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Post by hayesface on Jul 28, 2011 9:19:55 GMT
My cat is being terrorised by a neighbourhood moggy in our own garden. She doesn't leave our garden at all even when the gate is open but I'm worried that she will do whatever nessesary to get away from the beating and end up on the road  First time they fought our cat did actually come off better but it rattled her for quite a while and now she is scared to go outside and won't relax in the garden now, she just nips out and then straight back in if there are any noises etc. Its had hold of her another three times since then. Any ideas on how to keep cats out of the garden without adverse effects to our cat? Would the 'keep out' sprays work around the fenceline to keep them out but her in? |
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Post by corrie on Jul 28, 2011 9:27:25 GMT
A hose pipe  |
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Post by heathers on Jul 28, 2011 12:10:56 GMT
poor cat
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Post by hayesface on Jul 28, 2011 16:23:45 GMT
Threw some gravel in its general direction this morning but it didn't seem that scared  Maybe I'll set the chickens on it, they're bigger than little Lexie-lou! I'm not fast enough to get to the hosepipe before the little menace has sauntered off but the thought did occur to me! |
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Post by lastchance on Aug 4, 2011 16:47:35 GMT
I've had the same problem for years with mine and a variety of other neighbouring cats. Mine can hold her own in a scrap though she's a tiny little thing but goes through phases of not wanting to go out when there's another bully cat on the block.
I've seen advice on other forums about approaching the owners of the bully cat to politely ask them if they can perhaps agree to keep their cat in at certain times of the day to allow yours to go out during those times without being pestered but I've not tried it - the furry hooligans that congregate round here I don't know whose they are. The only one I do know mine actually gets on with HIM.
Water and chasing them I've found doesn't work. Infact it eggs them on. One I particularly detest (spends its days and nights prowling round my house howling like Mr Bean) and have repeatedly chased actually seems to start deliberately swaggering whenever our paths cross.
If she wants to stay in I'd let her stay in, and when she wants to go out I'd go out and stand outside with her for a while. They do get their confidence back in due course but its so annoying when they're scared to go out incase another furry thug is waiting to pounce.
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 4, 2011 17:18:55 GMT
I found that one of those super soaker type water pistols is good for discouraging cats without actually doing them any harm. We also have the plastic spikes on top of the gates which has helped a lot, and chicken wire along the bottom of the hedges - which was originally done when we got millie as a puppy, but it does block off the gaps in the hedge where the cats get through. We do still get a few, but not so many.
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Post by duchessforever on Sept 26, 2011 16:17:39 GMT
poor cat xxx
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First time they fought our cat did actually come off better but it rattled her for quite a while and now she is scared to go outside and won't relax in the garden now, she just nips out and then straight back in if there are any noises etc. Its had hold of her another three times since then.
Maybe I'll set the chickens on it, they're bigger than little Lexie-lou!
