...to utterly loathe the evil tomcat from next door?

[Lunabelly]

I have three lady cats, all spayed, more indoor cats than out (we do NOT have a catflap). Next door has an un-neutered tomcat who gets into our house anyway possible (even through the tiniest gap in the window) and sprays everywhere. There is a tomcat from a few doors down who does the same. Our house constantly reeks of tomcat, and as we only moved in last year, I REALLY resent our new carpets being used as a toilet by someone elses pet.

These tomcats also drove away our (neutered) tom by constantly breaking into our house at stupid o'clock and beating him up.
I have tried mentioning to next door that their cat is breaking in and weeing, indeed, she even caught him squeezing into ours through a high window once. She thought both things were funny.

I have to mention that we moved after 13 years in a flat partially due to a stalkery neighbour who made Janine Butcher look reasonable, so due to that (I've ended up on anti-depressants because of it), anything negatively neighboury kind of stresses me out far more than is normal. DH thinks I should chill. I think next door's cat should be boiled in oil and served as an entree. (Although I actually feel sorry for him - it's unkind to keep him entire)

But AIBU to want to post the contents of my cats' litter tray to the neighbours in thanks for their cat's kind contributions?

Perfectly reasonable. Castrate the little bleeder yourself.

Tell her that if she doesn't control her cat you will be charging her for getting your home recarpeted and cleaned, to get rid of the stink.

Sadly, if the cat is used to spraying, castrating it may not stop this nasty behaviour.

Fucking hell, that is disgusting.

All I can suggest is only opening upstairs windows, but you need to get tough with this selfish woman. Tom cat pee stinks, she should at least send him for the chop

personally, i would assume it's a stray and drop it off at with the cats' protection people next time you find it on your property... oh, okay, i wouldn't, but i would really, really want to. and i would drop round with the receipt for the stuff which neutralises the smell to your neighbour, because her animal is damaging your property and i'm pretty sure that's illegal.

YANBU. Do it.
Two bricks oughta sort it.
And/or you could send DH round to piss on her carpets?

electrify a window ledge and open the window... :-)

I'm loving all these suggestions... :o

Oh, you cant hate the cat!!! No cat is hateable :(

But the neighbour should do something about it, like get him neutered. Although as mentioned above, it may not stop him after this long. She should not find it funny! There are too many unwanted kittens so no need to keep them entire.

Another option - get a Bengal. My beautiful, placid little man will beat the shit out of any male cat who dares enter his property. Tom cat will come no more.

I started a hate campaign on here towards next-door's bastard cat who kept crapping on my lawn. A few helpful suggestions re: physical retribution were met with threats to take us to the RSPCA.
Be careful!!

Update chez clam: said cat has sadly passed away. NOTHING to do with me, however.

Oh, and apparently, lion poo is a good deterrent. Apart from the obvious drawbacks.

The sad thing is, he could be a lovely cat and he's very good looking, but keeps doing this. Why would anyone want an entire tom what with the risks to him and their potential antisocial behaviour?

My ladycats will pretty much only go outside if I'm with them because they're scared of him (wusses), and I'm still upset about him driving off my tomcat. I cannot even bring myself to say hello to my neighbours anymore because of this situation. It's better to say nowt than risk exploding at them which I don't want to do.

I'd be mortified if one of my cats behaved like this.

I feel for you - we are having an awful time with a tom cat in our neighbourhood - we have incurred $460 vet bills for one of our neutered males and $170 for the other one, who both got horribly infected bites to the bone on their legs from this evil bastard cat. They were wonderful cats before he started attacking them in their own garden - now they barely dare leave the house, and everytime they do, they come back limping and injured. I am planning to set a trap, catch it and take it to either animal control with details of all the vet bills etc caused by it, or across the State line and drop it at a humane society so far away the real owners never find the fecking thing.

Having similiar issue with a cat near us. I am going to stick a huge plastic crate full of water underneath it's entry. Then await the splash. Might put the spraying bugger off.

I have been told that you can stop a cat coming into your house/garden by lifting them up by the scruff of their neck and taking them outside your property. It is supposed to make them feel humiliated as normally it is only adult cats that do this to kittens.

I haven't a clue if this works, but might be worth trying.

I have the same problem with a horrible Tom from down the road, our poor old boy is frightened to death to go out in his own garden. Our house STINKS of piss as it gets in through any window or door that's left open for even a minute. Once it's inside it not only sprays on the furniture but IN DP's SHOES!!! and then runs around the kitchen knocking stuff of the surfaces and smashing them.

I came inside from pegging out the other day and there was the delicious frosted cupcake that i'd been saving upside down, squished on the kitchen floor. I had a 32 weeks pregnant hormone-induced cry - I HATE the fucking thing!

Really worried about how I'll cope when the baby arrives - it's taking over my life!

Phew, rant over. Thanks for the opportunity to vent and I really understand how the rest of you feel.

Get yourself a Bengal cat, even neutered ones can beat up your normal tom cat! My Bengal literaly covered the garden in the tom cat's fur a few years ago.
Never came back.

Ripeberry I agree made that suggestion myself. Mine literally has a split personality, in my house hes a big softy, in my garden he is a psychopath.

Please dont be nasty to the cats though, its not their fault its the owners.

You really shouldn't have to live like this, it is SO wrong that some pet owners can be so selfish.

In all honesty, if this had happened to me I would be taking the cat a long way from home so it never came back, or I'd take it to a shelter. Selfish people don't deserve to have pets, and I would fell no guilt at all about someone like that having to lose their cat.

We have the sane problem (although cat-less ourselves). DF bought a cat-scarer from Focus and by golly gum the thing works! It is a magic eye that sets off a high frequency noise when the beam is broken. We put it by the window the darling creature was using as entry and it hasnot been back since.