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How to stop a cat coming in my house

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Karlwho · 23/05/2019 13:30

Posting here for traffic.
I have absolutely no experience with cats, so hoping you guys can help.
A neighbours' cat has gotten very cheeky and started visiting us in our house. she's a gorgeous cat, very friendly, but I can't leave my back door open now without her coming inside. I've never encouraged the cat to come in our home in any way, never fed, left treats etc. There's nothing as far as I know in our garden that attracts her. HOWEVER, we do have a house rabbit, so maybe she's coming in because of the bunny?
My husband and I have have chased her out of the house a couple of times, I just yelled at her a minute ago when I found her in my kitchen.
What can I do? I have no idea who she belongs to, and we live in a huge road, a nd on ly know our immediate neighbours.
any advice/ti ps appreciated.

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tmh88 · 23/05/2019 13:36

I’m in the same position at the minute it’s a cat from down the road, it’s got to the extent that when I leave the house I have to slide sideways out the door to block the cat coming in otherwise I have to chase it around trying to get it out from under my bed before nursery/work.. difficult with cats as there isn’t much the owners can do other than keep inside which isn’t practical for most.. we did buy one of them high frequency noise things that cats aren’t suppose to like but it still comes back

gamerchick · 23/05/2019 13:37

Big shit yourself noise or water.

Like rattle a carrier bag at her each time you see her.

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Karlwho · 23/05/2019 13:41

Ahhh I've never tried the noise thing. A lot of people around here have them. I did used to chu ck peppermint teabags around the garden to deter cats from shitting in our yard, and that works.

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Karlwho · 23/05/2019 13:45

We've tried making noise; husband is VERY loud and even when he shouted at her she literally strolled back in five minutes later.
Is it ok to use like a small water pistol?

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TheABC · 23/05/2019 13:45

Get a dog? Failing that, noise or water tens to work.

WhyisntMusicManacareeroption · 23/05/2019 13:54

I use a syringe filled with water to get my cat to f off for a bit when he won't stop meowing. Sounds mean but he screams like a howler monkey for 2 hours before every meal, and we feed him 4 times a day. (Vet says he's being social and isn't underweight, over if anything)
Chase the kitty to the door and then squirt the water next to her, then again as she runs away. She'll soon get the message.

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Karlwho · 23/05/2019 13:57

We're hopefully getting a German Shepherd this year! So bonus as cat deterrent.
Great idea, I'll use a Calpol syringe lol.

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Damntheman · 23/05/2019 13:58

Water gun. If possible fire at the cat from a position where it can't see you. It won't like not knowing where the threat came from and should in theory stop coming.

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Karlwho · 23/05/2019 14:08

Great, thanks lol

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MrMeSeeks · 23/05/2019 14:16

Lol when we lived with mil we used to hqve a visiting cat, we thought he was after the bunny until he lay nxt to him snuggling
We gave up.
As far as i know he still coms in and stay the odd night

BlingLoving · 23/05/2019 14:18

Definitely water pistol. Will take a while but he will learn that coming in leads to water in face which he won't like.

Mordred · 23/05/2019 14:19

A German Shepherd and a house rabbit? It'll all end in tears!

AbbieLexie · 23/05/2019 14:20

We have the same problem here. The cat comes in any open doors or windows, Throws itself at the bi-fold doors if they're shut, patrols the roof - knocks on the velux windows to come in - when chased out the back door goes to the front door and glares in the glass door.
We don't know whose cat it is, have never fed or petted it. The cat looks like a Siamese cat with no markings. It can look almost evil when it's glaring at us.
I like cats - especially Siamese cats.

Peacocking · 23/05/2019 14:24

My friends VERY effective method was to suddenly throw her arms up and run at cat/child/living thing annoying her screaming at the top of her voice as if she were being chased by satan himself. The object of the scream generally levitated to an entirely different location before landing and wondering what just happened, while gibbering for at least an hour....

MrMeSeeks · 23/05/2019 14:24

A German Shepherd and a house rabbit? It'll all end in tears!

I had a friend who had 3 dogs, 2 cats and a house rabbit, all got along!

I have ( now) 2 cats and house bunny, the cats are terrified of the bunny!

PuppyMonkey · 23/05/2019 14:28

Yep, water pistol is the way forward. Accompanied by a big hissing sound from you. It’s a bit mean but the cat will get the message after a few goes.

MyThirdBestWig · 23/05/2019 14:29

water pistol.

Does the open back door give access to the rabbit or is the rabbit secured in another way?

Beaubird83 · 23/05/2019 14:40

My grandad used to fill empty and clean 2 litre bottles with water, and place them by the door lying down. Cats are somehow terrified of them! We have used them ourselves to deter next door neighbours cat who seemed to enjoy winding our dog up by sitting in our garden. The cat has even jumped down to him and scared him away! (He’s a 5-6 stone staffie, not some small dog so seeing a cat chasing him in his own garden, albeit hilarious, was distressing for him so had to sort it).

We used to live in a small flat, and our mutual best friend lived literally opposite. He used to pop over for cuppas, and his one cat would come with him. We then had our baby, and we would find his cat randomly in her cot (not whilst she was in there) so we used the water bottle trick again and she stayed away.

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