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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
Susan wrote:
We live in the South West of France and have a huge garden with trees and shrubs, no neighbours and a river running through it. It would be terribly cruel to confine her. Apart from this monster cat that is causing us hassles, there is nothing to cause her any harm or distress; She even goes for daily walks with me, through the Kiwi-fruit fields and along the river banks. Unfortunately keeping her in wont work! AND - probably wont keep Houdini out either. Oh, will you adopt me? It sounds gorgeous! Candace |
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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
Susan wrote:
: We have a very sweet little NEUTERED female cat. She has a cat flat to : go in and out of the house. Over the past few months we have noticed : that she was getting thin even though we kept giving her larger bowls : of food. Now we know why : a strange cat comes in and beats her up, : urinates inside the house, eats her food and is a bl***y nuisance. We : have tried putting one of those (harmless) spring loaded traps down, : hoping that if we caught it we could sprinkle it with water to try and : deter it from coming here. It ripped the door off the cage and escaped. : THREE times. Then we tried putting a booby trap on the cat flap: as : soon as it came through the flap, a trap door would drop and stop it : getting out. Then we could sprinkle it with water etc. This time, it : ripped the trap door off its screws and escaped. It has now discovered : how to lift up the flap and escape.In the morning, we find all the food : has gone, the trap door has fallen down but there is NO CAT to be : found. Houdini had nothing on this animal. Any ideas please?... Since your cat lives with you, why do you have to leave food out? You can feed her on a shcedule right in front of you. Without food and its smells, the other cat will have much less reason to want to come in. Otherwise those cat doors that only open for your cat (identified by a special collar) should also work. |
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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
The food is not actually left "Out", like putting it outside. There is
an enclosed room looking onto the garden with a cat flap to go in and out. Her food is in here. Yes, we do feed her in front of us but she seems to like having a bowl of pellets to nibble on during the night. Houdini comes inside the house. I think that in this instance, the collar should work fine and after Houdini finds that there is nothing around for him to eat, hi might go away. Yesterday we blocked up the cat flap and kept our cat indoors with litter tray. In the middle of the night though, there was a heck of a racket when the invading monster tried to get in. He sat and yowled outside our bedroom window demanding to be fed. I wish I knew who he belonged to! Thanks for the advice though and one way or another, we will sort him out. |
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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
Candace - Your adoption can only be considered provided you dont shed
hair, dont claw the furniture and dont pee in the corner. If you think you can truthfully answer DON'T DO IT to all of the above, we can think about it :-) |
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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
Susan wrote:
: The food is not actually left "Out", like putting it outside. There is : an enclosed room looking onto the garden with a cat flap to go in and : out. Her food is in here. Yes, we do feed her in front of us but she : seems to like having a bowl of pellets to nibble on during the night. : Houdini comes inside the house. I think that in this instance, the : collar should work fine and after Houdini finds that there is nothing : around for him to eat, hi might go away. Yesterday we blocked up the : cat flap and kept our cat indoors with litter tray. In the middle of : the night though, there was a heck of a racket when the invading : monster tried to get in. He sat and yowled outside our bedroom window : demanding to be fed. I wish I knew who he belonged to! Thanks for the : advice though and one way or another, we will sort him out. That would have been a good opportunity to open the door, let him in and examine his collar if any, and squirt some water if needed... Seriously, though, we are assuming he belongs to someone, has home and food by implication, but is a bully by nature. But do you really know? What if he is homeless or effectively so (uncaring owners) and hungry, just from a big breed? At least your description that he "yowled" for food suggests that rather than an opportunistic bully. I might investigate him a little more. I would keep the two cats and their food separated but feed both until I knew just what is going on. As Kiran says, don't free-feed your cat. That "she likes to nibble" all night is hardly a good reason and may lead to health problems later. Train her to have two square meals a day. Remove and discard the food after 30 minutes. In a few days she will learn to eat what she wants in 30 minutes. |
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Strange Cat Invading our Home. Help!
If only ---- people would be compelled to neuter their cats -- if only
--- it was not a nightly ritual to many people to "put the cat out" --- if only -- we didnt have such garden that attracts wildlife like magnets --- life would be so much easier :-) |
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