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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.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 30/05/2019 22:54

sweetkitty
Were it not for Sybil that would be a brilliant idea.
However were it not for Sybil I'd probably have given up and accepted my fate anyway Grin.

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Katastrophy · 30/05/2019 23:23

TC reminds me of that carpathian guy in the painting from Ghostbusters 2, I can't remember his name. He is terrifying!

Rinkytinkpanther · 31/05/2019 00:18

Grumpy, Bookworm, she's a force to be reckoned with! She shows her love in her own special way! As an ex rescue she has serious trust issues. We think she's about 14. She's very good at chasing out interlopers.

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Bookworm4 · 31/05/2019 00:30

@rinky
She is rather fabulous (so is your garden)

Rinkytinkpanther · 31/05/2019 00:32

Thank you. She's a special lady.

TinselAndKnickers · 31/05/2019 00:59

Oh I am crying with laughter at this thread having just read the whole thing Grin

This little beast IS my cat but she will never ever ever ever leave me alone and is a master at breaking and entering. She and TC could perform master heists for dreamies!

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FangsTasticBeast · 31/05/2019 01:09

I’m just place marking for the cute cat pictures

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/05/2019 06:17

@Rinkytink
Why is it only female cats do this look?
My boy cats just don't do this.
@Tinsel - that face Grin

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timperley · 31/05/2019 06:42

Love this thread! So many cute pics. #teamTC

Rinkytinkpanther · 31/05/2019 06:53

Grumpy, this is her normal face when she's guarding the garden. When people come to us and say how beautiful she is we have to warn them not touch her (she is massively unpredictable with strangers). Obviously she's not good with little people and she hates men.

YesQueen · 31/05/2019 10:39

My boy cat does a good outraged face when I refuse to cuddle him or if you accidentally wake him

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Mia184 · 31/05/2019 10:57

Oh, Mia loves to show her grumpy face whenever she realizes that I‘m taking pictures.

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Rinkytinkpanther · 31/05/2019 11:21

They really know how to deliver a look that could kill. We love them though.

MoreOfADogPerson · 31/05/2019 11:28

I do like Sybil. I reckon she could sort out my teenage puppy.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 31/05/2019 12:06

I actually give Sybil more chance of sporting out Brexit than TC.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/05/2019 13:39

Sybil failed to recognise what was going on behind her this morning.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/05/2019 13:57

MoreOfADogPerson
Go on then - show us your teenage puppy - we are a broad church here Grin.

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Minkies11 · 31/05/2019 14:11

Grumpy faces when babies.

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Rinkytinkpanther · 31/05/2019 14:14

Minkies, they are beauties (and they know it).

RonniePasas · 31/05/2019 14:22

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CassandraCross · 31/05/2019 14:30

I reckon Sybil was just lulling TC into a false sense of security.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/05/2019 17:44

Sitting outside and TC must think we either blind or stupid as he's trying to break in through the window in full sight.

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Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 31/05/2019 17:50

And obviously he must have dragged all the random bits of boat to the window to get a leg up because clearly I wouldn't have just left them there.

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HelmutFrontbut · 31/05/2019 17:51

😹😹😹 Wtf is he doing? Shock

CassandraCross · 31/05/2019 18:12

How fabulous does he look in that picture of him standing looking in the window.

Full marks for determination, TC.