Unwanted 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)?

On 14 Jul 2006 05:14:19 -0700, "Mario Lanza"
, clicked their heels and said:



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.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

"Mario Lanza" wrote in message
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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)?


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 ass.

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Matthew wrote:
Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up
your ass.

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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.

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Matthew wrote:
Use the rifle on yourself or how about taking the hose and shoving it up
your ass.

"Mario Lanza" wrote in message
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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.

Maybe it will blow the bull**** out of it when you talk about hurting
animals expect people to think you are full of ****

On 14 Jul 2006 06:24:33 -0700, "Mario Lanza"
wrote:

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?

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.

Matthew wrote:
"Mario Lanza" wrote in message
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Matthew wrote:
Maybe it will blow the bull**** out of it when you talk about hurting
animals expect people to think you are full of ****


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.

dgk wrote:
On 14 Jul 2006 06:24:33 -0700, "Mario Lanza"
wrote:

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?

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.

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.