Neighbour cats

[coolaschmoola]

I have a small three year old cat. Shortly after I got her my neighbours got a huge male, adult cat. After a number of stand offs, scraps and me ejecting neighbour cat from our house they settled down into ignoring each other.

About nine months ago the same neighbours got two kittens. In the last three months one of them has started to really take the piss. Literally and figuratively.

They are over a year now and one of them has started coming into the house and stealing cat food. This doesn't really bother me hugely. It's summer, the door is open, it's not surprising.

What is bothering me is that the same cat keeps peeing on our garden stuff in an attempt to mark territory. And that is pissing me right off.

My cat was sat on our sloping roof and the neighbour cat literally walked onto the carport roof and peed right in front of her.

This has also happened on the garden chair, my husband's car roof and then yesterday on the bloody barbecue cover!!!

It's utterly disgusting and I'm assuming that there isn't much I can do about it. I can't repel cats because I have one.

Does anyone have any ideas?!

Have a big loaded water pistol always to hand and spray it thoroughly every time you see it. it will soon get the message!

It's a cat just doing what cats do. Cats are territorial animals, and urine marking, whilst unpleasant isn't abnormal behaviour. The usual cat repellents aren't much use as you have a cat of your own, you can use a water pistol but unless you're indoors all day it will probably just learn not to do it when you're around rather than not do it at all. You could cat proof the garden although that could be fairly expensive. It would mean your garden would be your cat's territory though rather than having all the neighbourhood cats competing over it.

I really can't just take their cat for neutering without so much as a by your leave! Not only is that grossly unreasonable behaviour, I'm pretty certain it's an offence. Plus they are good people.

I'm going to go speak to them and see if they have any suggestions.

Who would foot the bill for the cat to be neutered? How would you explain to an owner that their cat died during the op if they died? I'm sorry but neutering someone else's cat isn't right no matter how you try to justify it. Op I'd have a word with them, one of mine still sprays and he's been neutered, I'd try and work with you to sort it if it was mine.

For all I know he may be neutered, but even if he is not it's not my place, nor my responsibility. I'm certainly not going to foot the bill for neutering.

I'm absolutely astounded that someone would take it upon themselves to do that. Do you pay for it?