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to want to kill my neighbours cat

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Morph2 · 09/03/2012 21:38

she has a few, prob about 4 or 5 now. Always in and out of our garden, don't particularly like it but can live with that.

A few new kittens/ young cats came on the scence during the winter and now the weathers getting slightly nicer i am leaving the back door open on ocassions, for example- if i go in into garden to hang out some washing, if DS (22 month) is in garden and i'm in kitchen peeling some potatos (i can see him out window but he likes to wander in out out).

Ok this new cat, if i leave a door open it darts in. For example yesterday me and DS went out shopping in the morning and had a lovely morning then came back and he was playing in the garden. Cat runs in, straight upstairs (we have open plan so stairs in living room), i spend about 20 mins trying to get it out, DS comes into the house in his wellies so cus i'm chasing cat he ends up walking mud all over the house. In the end i eventually manage to grab cat and chuck it out the front door and guess what i've left the back door open so its straight back in and another 15 mins trying to get it out.

Anyone know any way i can keep this cat out my house??

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WorraLiberty · 09/03/2012 21:39

Try those hanging beads things on your door maybe?

Kayano · 09/03/2012 21:40

Shut the door?

DoingTheBestICan · 09/03/2012 21:43

Not sure if this is true but apparently cats don't like citrus smells so maybe you could put some citrus oil near the back door

SarahStratton · 09/03/2012 21:44

Get DS in before you try and evict the cat, did you really leave a 22 month old alone in the garden for 20 minutes?

And I second the beads, but the catering chain ones are more effective.

rushelle · 09/03/2012 21:45

I believe this works, not tried it my self, cats are terratorial animals so wil bugger off if faced with a bigger predator, so get a man (sorry it has to be a man) to wee in a bottle, leave it for a few days then put it around your perimeter and they will stay away, it's to do with feramones or something. Ort get some tiger poo from the zoo.
OR buy a great big tom cat of your own.

ABigGirlDoneItAndRanAway · 09/03/2012 21:45

Get a water spray bottle, if it gets a soaking every time it comes near your house it will soon stay away.

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Morph2 · 09/03/2012 21:47

kayano>> shut the door in the obvious answer but as i said in op DS likes to wander in and out when he playing in the garden and shout to me etc so i don't really want to shut him out. Not so bad now but i'm thinking more of the summer when (if) we have hot weather i leave door open to keep kitchen cool. I might try the citrus thing.

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Threeprinces · 09/03/2012 21:47

Yep, tiger or lion poo will do the trick. You can buy it on the Internet apparently.

Angeleena · 09/03/2012 21:49

Mirrors - any large mirrors you could put by the door - don't think it will come in if it thinks there is another cat there.

shockers · 09/03/2012 21:49

Just hiss at it if it comes near, nasty hiss with BIG body language. It will go away then!

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Morph2 · 09/03/2012 21:50

Sarah> no i didn't leave him in the garden for 20 mins i just didn't take his wellies off so he was walking mud round the house, looking back obviously i should have gone and pulled his wellies off but i was getting stressed with cat so not thinking straight.

My mum suggested the spray bottle so think i may try that. I have about half a bottle of washing up liquid left so will save that bottle when its gone

rushelle> weeing thing sounds interesting will consider if the spraying water doesn't work!!

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WorraLiberty · 09/03/2012 21:51

Sarah What catering chain ones? Do you mean those wide plastic strips?

If so, I'm going to get some for the summer to keep the flies and wasps out. I had never considered that til now

If that's not what you mean then please ignore my ramblings

shockers · 09/03/2012 21:51

Repeat as necessary .

FlossieTeacakeShouldFakeIt · 09/03/2012 21:52

Make the neighbour buy you the lion poo or citrus stuff. It's their cat, they should ensure it doesn't inconvenience other people.

shockers · 09/03/2012 21:53

Seriously... big stance, big hiss... cat gone.

DefiniteMiss · 09/03/2012 21:56

Get one of those sonic scarer's. I've got a couple, they seem to be working.

BareBums · 09/03/2012 22:04

I wanted to kill my neighbours cat when it (twice) done a shit outside my door!! Like wtaf

But if it does it again the owner can expect a 1st class delivery on her doorstep.

I'd try the hissing thing, then water.

Your DS might try to pull the beads down if you get them...

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Morph2 · 09/03/2012 22:05

Shockers> that is ok for a couple of times but i really don't want to spend all summer chasing the cat away, i want something that will keep it away without me having to chase.

i also forgot to add in my op that when DS went in to garden to play yesterday there were feathers everywhere and i had to sweep up a dead bird before he started picking at it. nice

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SarahStratton · 09/03/2012 22:07

No, my DParents bought one made from chains, it was either Amazon or ebay they got it from. Very effective, their cat is terrified of it and won't go out, keeps wasps out too.

sootired · 09/03/2012 22:13

We used to have a sonic scarer but it used to drive me mad as I could hear it. Don't know if I had particularly sensitive hearing or what, as no-one else could hear it apart from me. It did stop the local cats using our garden as a litter tray though!

SarahStratton · 09/03/2012 22:15

I bought my DMum 2 of those for her birthday. They do not work on moles.

Angeleena · 09/03/2012 22:54

The mirror should work. Filling large plastic coke bottles with water and putting them round the garden is a known method to scare cats off garden, they don't like the movement they 'see' in the bottles as they move about and it scares them away.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 09/03/2012 23:14

Water.
It doesn't harm them, it makes them uncomfortable and gives them a fright.

I had a cat for 15 years so I would not advocate anything harmful.

We had a few youngish cats moving in on our cats garden. The water worked well.
I didn't use a spray, too feeble. A large plastic jug of cold tap water, well aimed to go 'round' them rather than 'over' them.

significantother · 09/03/2012 23:33

Movement activated sprinkler system???
Just an idea :)

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Morph2 · 09/03/2012 23:42

but wouldn't movement activited sprinkler also get DS. He would probably love it but can't see it being good for him this time of year

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