Next door's -thug- cat

[Grumpyoldpersonwithcats]

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.

Grambler
When we took the cover off ours a few days ago, TC was actually inside - I have no idea how he got under the covers.

Bookworm
Love it - I may need to get four

Love it - I may need to get four

Four?

Count again......... Sybil, Basil, Lenny,Karl,TC

Unless it's like the Magic Roundabout where there was always an empty horse because Dougal got motion sickness (yes , I am that old)

TC would look awesome sporting that buoyancy aid. Part coastguard, part TC Security Services Ltd

Imagine the fun you'd have wrestling TC into that bouyancy aid.

Good luck putting that buoyancy aid on TC! That must be worse than petting his belly

TC has now locked Grumpy and family in the house and was last seen heading off down the river on the boat...

Grambler. I suspect that Grumpy and the neighbours tried to wrestle TC into that buoyancy aid and he has done far worse to them than lock them in the house, who knows what cargo that boat has and what will be dropped over the side into the depths!!!!

Perhaps he's cut the humans into small pieces and fed them to the dogs - Sybil's strapped in the buoyancy jacket water skiing off the back of the boat

Oh yes Grambler I can picture Sybil showing off on water skis, her anti TC stance was merely a cunning plan to hide her true love for and support of him in his Grumpy domination plot.

The longer we have radio silence from Grumpy the more convinced I am that we are right.......Grumpy, Grumpy are you there????

Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
TC
Sybil
Grumpy

Grumpy but we need proof so c'mon TC and Sybil let's see if your lack of thumbs can be overcome to provide convincing evidence!!

I think I have more to worry about regarding Basil and TC plotting together, rather than Sybil.

Oh TC looks the very picture of innocence, Grumpy!

I picture Sybil sat at the prow, completely dignified like those carved figureheads on ye olde sailing ships a la Dhow Cat:

www.istockphoto.com/ae/photo/cat-on-a-boat-gm173843177-9344296

That picture of TC and the black cat (Basil?) is awesome. It looks like the start of some kind of Felinexit negotiations where TC is playing it very cool.

Is that NDN in the boat? Because further forearm pictures would not be unacceptable.

Yes I can confirm it was Basil in the picture in conference with TC.
UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername - not sure how to respond to a request for more pictures of NDN

TC is actually starting to behave .
Had the back doors open yesterday and spotted him just sitting by the open door, not making an attempt to break and enter.

He's back on the boat now.

He’s sitting by the door as he expects you to be trained by now to say ‘in you come lovely boy’

How can you not take him out on the boat- look at that face I understand not in the house but surely the boat is worth a try?

Por baby. His spirit is broken. He is a wreck of his former self and his confidence in his lovability destroyed. All because meanie pants neighbours won’t invite him in.

It appears that TC is now trying to win Grumpy over

TC is so gorgeous. I am in his cult. I will bow to his every whim.