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Our cat is being picked on

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Springblossom2022 · 02/06/2022 11:22

Hi all! Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same and has any advice. Our cat went missing for 6 weeks recently, and after lots of Facebook appeals/posters/leaflets through letterboxes she turned up out of the blue looking healthy and unharmed! Cheeky thing. We are very relieved as we adore her. We've noticed since she's been back that another cat who lives across the road has been 'upsetting' her. The other cat (a girl) tries to come down our driveway and our cat gets very anxious and upset and hisses/growls at it. I've spoken to the owner who we are good friends with and who is lovely, and he's told us to shoo her away whenever she comes. I was worried about doing this as didn't want to see cruel, but he assured me he wouldn't mind at all and that his cat needs to learn to stay off our cats patch. He was the one who suggested his cat may have been the reason ours went missing, and was very apologetic, but we of course told him there was no need to apologise as cats will be cats!

Our cat has been doing well being back at home and hardly leaves our garden since being back, but the presence of the other cat attempting to come onto our garden is distressing her. Apart from shooing the other cat away (by walking towards it and clapping our hands etc), I'm guessing there's not a whole lot more we can do?

Sorry to be posting about cat turf wars! 😂 We just love our cat and want her to enjoy her golden years.

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sleepymum50 · 02/06/2022 11:46

I read once that using a water pistol could deter cats. The idea is not to actually hit the cat with a jet of water, just something that would startle them. It works better if they can’t see where it comes from.

I’m at cat lover but shooing them away is absolutely fine. Another tip I read was if your cat scratches your sofa up, keep blown up balloons behind your sofa, and rub them in that horrible screechy way balloons make. The noise startles them away.

caringcarer · 02/06/2022 11:56

Of course you cat deserves to live out its elderly years in comfort. Get water pistol and when other cat approaches squirt with water. Help your cat defend its turf. I have cats and would not mind this.

Springblossom2022 · 02/06/2022 12:54

Thank you both, we have got a water pistol so will use it to scare the other cat away, though obviously won't aim the water directly at it! Hopefully the other cat will learn that each time it comes this happens and so will keep away in future. I'm hoping helping our cat defend her turf will mean she doesn't go missing again ❤️

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