Pussy problem......

[Tech72]

Hey, so I have this problem with the neighbourhood cats (the animal kind that is). For some reason, all three neighourhood cats all hang out around my house. I don't feed them or have anything that would attract these damn cats. If anything, I chase them, throw things at them or spray them with water every chance I get. Yet they still hang out under my car, sit on my lawn chairs, sleep on my swing and generally party on my deck. How does this bother me? Well, the freakin' cats sometimes take dumps in my yard and eat all the bird feed I leave in my birdhouse (for the birds). Not to mention, the cats scare all the birds away, I haven't seen a bird around my house in months! Worse, I look out the window and see the cats humping! Yes, they're using my backyard to hang out and have their wild "monkey sex" menage a trois!! How do I get rid of these damn cats?!

I've heard that leaving moth balls all over the place will drive the cats away since they hate the moth ball smells. Plan A is to try this. Plan B is to use my BB gun to hunt them down, well at least scare or piss them off to someone else's house anyway.....Any advice is appreciated. Getting a dog is not an option. Of all the "pussy" problems I could have, this is not the one I would pick......

I feel like a pissed off convenient store owner because the neighbourhood kids are loitering.......

F**king cats.....

 

[freshbreath]

if you're willing to go to extremes, it's best to try to catch them (lure them with kitty treats), and drive them miles and miles away at night or when your neighbour isn't around
the cats will begin a new life somewhere else

if you talk to your neighbour about it first, then something happens, he/she'll be suspicious for sure

 

[tboy]

Well, if you shoot them with BBs you will be charged with cruelty to animals so I wouldn't resort to that.

The best bet is to call the humane society and have them trap them or else trap them yourself and take them to the humane society. If they have collars you can trace them back to the owners and force them to control their animals.

Another thing you can try is to catch them and tie a note onto them saying something like: you cat has become a pest on my property. This time it was just a note. Next time it will be taken away.......CONTROL YOUR PET!

 

[freshbreath]

or, you could try to get your neighbour to move away
tell him that the area is getting really dangerous, you just had two gun-toting terrorists drag race their honda civics through your kitchen leaving west-nile virus breeding puddles of water everywhere

 

[basketcase]

Cats are evil. They are just hanging around because they know it pisses you off. I had two that used to sit outside my door to piss of my dog. The government should add cats to the pit bull legislation.

 

[twizzler2]

the best plan would be to get a live trap ( I believe you can get them free from the city ) catch them and take them to the humane society. If they have chips, or other ID the owners will be contacted and will have to pay the humane society for the pet's stay in their care. This usually includes a medical exam and a fee per day for boarding.

If there is no ID for the pet then it will go through the normal process at the humane society and be put up for adoption.

 

[james t kirk]

First off, cats don't eat bird seed. Cats are carnivores pure applied carnivores.

Second, They do eat birds though.

Which may be why they are hanging around your place.

Third, if a cat takes a dump, they bury it (being the clean animals that they are.)

You need to learn to relax and not be cruel to animals.

 

[MarkII]

If you have above ground basement windows, that may be your problem.

Odd answer I know!

The males spray on anything they can...it attracts other females or dominant males...end result..a huge HISSY fit.

Wash your basement window frames with a soap and lysol solution..and if you can do the corners of the house as well. If you have an area between houses...slosh the solution against the two houses at the lowest point. You want to disinfect the urine in all the spots they spray. That might solve your problem.

It's a neighborhood ( sp?) and thats what they do!

 

[funguy07]

First off, cats don't eat bird seed. Cats are carnivores pure applied carnivores.

Second, They do eat birds though.

Which may be why they are hanging around your place.

Third, if a cat takes a dump, they bury it (being the clean animals that they are.)

You need to learn to relax and not be cruel to animals.

What he said. Furthermore, what you probably have is a people problem not a cat problem. If people were more responsible, cats wouldn't be roaming around in the first place

 

[newbler]

similar situation happened to someone i know, they shot the cat while the owner was at work and buried it before they got home, they were never the wiser, i guess thats what you call the 10 cent solution

 

[GlavaMan]

I'm having the same problem right now also.

I've seen two different cats & they take off when they see me. They don't hang around & party much but they are taking a dump in my backyard almost nightly. They sure as shit are not burying it. I'm thinking of getting a paintball gun but I don't want to kill them. I've heard you can buy Panther urine to spread around & keep them away.

 

[Tragically_Glib]

I've heard that leaving moth balls all over the place will drive the cats away since they hate the moth ball smells....

Well, if you shoot them with BBs you will be charged with cruelty to animals so I wouldn't resort to that.!

I'd rather get shot with a BB gun than what all those poor moths had done to them!!!


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[Hard Idle]

Communicate like an animal

The males spray on anything they can...it attracts other females or dominant males...end result..a huge HISSY fit.

Wash your basement window frames with a soap and lysol solution...You want to disinfect the urine in all the spots they spray. That might solve your problem...!

That might slow the traffic for a little while, but they'll just spray it again.

After chasing them off next time, you should probably urinate all over the place yourself, then hang around there for a while. In animal language, this means "I'm can kick your ass and this place is MINE!"

Preferrably they should still be in the viscinity and monitoring as you piss them a line in the sand. Return and do this on a nightly basis so that every time they visit, they will smell your urine first and associate it with their humiliating expulsion.

When I lived close to Scarborough Grace Hospital, I had the problem with wandering Wolves who;s habitat was recently disturbed. I used to chase them back to the bushes stomping and throwing things their way. While they looked on from there, I sprayed the area, and also returned to "mark" all the trees so that my scent would remind them of the ugly 260lb monster who shook the ground behind them. I'd say it worked after a couple of weks.

 

[Tragically_Glib]

Best solution!!
Try water sprinklers on intermittent timers. Cats hate getting sprayed with water. If he learns to associate your yard with getting wet, he may stop coming around.

Better yet, get a motion activated sprinkler

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[grguy]

I'd rather get shot with a BB gun than what all those poor moths had done to them!!!/QUOTE]

Give me your address. I'll take a shot at you. LOL

Seriously, the moth balls have worked, especially when spread around loose soil, like flower beds. Cayenne pepper also works well. They get it on their paws, and, when they groom, the taste is terrible and it will usually stop them from visiting that area.

 

[tboy]

Best solution!!
Try water sprinklers on intermittent timers. Cats hate getting sprayed with water. If he learns to associate your yard with getting wet, he may stop coming around.

Better yet, get a motion activated sprinkler

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Better yet, you might make a game out of this and get yourself one of those super soaker 9000 water guns. Fill it with water mixed with stink bait (that stuff you buy at canadian tire to put on fishing lures) and sit out there with a couple of beers and a lawn chair and everytime you see on, blast em.

 

[papasmerf]

get a big dog and under feed it by a bit

 

[Binky]

Watch out...

 

[scouser1]

you have two options you can call the humane society or animal control in your area they will lend you a trap, use some really smelly food like tuna or canned cat food to lure them, by then you can take them to the pound to be either neutered and adopted out or neutered/spayed and if they are just completely anti social with people re released but on the upside they will never breed again so adding to the problem, please do not harm these cats the life of a street cat is horrible enough and probably due to some irresponsible previous owner, call up this group for more help and info

http://www.annexcatrescue.on.ca/education/found_stray.shtml

http://www.annexcatrescue.on.ca/contact/contact_info.shtml

they have a section on feral/stray cats