General Chat

you could of course swap your cat, for a dog.. ..or you could capture the offending cat, take it to paul, who would either give it a good home, or shave a leg find a vein, insert a needle with some happy juice in it and bye bye pussy............. Bob....

I see what you mean Paul - but I wouldn't be the one who had to deal with any problems it developed. I just didn't want it in my house. The cat is still around and seems fine, many years later. Gwynne

Yes, I know you squirted it but it can cause behavioural problems in the cat! ive seen this myself!

Paul, I don't like uninvited cats in my house - and squirting it worked - as its owner suggested. I didn't drench it, just one squirt and off it went never to return. I'd do it again if I had to. Gwynne

Please don't squirt a cat with water!!! I know it might sound like a good idea, but i've seen first hand what it can do to a cat who has been harrased by water pistols. The cat had a very bad temperment and would attack without warning.

Mum doesn't like cats. A neighbours kitten took a shine to her. Mum used a well rinsed washing up liquid bottle of water to squirt it if it dug in the garden. The kitten grew up and started leaving mice on her back door step early in the morning. Peace offering or intended to disgust, what do you think? :o) RW

When my neighbour's cat took to wandering in when the patio doors were open one summer ages ago she gave me a water pistol and told me to squirt it whenever it came in. I only had to do it once. Gwynne

nice...

I had a cat used to come into ours. I used to clap my hand and shout at it, even if it was in the garden. I locked the cat flap one way to trap it then chased it round the kitchen shouting like a mad thing lol. It did stop in the end, it was the only cat in the street that ran when it saw me lol. I wouldn't hurt it though, just frighten the life out of it . Marion

Yeah, its a common misconception that neuering a cat will stop a cat from spraying. Sometimes it works, but not if a cat is slighly older. Getting them when kittens will stop it usually.

Just explain the situation. Explain that he is scaring your cat, eating its food, and that you don't want to scare him out of your house. Try and make it sound like you're concerned about his cats well being and he probably wont be offended. Say something like your cat keeps beating him up when he enters the house! lol!

Thanks for all your tips, will try them. Paul, the cat does belong to someone as I asked my neighbour . He wears a gold collar...he is very beautiful and would'nt dream of hurting him. I will try and attach something to his collar but what would you say? Ang

Which Shelter was it? Did they say they would take it when they had a pen for when, and if you brought it in? Most shelters are independitly run, HQ doesn't tell us how to run each shelter (Apart from a few things) The shelter you may have phoned possibly couldn't take in feral cats.

Paul, The cat had been in the house a good 3 weeks and my daughter had been ringing the RSPCA/Cat Protection also she had put notices up all round the estate and we even knocked on doors to see if anyone had lost a cat but no one came forward. But RSPCA/Cats protection wouldn't take it away and she had her 4 daughters to think about. I can assure you that we did everything we could to find the owner before we asked the neighbour to get it out from behind the washer. Sue

Thats because if it was the first time you'd seen it, there was no way of know if it belonged to anyone. If it had been around for a while they would have done something about it. They can't just take away a cat without know who's it is. And to be honest all you needed was the cat out of the house!

TopCat-Paul, What you said about RSPCA/Cats Protection taking cats in if they are strays. My daughter had a stray cat walk into her house and it wouldn't leave even when she left the door wide open. It went into a corner of her Utility room behind the washer and every time she tried to get it out ,it actually went for her/her hubby and myself. We rang the RSPCA and the Cats protection but neither of them wanted to know. I am almost sure this cat was a feral cat.It was even going for her own 3 cats when they were in eating their food. In the end she had to get a neighbor to get it out and she took it to the vets and even the vet was very wary of the cat. Sue

Luckily we dont have many cats around here, although we had one come through once. 2 dogs and 2 cats didn't even take any notice of it, it wasn't scared, and it just cried to be let outside! lol!

I had a problem with other cats using our cat flap, made my house smell really bad, we shut of the cat flap in the end and just opened the door for my cats during the day, and they stay in at night anyway!! i had to throw furniture away that had been sprayed i couldnt get rid of the smell at all and i tried everything Helen

I would shut off th cat flap, spray maybe fabreeze about, etc get yr cat secure again....then start again??

You know exactly what I mean. You didn't replie with 'Higly effective' to the vinegar tip, you replied it to shooting the cat. It does offend me Wendy, and I think it will offend many other people.