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Next door's cat is trying to move in.

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willow · 19/01/2011 13:26

He is sat on my lap at the moment. I have chucked him out the house about five times already today. We have a female cat the same age - 13 - amd they are ok with each other but think he is getting bit dominant, tbh, which is not on. Cat flap has magnet thing - so does he on his collar. He has had enough of home it seems - think toddler tantrums and new baby have given him the hump. Apparently neighbours acquired him when their next door neighbour at their last home had a baby! He is obviously not fan of young children. Don't really know what to do apart from keep showing him the door. Found him asleep on my feet when I woke up the other morning, cheeky sod. Own cat seems more or less ok, but that's where she usually sleeps so doubt she is over the moon. She is my 'baby' and don't want her moving out - but how do I get him to stop coming in without being horrible?

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willow · 19/01/2011 15:08

He's back again - chucked him out twice since last post -asleep on my bed!

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Colleen84 · 24/01/2011 09:40

Haha that's mad. Does he feed from your other cat's food bowl?

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willow · 25/01/2011 13:39

I don't think so... but, then again, she does seem to be eating a bit more than normal :) He's back on my bed at the moment - and on Saturday afternoon I crashed out for an hour or two as was feeling rubbish, and woke up to find him on my feet again! Oh, and he's taken to jumping on to my lap while I am at the computer, too. He's making a good effort to mix socially, it has to be said.

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CameronCook · 25/01/2011 13:44

Hmmm thats how we got adopted by our second cat.

She just walked in one day and acted like she owned the place, in spite of being turfed out on numerous occassions she just kept coming back.

Went and spoke to neighbours who said that since they got a dog a few months back, the cat had refused point blank to set foot over their door. They were very happy for us to care for her, as with winter approaching and her being an old cat they were worried she wouldn't make it living wild.

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willow · 25/01/2011 16:17

I have a feeling we may have a shared ownership thing on our hands - not sure we have any say in the matter. Just got in from school run to find him waiting for me.

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tulpe · 25/01/2011 21:52

Willow, please talk about this with your neighbour. I have a neighbour who repeatedly allowed my tom to make himself at home in their house. He would meow to be let out of ours and then run straight over to theirs. They are lovely well-meaning people but I couldn't make them see that they shouldn't do it. He was spending more time there than here :(. I can't tell you home much it upset us and particularly DS1.

Not saying this is the case here but please ensure they are cool with it too :)

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willow · 26/01/2011 08:15

They know all about it. Have suggested they take the magnet off his collar for a bit so that he gets out of the habit of being able to get in, but they have a problem with Toms coming into their house - so not sure how we sort this. Have already chucked him out twice today.

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tulpe · 26/01/2011 18:31

Good that you are trying to sort it between you. Bloody cats, eh??!! Give them an inch and they take a mile!

Am surprised they have trouble with toms going into theirs though. Would have thought the scent of their cat would have put them off?

kazmus · 26/01/2011 18:49

ah we have just had a twenty minute standoff between Bertie our regular visitor, sooty the new friend and Tilly the only cat meant to live here but in 13 years has not managed to work out the nicities of a cat flap so has to have it permanently propped open making it open house for any of her friends! They make me laugh as all are wimps and dont want to be the first to raise a paw in anger.!

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willow · 27/01/2011 09:00

Guess who was here when we woke up?

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Colleen84 · 27/01/2011 09:34

Yeah I think speaking to the neighbours is a good idea about what they want you to do. Do they mind?

I guess if you're not feeding the cat then there's not much you can do. I guess you can't change the locks on a cat flap! Grin

Marne · 27/01/2011 09:39

You should feel honored Grin, cats choose where they live and he must think you are a loving, caring person.

strawberrypie · 27/01/2011 09:59

Willow have you considered a sureflap catflap which reads the cat's microchip/identichip? only your cat would be able to get in then.

I have one and it works really well- you just post your (already microchipped) cat through it before you install it and it remembers their number.

They are a bit pricey though- about £80 but it means the cat does not have to wear the bulky magnetic collar :)

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willow · 27/01/2011 10:12

Cat flap is in bit of glass in french doors - daren't start faffing about with it. We had a microchip one at our old house and it did work - we got it because we were convinced a cat was coming in and spraying. Then, the day we moved out, we found several fossilised frogs in various nooks and cranies around the house (behind washing machine, under cooker etc) - cats had brought them in from the garden, they'd tried to escape and slowly putrified around the flat. Hence the smell! How we laughed. Not.

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BaroqueAroundTheClock · 27/01/2011 10:16

No advice as I'm a newbie cat owner but strawberrypie

"you just post your (already microchipped) cat through it "

PMSL Grin

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willow · 27/01/2011 11:53

actually, we used a specific collar coded one before, not a microchip one. Maybe that is the answer? LOL though at fact that it stores up to 32 different cats' chip details - subtext: suitable for batty cat-lovers who don't know when to stop and will shortly be appearing on one of those RSPCA programmes after neighbours complain of stench.

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strawberrypie · 27/01/2011 12:36

The posting was very funny baroque! I felt like we were scanning her at the supermarket!

Oh dear Willow, my little darling also brings frogs in but they are always alive and apparently unharmed. They screech until one of us rescues them and puts them back outside! It's like a non-stop-frog-conveyor belt when it's breeding season!

strawberrypie · 27/01/2011 12:38

I remember the instructions on the catflap actually said

"no amount of waving the cat around near the flap will work- you have to post them through the door"

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SerenaJoy · 27/01/2011 13:03

Sorry, I don't have any advice either as mine are lazy housecats, but am also laughing at the mental image of strawberrypie posting her cat through the catflap Grin

Hope you come up with a plan to get rid of your feline squatter, willow.

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willow · 28/01/2011 09:57

Just heard cat flap go. As am currently typing with our cat laying across my arms (it is an acquired skill) presume he is back,

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Summersoon · 03/02/2011 22:35

Has he taken up permanent residence yet? Smile

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