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

Farel01

fairy_lights wrote: »

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

Not so much. My old cat used to play with EO when he was still at the just past kitten stage. They would mock fight a lot. EO has never been comfortable with humans though, at least not with me or OH and we tried.

Ever since he's started beating on my floofballs I've been shooing him away.

Fen1

The male pee trick is absolutely genuine.

Getting your cats to spend more time in the garden would be good even if it means you camping out a bit!!!😸

Farel01

Well I'll see if I can convince OH..

Spending more time in the garden is not so much of an issue now the weather is better :-)