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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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YetAnotherSpartacus · 13/08/2019 13:10

Really, that's his ticklish spot and 'just asking for it'.

About the two red stripes on your arm????

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 13/08/2019 13:06

I love how you are willing to be regularly savaged by TC just to keep his MN fans happy

This afternoon's savaging Grin

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Ilovetolurk · 12/08/2019 22:15

Excellent recovery there from RockinHippy

Grin
Fluffycloudland77 · 12/08/2019 22:01

He’s neutered.

RockinHippy · 12/08/2019 20:46

Having RTFT now. I think it's your cats you should be telling off. I mean, such a big cuddly handsome guest. Where are their manners 😂

& Sybil is gorgeous 😍

RockinHippy · 12/08/2019 20:40

Oh & state & flare your nostrils when you hiss at him. They hate that

RockinHippy · 12/08/2019 20:39

He looks un-neutered. If so his owners are part of the problem & aren't looking after him well ☹️. Have a word with them & make sure they know what a PITA their cat is being because they haven't neutered him.

Don't use water if he had Bengal in him. Our rescue has turned out to be half Bengal & she loves water & will see it as a game.

Hissing, loud spray cans, dilute citronella in a water pistol should hopefully see him off

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/08/2019 19:56

RonniePasas
You are a true connoisseur of catnip mice - Culpeper ones were brilliant.

Try this link.
These are the only catnip mice I've found that work as well as the Culpeper ones used to. (and they look and smell the same).

www.naturalpet-toy.co.uk/end-of-season-clearance/catnip-mouse-cat-toy

I wonder if TC likes catnip?

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Mia184 · 12/08/2019 18:36

Cat bit and scratched me. Clearly TC.

But if you had invited him inside, he may just have let you give him a belly rub Grin

Nonstopbuttmachine · 12/08/2019 14:41

OP I love how you are willing to be regularly savaged by TC just to keep his MN fans happy 😂

YetAnotherSpartacus · 12/08/2019 11:37

He is just a tough boy trying to keep up his image - underneath he really is a pussy-cat.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/08/2019 11:32

Well it was fairly half-hearted biting and scratching - it didn't leave any marks Grin

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 12/08/2019 11:15

Really? He looks like he's begging for his beautiful belly to be rubbed and smooched.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/08/2019 10:59

70isaLimit
Ooened the front door to let Sybil and Karl in this morning. They came in past TC while studiously ignoring him.
I decided to take the opportunity to try your wild cat test this morning.
Cat bit and scratched me. Clearly TC.

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TremblingFanjo · 12/08/2019 08:40

Sybil is definitely still here of course she is. She wants to see the look on your face when you discover she's left something dead in each of your shoes as punishment for leaving her in sole charge of Thug Cat Defence.

ZincOxideEugenol · 11/08/2019 22:17

Wow Sybil is a beauty!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 11/08/2019 21:58

That might not be TC, you might have inadvertantly picked up a Scottish Wildcat . They look very similar .

Pick it up and give it a good old kiss'n'cuddle .The injuries will give you a clue as to which cat .

(It's like my two black cats . Quick swipe of the paw - Tarot. Loss of the top layer of skin-Dexter)

Supersimpkin · 11/08/2019 21:33

Sybil has a disciplinary air about her. She does look pleased to see you, behind the schoolmarm look.

TC has started to help with household chores eg unloading cat in a pathetic attempt to make himself indispensable.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 11/08/2019 21:06

Sybil is definitely still here - she's dug out a very old catnip mouse and is now purring her head off.

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Mia184 · 11/08/2019 20:55

This Grin

Have you checked whether Sybil is still there?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 11/08/2019 20:52

Well he's cettainly made a lot more effort to say 'Welcome back' than mine have Grin.
The grumpy family had a very nice break in Sunny Scotland thank you - remarkably while the weather forecast was rubbish - the actual weather in Fife this week was pretty good.
To confirm I can find no evidence of TC incursion - and definitely still have four (albeit fairly antisocial) cats of my own.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 11/08/2019 20:41

bumped into NDN on the street

NDN might've made it look like a casual bump-into-the-neighbours butt he was listening for your car while frantically trying to find and evict TC while removing all the evidence that he was living in your house .

TC is now acting all nonchalant like but there will be a large Bengal shaped fur covered indentation in your favourite chair .

Your own cats will have accepted him or left home . Do a quick body count , TC might've sold Sybil on Gumtree already .

YetAnotherSpartacus · 11/08/2019 20:30

Heeeeeeee’s back!!! I missed my TC fixes!

Did you have a good holiday Grumpy?