Neighbors annoying cats

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Ok advice please!
When ever I leave my windows open my neighbors cat just wanders into my house. On many occasions now Iv come home to neighbors cat in my front room kitchen and even bedroom. I spoke to my neighbor (new neighbor) about it and she just laughed! One time the cat walked in and my dog went nuts and she complained that my dog is dangerous to her cats! How the cat has managed to get in with the dog home I have no idea. One time the cat was sat scared on top my wardrobe because my dog chased her up the stairs.. it’s getting annoying but how do I stop this happening. I like leaving my kitchen top window open and bathroom window in the summer. Is there anything I can buy to deter the cat? So far Google hasn’t provided me with any answers.

Get a water spritzer and spray the cat whenever you find it in your house.

You can't.

For some reason the cat likes your home even though you have a dog in it. The dog should deter it if it is really scared of it.

Oh and the neighbour is unreasonable. I've seen many cats wind up dogs, and some will attack them.

That's good advice.

You can find Cat deterrent devices/sprays etc in pet shops and online, other than that you really can’t do anything except close your windows

Your neighbor is unreasonable though for complaining about your dog, if one of my cats was attacked by a dog inside the dogs home I’d accept full responsibility for my animal and their injuries

Cats hate walking on foil, can you put a layer of it on the window sill that they're coming in via?

Put fly screens (mesh on a frame that you clip in to open window) in those windows. Cat can't get in, neither can insects, dog can sleep undisturbed, everyone happy.

Get window screens fitted. They'll keep the flies out too.

Here's an example of such screen: www.amazon.co.uk/Mosquito-insect-100x120cm-Flyscreen-aluminum/dp/B00BMJHJAC?tag=mumsnetforum-21
Here's one that works like a roller blind: www.amazon.co.uk/TecTake-Mosquito-windows-curtain-netting/dp/B01J1Q5LT8?tag=mumsnetforum-21

There are also ones that use magnets to stick to the window frame, cheaper but may not be enough to keep a determined cat out: www.amazon.co.uk/EASYmaxx-Mosquito-Protection-Magnets-Semi-Transparent/dp/B06Y2FRKQR?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Get a water pistol and spray the cat if it comes into your house, effective and harmless.

I don't think it's your responsibility. The cat owner should keep the cat under control. If you do have to buy something send her the bill.

Cover the cat in treacle then send it home. Just the body, nowhere near its head. I bet your neighbour would make more of an effort then.

My parents use fly screens to stop the local cats coming through the open windows.

rank. cats stink.

Hey thanks for tips I’m going to try the foil on window. If that fails il get a window screen.

I think the window screens are a good plan OP. I’m a cat lover but don’t think your neighbour has any right to complain about the dog. If you let your cats roam you accept that they may end up in places that are not cat-friendly and potentially dangerous.
Cats stink? Really? Mine smells lovely. Litter trays don’t exactly smell lovely and cats with dental problems can smell but young, clean, healthy cats shouldn’t smell bad. IME they don’t have a distinct smell like dogs do.

at keeping the cats under control.

Your neighbour has no right to complain about your dog OP. But control cats you cannot. I’ve heard through other people that my cats are uninvited guests at nearby houses. None of those people have asked for tips on how to get them to stay away, but if they did I’d tell them to shout, clap and if necessary spray with a water pistol.

As a cat owner and someone who lives in a neighbourhood full of cats, deterrent is your best option. Cats roam free and there's nothing the owners or you can really do about it. We can't keep them in as it's cruel yet we have no control of them once they're outside.

Spraying them with water won't work. Cats are hunters but they're also scavengers and you dousing them with water will only shoo them off there an then. They'll be back as they know they can gain access to your home and have some fun/ scavenge at will. Block off their entrance to stop them indefinitely.

I have a Sureflap cat flap that reads my cats microchip so only she can come and go through it. In this sweltering heat though I have to have my house windows open so I don't die of heatstroke, but only wide enough so a neighbour's cat can't come in. It's so annoying and inconvenient but I accept there's nothing I can do because I live in suburbia and cats come with that. Plus my cat is part of the problem lol.

Good luck with the window guards! Hope they work!

As a gardener nothing keeps this pest out. Neighbour being unreasonable. She should keep her pet with in her land if shes worried about them. We getting abit of a result from lemon juice at the moment but considering tin foil now.

@Ponocky you can keep them within your garden. My friend has a breeding queen and manages it with no problems.

The law recognises that cats aren't controllable like dogs and will roam, there have been court cases on this.

A good method of discouraging a cat is to fill a clean washing up liquid bottle with plain water and squirt it at the cat. A good squirt on a full bottle will send the water about 10 metres. You don't have to hit the cat directly, straddling it will give it a shock. Of course, if the cat's on your bed or you're likely to hit the wallpaper or something else vulnerable it's not a good idea, but fine if it's in your garden.

There are these things called flat cats which are like mesh which stop cats getting out so I'm guessing they would stop them getting in. They also stop bugs coming in windows

I think they don't like seeing on tinfoil. They don't like the noise. Don't think walking on it's a problem.

What about compressed air cat repellant? I am a cat owner and I wouldn't of laughed I would of apologised.

washing up liquid in the water helps they don't like the taste when grooming and remember where they got wet in my experience

Definitely get window screens, they'll stop you getting flies and midges in as well as the cats.