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We live in a rural village and our area is being terrorised by a stray/ferrel cat.
So far he's been seen commiting genocide on our neighbours doves, a nest of robin chicks and any other passing feathered being, he routinely comes into our house and eats the food of our cats and fights with our next door but ones elderly cats.
He's big aggressive and seems to be living in the orchard behind us which is quite overgrown and (used) to be full of birds and small animals.
Any idea what to do?
We've tried water pistols but tbh he legs it the instant he hears anyone coming.
Catching him holds similar problems to catching a tiger
My Wife's suggested leaving food out for him so he doesn't need to hunt for food, becomes domesticated and then catching him but encouraging him seems wrong.
So far he's been seen commiting genocide on our neighbours doves, a nest of robin chicks and any other passing feathered being, he routinely comes into our house and eats the food of our cats and fights with our next door but ones elderly cats.
He's big aggressive and seems to be living in the orchard behind us which is quite overgrown and (used) to be full of birds and small animals.
Any idea what to do?
We've tried water pistols but tbh he legs it the instant he hears anyone coming.
Catching him holds similar problems to catching a tiger
My Wife's suggested leaving food out for him so he doesn't need to hunt for food, becomes domesticated and then catching him but encouraging him seems wrong.
bexVN said:
See if cpl Will put a trap out for him
If truly feral he is not going to tame if adult, if semi feral there is a chance your wife's idea may wwork. He will be entire if a true feral so a charity could castrate him but they'd probably have to tell release him back, you'd need to talk to them about that.
Has spell check changed "council" to "cpl Will"?If truly feral he is not going to tame if adult, if semi feral there is a chance your wife's idea may wwork. He will be entire if a true feral so a charity could castrate him but they'd probably have to tell release him back, you'd need to talk to them about that.
Hope so cos I don't know anyone in the forces
CDP said:
One of these will stop him coming in and stealing your cat's food (or worse still spraying around the house):
http://www.pet-supermarket.co.uk/Products/CN200001...
I think I paid about £80 for ours several years ago and it's worth every penny. Works from the ID chip injected under the cat's skin so no need to worry about collars.
I bought one about a fortnight ago.http://www.pet-supermarket.co.uk/Products/CN200001...
I think I paid about £80 for ours several years ago and it's worth every penny. Works from the ID chip injected under the cat's skin so no need to worry about collars.
Unfortunately the chip in one of cats seems to have moved and it is unable to detect it.
The other cat was no problem, so my a Wife is due to take the first to the vets to investigate the missing chip this week, then I can instal it.
Thanks
bexVN said:
I'm not getting into this now, I am in a foul mood already and just not prepared to accept that it is right to think people can just go around shooting cats they presume to be feral. Best leave it to the OP to decide on that one I think.
I've emailed the local cpl, describing the problem.Hopefully they'll come back to me with some help.
As we don't live in the USA, have no access to guns, don't have a fire arms licence, have no experience with guns, think it's a daft solution and have a family who would be very disappointed if a cat , no matter how much of a nuisance it was, was shot, shooting it is never going to happen.
popeyewhite said:
Just to remind the OP - you used the word 'terrorised'. Either this is untrue, or you have a different understanding of what the word means. I like cats, but a neighbour's is stalking the birds that feed in my garden and s
tting in the flowerbeds. This is a 'nuisance'.
Definition of terrorise: "create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror."tting in the flowerbeds. This is a 'nuisance'.Ours and neighbours scared to go out .
Cats attacked by "feral" cat
Food stolen
Doves killed
Etc, etc...
This isn't a nuisance. But I could well have a different understanding of the word.
Thanks for the advice though from. Most, of you
When I first posted the OP I knew I was potentially lighting a fuse. However I didn't really expect it go on for so long.
In my OP I said stray/feral (ok I know I said ferel which in my mind was another way of saying stray or feral as I obviously had no way of knowing. If it was a stray, then it is a pet that somehow got lost.
No one knew where it had come from and I live in a fairly small 2 road village, so it's unlikely to belong to someone around here- but not impossible.
Ironically, no ones seen it since Friday, so unless KFC's shot it , it's either moved on or gone home and is no longer a problem.
However if it does return, I'll go down the CPL route and see what they say.
In my OP I said stray/feral (ok I know I said ferel
which in my mind was another way of saying stray or feral as I obviously had no way of knowing. If it was a stray, then it is a pet that somehow got lost.No one knew where it had come from and I live in a fairly small 2 road village, so it's unlikely to belong to someone around here- but not impossible.
Ironically, no ones seen it since Friday, so unless KFC's shot it
, it's either moved on or gone home and is no longer a problem.However if it does return, I'll go down the CPL route and see what they say.
Edited by stuartmmcfc on Wednesday 27th May 13:24
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