Local tom peer on outdoors furniture; don't want to scare off my cats

Farel01

Hi all!

I have a bit of a dilemma. My outdoors cat Rudi passed away last year and I have since adopted two 4 year old ragdoll siblings that only go outside when we're around as they are dopey and complete wusses

Ever since my old cat passed away his territory has been invaded by others, but mainly a young orange tom that is maybe a third of the size of my male cat. However as my cat is a total wuss he get's beaten up by this tiny orange evil being and is now scared to death of it. All of this is mostly a source of amusement to me and none of them have gotten hurt. However...

.. The question I have is that Evil Orange is now weeing all over my outdoors cushions which is smelly and freaks my cats out. I have washed all the covers with enzyme stuff and it's all good again but I want EO to stop marking it again. How do I do that without simultaneously repelling my own cats as well?

Also; here's some pictures :-)




This is Evil Orange with my old cat Rudi, doesn't look so evil right. Things change:(

missbiggles1

Taking in your cushions when you're not using them will help.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Pepper. No, Big Sis removes cushions when not in use and puts them in the shed. The new Tom, is only marking out what is now his. Solution, get another cat, preferably male. And while we are on the subject, here is a food supplement you could give your new tom.

robatwork wrote: »

Sunwarrior Raw Organic Ormus Super Greens

I know the test. Open the bag. If it's green it's real. If it's red, fake.

I take the real stuff daily and my cat now has 2 tails, emits gamma radiation from his eyes, and when I catch him defecating in the bushes he levitates slightly.

I'm worried now in case our moggy meets yours, it won't be a straight cat scrap!

Farel01

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Taking in your cushions when you're not using them will help.

I'll start doing that, bit of a pain since I have a completely covered area partly so I don't have to do that, but I'll see if it helps. Will the tom not just mark the wood instead?

I can't take in another cat, these two floof balls shed too much already And one of my cats is male, and 8 kilo's at that, Evil Orange is just a lot more vicious, I'm not sure but he may not have been neutered (has a collar so not sure)

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Oh no, try the mixture I pointed out then on the big moggy. Size matters!

krlyr

You could perhaps cat-proof your garden a bit - rollers or rubber spikes along the top of the fence to deter visitors? It may stop your cats from leaving your garden, but IMO that's not necessarily a bad thing.

paddypaws101

Cat proof the garden and buy a big super soaker water gun with which to wet EO and deter him from your patch

Fen1

Farel, are you male or female? If male, collect your own pee and and apply in the cat marking areas. If female, do you have an OH who could help?

You need to put a dominant male scent on the territory. Your own cats won't mind it as they will know it's you.

Fen1

P.S. lovely moggies!😍😍😍😍😍😍

Farel01

Re catproofing: I looked into that a while back because as I said my cats are incredibly ditzy and it wouldn't be a bad thing for them, but my garden is pretty large and it would turn out to be really expensive (rollers) or invasive (nets). Plus I've got trees and a shed that would make it very difficult.

Got a supersoaker two weeks ago, but I've not been able to catch the damn thing, it's fast!

I'm female, I have an OH and he was really horrified when I mentioned him spreading his wee on the furniture. Honestly I'm not crazy about that either... :shocked::shocked:, but any port in a storm I guess. Does that really work?? Or are you pulling my leg?

Would spreading some of that cat away stuff repell my cats as well?

fairy_lights

Are you on good terms with the ginger tom or do you chase him away when you see him? I wonder if you try to befriend him he will feel less inclined to mark his territory in your garden as he will feel like he has a foothold there anyway. If neither you or your fluff balls are chasing him off he might know he's won the territory and back off a bit.
It might completely fail but that's my cat psychology for the day anyway