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Next door's -thug- cat

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/04/2019 12:35

Has started coming in our house and stealing cat food.
Our cats dislike him. (understatement...)
Once he's in it's a problem removing him because he growls, hisses and then attacks us (launches at our legs etc).
He spends an inordinate amount of time in our garden or staring in through the French windows. Any suggestion how to gently discourage him? I have no intention of having outside doors shut for the whole summer.
Enclosed a picture of him sitting on our outside table.

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TellItLikeItReallyIs · 20/08/2019 17:14

Ah - but he's far too clever to be caught by standard profiling techniques. If he was actually carrying his AK47 it would be too easy to recognize what he really is

I think he's brain washed me into becoming part of his terrorist cult or should that be cat-cult! He's such a gorgeously handsome fellow (and I think he knows it).

Nonstopbuttmachine · 20/08/2019 15:20

Terrorist Cat Soap Opera 😂 My favourite episodes were the balcony invasion and the picture of him at your front door (on page 11) like a coiled spring Shock

Grumpy you should really think about producing a 2020 TC calendar, you'd raise a fortune on here for a cat charity 😸

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/08/2019 14:03

TellItLikeItReallyIs
Ah - but he's far too clever to be caught by standard profiling techniques. If he was actually carrying his AK47 it would be too easy to recognize what he really is Grin

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TellItLikeItReallyIs · 20/08/2019 13:34

That's no terrorist!
Look how cute and sleepy.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/08/2019 12:41

And speaking of Sybil - she just came in through the back slightly warily. TC is back in his usual spot under the chair by the back doors.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/08/2019 12:29

sydney97
Glad you've enjoyed the thread. TC certainly keeps us amused. Grin
Sybil is a purebred Battersea moggy (dlh) and is Basil's sibling. Their mum was a very pretty black dlh.

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TellItLikeItReallyIs · 20/08/2019 12:16

I've just discovered this thread too and read the whole thing. It's like a Terrorist Cat Soap Opera.

My favorite moments were the window break in, defending the rasberry plants from watering and the NDN demonstration of how to pick him up.

It's no coincidence TC has the same initials as Top Cat because he is gorgeous.

sydney97 · 20/08/2019 11:44

Just read the whole thread and am in hysterics, TC seems a right character. Also do you mind me asking what type of cat Sybil is please? She's gorgeous!!

TalentedMsRipley · 20/08/2019 11:20

He looks gorgeous.

Mia184 · 20/08/2019 11:16

I would also let him in for short visits.

Weezol · 20/08/2019 10:29

He does Spartacus - you'd have to have a heart if stone to turn the poor lad away.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 20/08/2019 10:11

Poor TC looks so sad and dejected as if to say, 'here I am. I'm faithful. I come when I'm called. All I want is lurve. Why do you reject me?'

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/08/2019 09:22

When I got up this morning I called Lenny and Basil in (both dirty stop outs last night) and the first one to arrive was TC. I suppose it is quite endearing Smile.

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Supersimpkin · 19/08/2019 22:31

Poor TC having to live with all those frightful dawgs.

He just wants to be with friends.

Scruffalicious · 19/08/2019 10:22

Look at his paw-beans!

Nonstopbuttmachine · 17/08/2019 12:52

Oh, he seems to have recovered from his trauma quite well. Has Lenny had some assertiveness training from Sybil?

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/08/2019 12:40

Bliss in the sun!

Nonstopbuttmachine · 17/08/2019 12:40

Poor TC 😿

It is funny though when cats leap vertically like Harrier jump jets Grin

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 17/08/2019 12:32

Hasn't stopped him relaxing by the greenhouse...

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/08/2019 12:24

Meanie Lenny! TC just wants lurve!

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 17/08/2019 12:19

Just saw TC go to take his favourite spot under one of our patio chairs. He hadn't noticed that Lenny was sitting on the chair so as he went under, Lenny (with impeccable comedy timing) gave him a slap. TC leapt vertically in the air and legged it.
Go Lenny Grin.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 17/08/2019 00:42

Today I saw a (faux) fur collar thingie that goes round your cats neck and makes it look like a teeny lion.

Of course I thought "How ridiculous , dressing up a cat , how undignified" (though we used to put Christmas hats on the guinea-pigs for a photo)

I realise it is pure envy because my two wouldn't suit a tawney mane (they are black panthers)

But TC could pull it off . Along with several layers of muscle and skin if you were to try

(They're in The Range if you're tempred Grin )

Ribrabrob · 17/08/2019 00:26

I love how TC gets fed first, he certainly rules the roost doesn't he Grin

YetAnotherSpartacus · 16/08/2019 19:30

Each and every one of those dogs has half an eye on TC because they know he is coveting their food ...

Fluffycloudland77 · 16/08/2019 19:18

Well home is where the heart is.

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