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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2008Ridding Neighborhood Cat from Yard
We have an obviously well fed, friendly cat sitting directly outside our sliding glass door wanting to come in. The problem is that he is not our cat. We have 7 cats already and our house is full to the maximum. The cat will come right up to us, so we are pretty darn sure he belongs to someone. Any suggestions on getting this cat to go home, or at least "move along"? Our cats are all indoor cats so luckily that is not an issue, however, as you can imagine, this outsider is making things inside our house EXTREMELY tense. > We have an obviously well fed, friendly cat sitting directly outside > our sliding glass door wanting to come in. The problem is that he is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not an issue, however, as you can imagine, this outsider is making > things inside our house EXTREMELY tense. I guess you're checked him for a collar?  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Can you find out who he belongs to? If you ask around the neighborhood, someone will know. Most likely he is attracted to your house because of your own cats. It is a good question. I know that, interestingly enough, when there are strange cats around, and we get them on our deck, too, our cats always seem to know. I don't know how they know, when it is winter out and all the windows are shut. Do they hear the "intruders"? Do they smell them? I tend to think that we get more cats around here than usual just because they are probably investigating our own cats. It has never been a problem... > We have an obviously well fed, friendly cat sitting directly outside > our sliding glass door wanting to come in. The problem is that he is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not an issue, however, as you can imagine, this outsider is making > things inside our house EXTREMELY tense. If it were me, I'd just ignore him; he will "move along" when he decides to....he can't get in, anyway, right? I know your cats are interested but if you have drapes or verticals on your sliders it helps keep them from noticing him, and they sure can't smell him (at least if your doors are closed and not open w/screen door mode. You may be encouraged by this: we are on top floor of building, have a large wooden deck and there is a smallish tabby who lives down on first floor who periodically comes down on our deck *from building roof* to lurk outside my sliders and aggravate my cats....he eventually goes away and not by jumping down to the ground. He is only a pest really when its warm (not these days) and sliders are open w/screen door in place, when my cats can smell him there. Why not put a collar on the cat with a message and a contact number, if the cat does belong to someone, they should if they care give you a call? > We have an obviously well fed, friendly cat sitting directly outside > our sliding glass door wanting to come in. The problem is that he is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not an issue, however, as you can imagine, this outsider is making > things inside our house EXTREMELY tense. > Why not put a collar on the cat with a message and a contact number, if the > cat does belong to someone, they should if they care give you a call? I was going to suggest putting a collar with a note attached, saying to give you a call. |
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