthier as a result -- and you also eliminate the very real possibility that other neighbors may be just as annoyed when gf's cat trespasses as you are when a "foreign" cat invades your home. A much more expensive solution (but a very real possibility, especially if you can do the work yourselves) is to fence your yard and place a "cat-proof" barrier at the top of the fence. Some people construct a large backyard unit for their cats, with entry to the house (and with the top covered so no other cats can enter it) and there are companies -- such as Drs. Foster and Smith -- that sell mesh "walkways" where your cat cat be left outdoors for short periods of time. MaryL We've just had the door replaced so we could have a catflap as we didn't feel it was fair keeping the cat locked in all day, she is a very quiet cat (got her from a sanctury for badly treated cats) and only leaves the garden to explore the brook that runs between us and next door. I would be extremely suprised if she was going into other peoples gardens let alone houses. I was thinking of just spraying the white cat with a hose every time it comes near the house, wouldn't that be enough to deter it? Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up your a.s. <sniped for being stupid> > Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up > your a.s. > > <sniped for being stupid> Cheers Matthew, thanks for your helpful suggestion. The rifle one is worth thinking about but as for the hose pipe I don't think that cleaning my arse is really going to help keep other cats away. >> Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up >> your a.s. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > worth thinking about but as for the hose pipe I don't think that > cleaning my arse is really going to help keep other cats away. Maybe it will blow the bullshit out of it when you talk about hurting animals expect people to think you are full of sh.t > Maybe it will blow the bullshit out of it when you talk about hurting > animals expect people to think you are full of sh.t Sometimes in life Matthew you have to realise when people are talking tongue in cheek. You have a some serious issues that you need to address because over reactions like that will land you in trouble in the real world. Hope you have a happy life and calm down a bit. Someone might talk tongue and cheek to say but It shows the person true self when they take the time to write it out than don't retract the statement. But you are right I don't know you but I got a good judge of your character Easy way to handle the problem but a magnetic strip door with your cat having the key on its collar Oh and your tongue and cheek problem IMO seek some professional help >> Maybe it will blow the bullshit out of it when you talk about hurting >> animals expect people to think you are full of sh.t [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hope you have a happy life and calm down a bit. > > Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up > > your a.s. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > worth thinking about but as for the hose pipe I don't think that > cleaning my arse is really going to help keep other cats away. We have just started having the same problem. We have an 11-year old female and a 1-year old male. And a locking cat door. We haven't had any problems until recently, so some new cat must have moved into our neighbourhood. It's a bully. Not only does it terrorize my cats in their own garden, it actually breaks in through the cat door when we're all at home indoors. The cat door is supposed to be only accessible via a magnet on my cats' collars. We managed to trap it on the inside by locking the cat door for "no going out", but when we came into the room to catch it, it actually broke through the cat door and ran off. We are considering ways of trapping it in the room by trying to ensure it doesn't break out - by putting a small metal bar across so it can come in but not go out. Personally I'm considering poisoning it because our two cats are nervous wrecks because of it. But my partner says no, or at any rate not yet. s97 >> > Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it > up [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > s97 The easiest way to solve your problem would be to eliminate the cat flap and let your cat in and out yourself. A safer way to eliminate the problem is to have the cat flap lead to an enclosed portion of your yard as someone else already said. People really don't have a lot of room to complain about other cats when they are letting their own freely roam. You don't know what your cats do when they are outside to annoy neighbors. >We've just had the door replaced so we could have a catflap as we >didn't feel it was fair keeping the cat locked in all day, she is a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I was thinking of just spraying the white cat with a hose every time it >comes near the house, wouldn't that be enough to deter it? They make pet doors that only open for your pet, for instance: http://www.petdoors.com/electronic_pet_doors.htm That was the first one I hit but you can find lots more. > >We've just had the door replaced so we could have a catflap as we > >didn't feel it was fair keeping the cat locked in all day, she is a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > That was the first one I hit but you can find lots more. Thanks, I found some of these but they all seemed to be magnet operated, the only infrared one I found had really bad reviews for being too week. Just spoken to gf and aparrently our shy little tabby did actually stand up for her self today so hopefully they can sort it out between themselves. > We've just had the door replaced so we could have a catflap as we > didn't feel it was fair keeping the cat locked in all day, she is a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I was thinking of just spraying the white cat with a hose every time it > comes near the house, wouldn't that be enough to deter it? Was your cat used to going outdoors, or was she indoors before you adopted her? If possible, I believe that cats are better-off indoors, although I realize that that is not a true for the U.K as for the U.S. because we have so many predators. Even so, a shy cat such as you describe could have a rough time with other cats or dogs -- not to mention cars. My cats have been exclusively indoors, and they have been happy and healthy. I do have lots of toys, scratching posts, cat trees, etc. for them. You can see some pictures in the albums under my signature. MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e Recent pics: http://tinyurl.com/clal7 > How can you stop neighbours cats from using your cats catflap? Get a nice little high-strung dog. He'll more than likely become fast friends with your kat but not so for your thoughtless neighbor's! It'll be a new experience for them when they stick their heads into that cat-flap the next time, for-sure.. IBen Just tell your girlfriend to relax and let her cat sort it out with the other. Probably your cat is female and the visitor is male and he is asserting his right to the food and space in his territory. The cat world is sexist. They will find a happy medium and it will be okay in time. Male cats throw their weight around some. Your girl cat will work out a detente with him after a modicum of hissing and parrying. It's not that big a deal and it just comes with the territory of having an indoor/outdoor cat. You have a cat flap - you'll have visiting cats. That's just the way it is. Yes, a water pistol is an option, plus anything that gives a short, sharp hiss. Could also try filling a plastic bottle with pebbles and shaking it at the cat. The electronic catflaps involve the cat wearing a collar, so there are safety issues there, but there is also a catflap that works with a microchip (you have to buy the catflap and the microchip). It's pricey though, over £100. Meanwhile, I'd suggest getting some feliway diffusers from the vet for the resident cat. http://www.fabcats.org/collars.html http://www.petporte.com/ Puss may still be intimidated though, even by seeing the white cat through the catflap. Catproof fencing might be an idea. This may sound as though you're imprisoning your cat, but it seems to me that she may well have already ceded territory to the intruder. This would get your garden back for her at least. Secure-a-cat and Purrfect Fence do kits. Ideas here: http://www.woodycoon.com/html/cat-proof_fencing.html http://www.cat-world.com.au/cat-worldenclosures.htm http://www.lkegan.plus.com/Catproof%20fencing.pdf http://www.fabcats.org/fencing.html >How can you stop neighbours cats from using your cats catflap? My >girlfriends poor little tabby has just got used to our new home and now [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Anyone got any tips (If I had my way a rifle would probably suffice, >but I need some more humane/legel options)? |
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