What to do with free roaming cats?

11/25/2012 | Me

[Hot Tabasco]

There is a house cat that is being allowed to roam free. What do I do?

[Hot Tabasco]

I live in a condo complex that prohibits pets from roaming free. However, several nights over the past week, there has been a cat that has been visiting my indoor cat after midnight. The cat comes onto my back deck and sits outside the doorwall while my cat goes nuts and starts howling and spitting, wanting to fight which of course wakes me up.

[BenLurkin]

Your cat isactually delighted to have the company.

He’s awake and bored usually while the People Humans are sleeping.

[Farmer Dean]

If you think your cat can lick the other one,let him out.

[omega4179]

Borrow a cat trap(large havahart) from the animal control officer and bait the feral cat into it. Then take to animal control for disposal.

[bigheadfred]

MOVE!

[null and void]

[umgud]

Get a bigger cat.

[cyclotic]

When a friend of mine was due to inherit a cat along with his new wife, I made him a Dr. Whacko Feline disposal Kit consisting of a claw hammer and a hazardous waste disposal bag. NOTE:It was a joke.

[max americana]

We had the same situation a few years ago at an apt bldg I lived in once. It started with one. Then apparently, the other tenants were feeding the cat, and overnight, the other cat brought 2 more of his buds to the building. They were like freeloading liberals. The manager had to call in animal control, and they were the laziest, inept people she dealt with.

[BenLurkin]

NO!

Do not do that.

[Hot Tabasco]

My current plan is to set my live trap outside and catch the damn thing. Then, I have a letter to the owner telling them to keep their cat indoors or else I will take it to a shelter and they will never see it again. This is wrapped in cellophane which I will wrap onto a collar that will be put on the cat when I release it.

Am I out of line? I love cats but I firmly believe that they should not be allowed outdoors in urban neighborhoods. Right now I'm thinking that if I trap the cat tonight I'm better off driving it 10 miles away and letting it go and permanently putting an end to this problem. But my better side says to send the message.........

Any thoughts?

[mdittmar]

Liquid Fence

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[Tijeras_Slim]

I trapped a feral cat once, and blasted it with the hose for a good ten minutes. Let it go and never saw it again.

[blueunicorn6]

Take your cat on and then the winner of that fight goes out and takes on the wandering cat. It’s called survival of the biggest with a broom. If your cat wins the first fight, at least you’ll feel more at ease cleaning the cat box.

[oldasrocks]

Feed the car something that will give it gas and the runs and send it home.

[A_perfect_lady]

Please don’t do anything bad to the cat. Is there anything you can put against the glass at night so your cat can’t SEE the other cat? It sounds like the only real issue is that the yowling wakes you up.

[Hot Tabasco]

Borrow a cat trap(large havahart) from the animal control officer and bait the feral cat into it

I just set the trap out a little while ago. FWIW, it's not a feral cat, when I went to the door wall with a flashlight and hit the window to try and scare it away, it just sat there looking at me......LOL! No, it was a healthy and nice looking cat that definitely belongs to someone.

[andyk]

Contact the management company or the HOA if you’re an owner.

[CatherineofAragon]

If you love cats, why are you considering dropping one off ten miles from its home, where it will be confused and miserable, wondering where its people are, and will probably end up getting run over?

Taking out your irritation on the animal makes no sense. Put up a notice, ask around, find out who the cat belongs to....then read the owners the riot act.