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Terror cat terrorising street and my cat

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 17/04/2026 10:07

As it says in title.

In past week my cat has suddenly refused to go out, I posted about it here. In her soft bed upstairs, only out now for 15 mins max whereas before it was 2-3 hours at a time.

On posting about this on our WhatsApp apparently a big ginger and white tomcat think unneutered, has been terrorising the street cats, fighting, trying to get through others cat flaps. He’s well fed and clean so thought is he’s not a stray or feral.

What can we do? My cat is female about 12 and quite streetwise. She was out at all hours before as her previous owners didn’t have a cat flap and she adopted me, all above board with previous owners. Who’d got a dog which scared her and her sister who also moved out. Sister moved away think got on a bus! She tried to do this with a friend of mine, get on a bus. Old owners got a call from vet about 30 mins away saying they had her but she’d found a new home.

My cat is hiding inside now, but fine with me. Purring away, liking cuddles and eating well. I saw this beast cat for the first time yesterday at the back of the garden.

oh my cat is “hiding” in her cat igloo is what I meant to say. Poor love.

Terror cat terrorising street and my cat
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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 17/04/2026 16:29

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 17/04/2026 16:17

I need to find my gardening gloves.

See if you can find a pair of the long gauntlets that they sell for doing bits and pieces to a logburner (or handling a crucible of molten metal). Or a suit of armour.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 17/04/2026 17:15

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 17/04/2026 16:29

See if you can find a pair of the long gauntlets that they sell for doing bits and pieces to a logburner (or handling a crucible of molten metal). Or a suit of armour.

My stepdad has some. I’ll borrow these.

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