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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2005My cat keeps getting beaten up.
I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well loved and respected in our family however she cannot leave the house in fear for her life. These tom cats take it in turns to sit outside her cat flap and as soon as she pokes her head out they have her. This has been going on for 2 years now and im getting quite fed up that my cat cant even sit outside her own house in the sun or even nip out for a wee without being attaced. My partner and I have done everything we can to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. > I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Are they really toms (not neutered)? If not neutered, I offer to pay for it to the owners. Can you work out a schedule with the owners? Your cat can go out from x to x time theirs at another? > I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option.>> Thats a shame. As Karen has said , I would have a word with the neighbours and explain the situation and ask if they can keep their cats in at certain times. I would close the cat flap for now , and escort your cat out and stay with her in the garden. Get a litter tray for her if you don't already have one. If you want to scare the cats away , you'd have to fix up something that works when you are not there and they don't connect it with you , something like a motion sensor water sprinkler to deter them. If there any way you can fence the garden to keep the cats out ? Alison >I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 >great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to >do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Get one of those aerosol powered air horns they use at football games. When the toms are out there, put the trumpet of the horn out the flap and give it a blast. A few of those and I'll bet the tom's behaviour will be modified. > Get one of those aerosol powered air horns they use at football games. When the > toms are out there, put the trumpet of the horn out the flap and give it a > blast. A few of those and I'll bet the tom's behaviour will be modified.>>> That would do it ! :) Alison >I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Kitty Karate school? Is there an attraction just outside the cat door .... ie, a food dish or trash receptacles?? >I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Do you have a back yard? Is there any way you could create a small enclosure (possibly attached to a window or a porch)? There are a number of sites on the Internet that describe enclosures and fencing that can keep cats *out* as well as *in.* MaryL >I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Here are some pictures that illustrate home-built enclosures. I also have a number of links to sites that enclose back yards. Let me know if you want that type of information. Your cat will be much safer if you are able to come up with some way to contain your cat and also keep others out. http://www.animalnetwork.com/cats/enclosure.asp MaryL > http://www.animalnetwork.com/cats/enclosure.asp Thanks for the link! There are some there I hadn't seen before. I just wish the pics were a little bigger.  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >> http://www.animalnetwork.com/cats/enclosure.asp > > Thanks for the link! There are some there I hadn't seen before. I > just wish the pics were a little bigger. Yes, those really are good ideas but with too-small photos, as you said. I picked that link up from one of Megan's messages. She is a great source of information. MaryL > I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Why not just keep your cat inside? Or, you could build an outdoor enclosure for her like Mary suggested. > > I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Why not just keep your cat inside? When I saw the phrase "even nip out for a wee" I knew not to even make this suggestion. :) Very cute phrase, too. > I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 > great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to scare these toms away. (without harming one of them.) What are we to > do for our cats right to go outside? Moving house is not an option. Sit up on the roof with a bucket of icy cold water, as soon as the toms even get in range....wooohahaha! this will learn em |
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