Cat being bullied by neighbour's cat

GreenQueen

Deep_In_Debt wrote: »

I told him she had been in a fight with another cat, a big ginger one, but he didn't seem to register.

Hopefully the penny will drop and he'll realise later on that it's his cat.

Deep_In_Debt

GreenQueen wrote: »

Hopefully the penny will drop and he'll realise later on that it's his cat.

Hopefully, but I'm not holding my breath.

I popped in to a vets today (not mine but I guess it didn't matter) and picked up a leaflet on cat neutering. I'm going to post it through his door when he is out. Hopefully, when he reads that his cat has a higher risk of certain cancers than if he had it neutered, maybe that might work.

I also bought a "Super Soaker" water gun today. It has quite a jet so I'm hoping that will do the trick but nothing seems to scare or phase the bully, he just seems to come back for more. I wish I had the "Super Soaker" this morning as he was sitting in the middle of my back garden with his back to me - would have been perfect!

KxMx

Neutering is likely to help with aggression, but it's not guaranteed.

I had a neutered female who was hyper territorial and very aggressive as a result.

Never had to take her to the Vets though, she was so bad 99.95 of her opponents would flee in terror rather than fight her!

amandacat

All three of my cats got bitten by a local Tom and I spent about £250 in vets bills in two months. It was a new cat to the area. After about three months they seemed to stop getting bitten and now the Tom seems to just ignore them and they keep their distance. A bit like they got used to each other and started respecting territory. Not sure how long this has been going on for you but I hope similar happens in your situation.

Deep_In_Debt

amandacat wrote: »

All three of my cats got bitten by a local Tom and I spent about £250 in vets bills in two months. It was a new cat to the area. After about three months they seemed to stop getting bitten and now the Tom seems to just ignore them and they keep their distance. A bit like they got used to each other and started respecting territory. Not sure how long this has been going on for you but I hope similar happens in your situation.

Thank you. I'm hoping this will happen.

I've only had these 2 since October last year and they first went out in November but as it was Winter, they tended to stay in the garden for short periods. Now that the weather is better, Bonnie is spending longer periods outside and roaming further as she has found a good "mousing" place and seems to head off in that direction which is the area the Tom lives. Just hoping she will get the message and find a different place to go "mousing".

tealady

Just an idea, might work, might not.
When a cat is "lost" one suggestion is to vac the house and sprinkle the dust round the garden.
The theory being the cat finds its own smell of home.
Could you try the same thing, it might tell the Tom that it is another cats territory.

Deep_In_Debt

tealady wrote: »

Just an idea, might work, might not.
When a cat is "lost" one suggestion is to vac the house and sprinkle the dust round the garden.
The theory being the cat finds its own smell of home.
Could you try the same thing, it might tell the Tom that it is another cats territory.

That's a good idea; I will do that. Thanks for the suggestion.

He is so brazen that I doubt anything will put him off. I will definitely give it a try as nothing to lose.

UKTigerlily

Could you speak to his owner, and if neutering isn't an option, suggest a time share? Eg tom cat goes out 8am - 2pm, yours goes out 3pm on?
Maybe the tom won't come in on being summoned, but with a nice tasty treat might? Also, maybe the owner would neuter if he has his cat spraying indoors

Deep_In_Debt

UKTigerlily wrote: »

Could you speak to his owner, and if neutering isn't an option, suggest a time share? Eg tom cat goes out 8am - 2pm, yours goes out 3pm on?
Maybe the tom won't come in on being summoned, but with a nice tasty treat might? Also, maybe the owner would neuter if he has his cat spraying indoors

Thanks for the good suggestion. I think the timeshare would be difficult to execute as I work all day Mon-Fri so cats have cat flap access all day. Tom cat owner works shifts and he has a cat flap too.

Not sure the cat is spraying in his house as I'm sure the owner would do something about it.

The tom is a big bully. He tried to bust his way through the catflap this morning and luckily it woke me up and I stopped him. My cats were indoors at the time so he is determined to get to them. Even the jet of water and a good soaking has not stopped him.

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You know you can get timed flaps so they can only go in and out by their microchip at times set by you, so could work if he'd agree.