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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.

Next door's -thug- cat
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ALannisterInDebt · 20/04/2019 16:07

That photo says it all....he owns the table, your backyard and of course your home. As soon as you accept this fact and start bowing down to him the easier it'll be on everyone Grin

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/04/2019 16:04

You have to look him in the face when you hiss but he might just ignore you
Being ignored I can live with - I'm more concerned that he'll rip my face off. Shock
And yes he is neutered.

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Fluffycloudland77 · 20/04/2019 16:02

I use water on my Bengal when he fights with next doors cat. Some days I only have to open the window and he’s back over the fence looking sheepish.

Beamur · 20/04/2019 15:59

He is handsome and just oozing with confidence!
Water pistol. Very few cats will continue bothering you if they're being sprayed with water. Tough cat if he's going for you too!

wigglypiggly · 20/04/2019 15:59

I thought Bengals like water.

Fluffycloudland77 · 20/04/2019 15:55

Bengals have a stealth mode.

Water is the answer. Is he neutered?.

wigglypiggly · 20/04/2019 15:39

You have to look him in the face when you hiss but he might just ignore youGrin try not leaving any.food out, he doesn't look malnourished.

madcatladyforever · 20/04/2019 14:54

Send him round to my house. My cat beat up next doors dog and now he legs it whenever he sees her.

TheSultanofPingu · 20/04/2019 14:52

I honestly don't think there's much you can do. If the French doors are open and he wants to come in, he'll be in. Maybe move the food somewhere he can't access?

Minkies11 · 20/04/2019 14:49

Have a broom handy....not to whack him with but might help shooing him out. He's the spit of my ndn late Tom who was forever sneaking into our house. Our two cats loved him and would often find all of them asleep in a tangle on the sofa or on our bed Blush
He would eat all the bloody food though.....

TeenagersandFurbabies · 20/04/2019 14:48

Water pistol filled with ice cold water. Most cats don't like being sprayed with ice cold water. He'll soon learn to stay away.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 20/04/2019 14:42

He belongs to our neighbours (with whom we get on very well).
He is a big handsome chap (reputedly half Bengal)
Catflap idea won't work - we are sitting in the living room with the French doors wide open. The brazen beast just walks in.
How he sneaked past us twice in the last few days to get to the kitchen without us spotting him is beyond me!
Will try hissing Grin.

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wigglypiggly · 20/04/2019 14:17

Hes a big chunky lad. Water pistol and hiss back at him. Do you know who he belongs to.

werekitty · 20/04/2019 14:14

Water pistol... And microchip cat flap to stop him getting inside

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