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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 · 10/06/2019 12:38

No break through the Sybil barrier then? or excessively cute photos?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 10/06/2019 12:35

Other than his general omnipresence, the fact that he now turns up whenever I call our cats, and his tendency to miaow outside our front door - no real change Grin.

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 10/06/2019 11:19

Any more action on the TC front?

Singlewhiteguineapig · 07/06/2019 20:50

So awkward 😂😂

Moominfan · 07/06/2019 18:26

What am I doing wrong no cats ever visit my house

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 07/06/2019 18:20

Not much going on today (it has been raining),
but Basil did actually go out to half-heartedly swipe TC this evening. They are now exhibiting an uneasy truce.

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YesQueen · 06/06/2019 17:35

@prettybird I bought one of those yeowww catnip banana toys. My cat was Confused meh, no like it
Neighbours 16yo cat, arthritis and walks at snail pace. Broke in to mine, stole the banana, carried it home like a dog and was found hissing at anyone who came near it Blush

prettybird · 06/06/2019 16:59

Loving these stories Smile

We have two young Siamese boys, who must be about the same age as a big black & white cat that we've seen them playing with in the back (and next door) garden. (Other cats get escorted off the premises and/or they retreat through the cat flap at speed into the house with their tails up).

The boys are called Frasier and Niles, so we've called the black and white cat Cam Winston Grin

We've finally found out where he comes from, although we've not met his slaves owners, so don't know his (or her Wink) real name.

We're also wondering if that's where the various squeaky toys that the boys have been bringing in come from (which they then proceed to "kill" Hmm). We do wonder how the squeaky toy on a fishing rod got through the cat flap Confused

YetAnotherSpartacus · 06/06/2019 12:46

Sybil vs. Larry?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 05/06/2019 22:13

HelmutFrontbut
I always suspected he had history Grin

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HelmutFrontbut · 05/06/2019 22:09

Saw this and thought of TC Grin

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Weezol · 05/06/2019 21:20

Does Sybil know that 10 Downing St will shortly have a vacancy? Pretty sure she could sort the country out!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 05/06/2019 20:04

Kitty kisses for Sybil!

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 05/06/2019 18:58

Further up thread MoreOfADogPerson suggested that it took a female (Sybil) to do anything.
Looking outside the window now I have to agree that my boy cats are completely useless.

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Allergictoironing · 05/06/2019 18:31

Aw the slow blink of love Smile

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 05/06/2019 18:30

Bit of a kerfuffle outside. Sybil (sitting on the barbeque) very strongly objected to TC trying to join her Grin.
TC then legged it down the steps having been seen off by Sybil.
At the bottom of the steps he stopped, turned round - still observed by Sybil and does this...

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HelmutFrontbut · 05/06/2019 12:33

I 💙 TC, he is my favourite internet cat. Do your neighbours know he's a MN celebrity?

Slightly worrying though how he seems to be spending more time on his hind legs... 😳🙀

Ilovetolurk · 05/06/2019 07:16

Is he my ex husband?

MoreOfADogPerson · 05/06/2019 06:28

TC wooing Sybil

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 04/06/2019 11:05

Shame that TC is not quite bright enough to realise that his way through your door is not via rudimentary cat burglar skills but via Sybil's heart :)

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/06/2019 11:01

Definitely not angry, more bemused I think - the kittens are pretty relaxed around TC outside (even nose to nose sometimes).

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YetAnotherSpartacus · 04/06/2019 10:58

Curse my lack of opposable thumbs! (Says TC).

Was Lenny angry or just confused?

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/06/2019 10:42

A baffled Lenny wondering what on earth TC is up to.

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Innersmellbow · 04/06/2019 09:52

I've managed to get a simulated action shot of TC by speedily moving my cursor back and forth over the second and third photo on your post at 13:19 yesterday OP.

It's adding to the frisson of fear surrounding your patio....

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 04/06/2019 09:02

So did you let TC in?

NO.

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