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bengal tom won't take leave for an answer!

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iloveeverykindofcat · 04/06/2016 13:20

I've spent a lot of money getting the cat enclosure done for my girls, and picked the new house partly on its suitability garden wise. The same neighbour who did the enclosure owns 2 malamutes and 2 bengal cats, both male. One is an elderly patrician who governs the street primarily through his distinctive shouts of mow! mow! and apart from being rather gobsmacked that I don't let him in my house, as his wont is to go in every house on the street, he and I get on very well. The other is young and intact (though will be neutered soon), a snow bengal male and one of the most beautiful animals I have never seen, but absolutley incorrigible. He comes into my garden all the time (ceiling wire doesn't come right up to the house because it would be too easy for burglars to climb. My girls are nowhere near athletic enough to get in/out, but the bengal can get in). Or he just hangs around and stares at the girls through the wire. It's making them fear-agressive and not want to go out as much. Things I have tried:

"Hugo [his name], go home." - while staring at him. He stares back, meows, and very deliberately sits down as though to demonstrate he'll sit where he pleases.

"Psst! Hiss!" - no response.

Spraying/flicking water - moves out of the way of the water, then moves back.

Physically picking him up and putting him out - meows at me, then waits a bit and comes back.

I'm going to get his way into the pen blocked, but that doesn't stop him coming around and contesting the boundaries. He isn't precisely doing anything to bully them, just looking and smelling like a tom I suppose.

Help??

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iloveeverykindofcat · 05/06/2016 20:05

You could casually enquire where they got their boy, make a general enquiry at the breeder and then slip in the fact that this cat isn't neutered.

This is a very good idea

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Squaddielife · 06/06/2016 14:01

I have 2 male bengals (both neutered) and they can be a first class pain the ass. They are super confident and have been know to face up to a dog on the driveway before now. Our neighbour complained about them doing their business in her garden so we bought some Silent Roar to scatter on the boundary and it seems to have done the trick so maybe try that.
We did tell her that we have no problem with her swiping the cats with a broom (not beating them obvs) or dumping a load of water over them. They have both come home drenched several times lol.

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