Neighbour's cat in house

[enterparentone]

Help! Our neighbour's cat keeps coming into our house (and others on the road). Now it's warming up, we enjoy having the back door open to the garden, but he keeps coming in! We love cats, have 2 of our own, but this one is intact and keeps scenting/peeing on any available vertical surface - walls, door frames, table legs. It's vile and stinks. What can we do?! We can't use any of the usual cat deterrents because we have our own. Oh, and also he keeps having very loud yowling matches with another neighbourhood cat below my bedroom window at about 4am most nights...but that's another story!! Any advice?!

Why isn’t he neutered?.

Keep back door shut. Nothing else for it.

Would your cats be happier if you cat proofed the garden so it couldn’t get in?
Keep the door shut.
Why TF don’t people get their cats neutered?

Super soaker?

@Doveyouknow

Super soaker?

My thoughts exactly

They are great but not so much in the house or at 4am!!

Can you have a word with your neighbour explain that because they haven't had the cat castrated it's been coming in your house and spraying.
I wouldn't be happy I've a cat had him done as soon as and as much as I love cats that cat would have had my foot up it's backside bad enough if your own cat damages things but to have someone else's not good at all
Hope you can find a way to stop that cat coming in and destroying your house

Thank you! I've discussed with my NDN (who also has him coming in her house) and we both feel it's not our place to ask the other neighbour to neuter their cat sadly (much as I agree they should!!) AFAIK there's no law that says you have to?
We desperately need to replace our garden fencing but not affordable, let alone cat-proofing it ☹️
Lol I bought a super soaker, but it's never to hand fast enough - abs by the time I've seen him/out of bed, the damage is done and some loud clapping/window banging shoos him off.
I'm at a loss!

Absolutely you need to ask them to Neuter it. If it's coming into your house and causing damage you have every right to ask. I'd be paying for it myself if it was creating an issue.

Do Cats Protection still loan out traps so that unneutered cats can be caught, taken to the vet and neutered? If so, I would do this. Not your place? I don't accept that. Adore cats in general and our cats are part of the family, but unneutered cats allowed to roam result in nuisance like you and your neighbours are experiencing, health hazards - spread of disease and fight injuries - not to mention unwanted litters of kittens, feral colonies and over-population.

Take pics of him in your house.. Show the owner and suggest she will be getting billed for any cat pee damage...

My dd's very young dcats keep getting sexually assaulted by an un neutered bloody tom..

I totally agree with all the points. @MrsMackesy thanks for mentioning Cats Protection - I wonder if they have a helpline or something I could call for advice?

How are things, @enterparentone - any progress?

You really need to tell the neighbour that their unneutered Tom cat needs fixed. It's their responsibility when they become pet owners! You need to be polite but firm. If he's still young enough it should lessen his Tom cat behaviour and the piss stink. But it may also change nothing.
If they refuse then I'm afraid he'd be getting trapped and taken to the vets myself. Who's to know it's not my cat who I've never had registered? (And if his owners haven't had him neutered, then they've definitely not bothered chipping him either!) I don't give a shit whether he's someone else's pet. His owners cannot be that bothered about his welfare if they're okay risking him going missing, wandering for days chasing females, or getting into fights or risking harm from angry householders who's property he is damaging.

You need to tell the neighbour. If I was the neighbour I’d be mortified and getting the cat neutered ASAP.

Just spoken to Cats Protection and unfortunately as cats are property, there's nothing we can do with him. Just a suggestion of approaching the owner, and info about how to clean up the wee and suggestions of how to cat proof the garden...

So I think I need to put on my big girl pants and go and knock...maybe ask NDN who's having the problems too to come with me!!

Good luck OP - be brave!

If that doesn't work, I do know several people who have used a trap in similar circumstances and said the cat was a stray - either because it was a stray or feral, or it wasn't known where it lived, or the owner wouldn't take action.

I'd have him neutered (as stupid as this may be). If he is not microchipped that may be a way. I know about cat and property and all, but I would just do it and ask permission later. Trap, neuter, give cat back and say you have no idea who did that. Better for the cat, better for you.

See if there's a smaller local rescue, who'll trap and neuter him. There's a neutering prog where I live and if an owned, intact male gets caught up in it, that's just bad luck