Neighbours cat terrorising our cats through the window

[Pitstop1986]

We have 2 maine coons, one is 12 months old and the other 2 years old. Both male and un-neutured. They are house cats, so never go outside. We've never had a problem with them. They have their little play fights, but nothing too serious but just as often, you'll find them cuddled up together or grooming each other.

Recently, a cat from the estate across the road from us has been coming up to our house, sitting on the window ledge and making noises through the window. Like cat fighting noises or deep growls. Our cats will then jump on the inside window ledge and they'll start jumping up at the window. When this happens, we often go outside and shoo the other cat away, but they've been coming over to ours more frequently, sometimes just sitting on the window ledge looking through the window if our cats aren't around, eg if they're sleeping upstairs.

Our eldest cat has started urinating in the house. We think he's trying to mark his territory. My other half has decided to book both cats in to get neutered, to stop the spraying around the house. It's not hygienic and we have a baby on the way. I wondered if there was a way to stop this other cat coming over at all in the meantime as it must be stressful for our cats to have this much aggression put into them in their own homes.

Thanks all

Let the poor thing out so they can establish and defend a territory.. never can get my head around house cats.

Put blinds or nets up?

Yours definitely need neuter as the other cat will smell them. Can you out plant pots on the outside window ledge to stop the cat being able to sit there, when you see other cat hiss and growl back at it yourself, that might scare it away.

Water pistol.

And why have you not had your cats neutered already? Entire toms stink.

Would a window film work? Like purlfrost? It's an opaque film that sticks to the inside of your window and lets light through but is not see through. Really easy to apply and then remove later when not needed. Might it break the other cat's habit if he can no longer see in. Plus allow your car to relax because he cannot see out?

Can you put those plastic cat spikes you get for fences on your outside windowsill so the neighbour cat can't sit there looking in?

They don't hurt them, just make the surface impossible to sit / walk on.

You can get sonic deterrents to put in your garden. I had a gravelled front garden aka giant litter tray and put one up and never a cat set a paw in there again! Could you look at one of those, especially if your cats are indoor so it wouldn't affect them?

It's a bit late to hope neutering will stop spraying. It's best to get them neutered in their first year.

Also Maine coon cats are notoriously poor with any road sense which is why they are often house cats.

I'd make discourage the outside cats by making their place to sit impossible with window boxes, foil, whatever you can find to discourage them.

I would say let them out to defend their territory. But when one of my normally placid Persians defended her garden it resulted in an £800 vets bill!

Honestly, it's really no wonder you have a cat outside trying to fight them.

Entire toms will stink to other cats - even if the spraying is recent, they smell and it will be so obvious to all the other cats in the neighbourhood.

Please get them neutered, so it may not help the spraying as they're quite old to be fixed.

It's probably a female on heat.

This is why we neuter cats!