how to deal with overly aggressive stray cat
- Thread starter tekonus
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Why thank you!
Great advice all, I appretiate the input whether it be serious or in jest.
As for pictures with better lighting? I take most of them with my phone, so the lighting is crap. I do have 2 more saved on my computer right now, though.
The one outside was right before we took her for her first hair cut. The other was taken the day we brought her home.
20 guage and a box of birdshot. if noise is a problem, you can learn how to hunt with a bow. my wife would kill me if she see this post. partially because iv attempted this
honestly its ure decision u gunna hav to choose between your cute lil puppy or the mad neighbours ugly cat, animal control and set up traps for them or u can put poison in food and throw it nexdt door, snail poison usually works best
I think that some of these suggestions sound downright cruel and as dangerous to some of the humans around (in the hands of a bad shot) as the feral cats. Since you are that close to the neighbor that the cats are an immediate threat to the puppy, I would be concerned about firing a firearm in that dense an area. That's a pretty serious offense in the suburbs where I am from. The hose idea sounds pretty safe (and effective).
Call animal control if you really suspect the animal is rabid-- it's their job. That pretty much keeps you out of direct confrontation with the neighbors, as well.
Call animal control if you really suspect the animal is rabid-- it's their job. That pretty much keeps you out of direct confrontation with the neighbors, as well.
Hubby says, trap it in a box trap and take it, with gun in hand, on a one way trip to the woods. We live in the country and that is how "wild" cats are dealt with here. Animal control is your best bet where you are though. If you contact them and let them know you think there is a rabid cat in the area, they should be rather quick to come and take care of it.
i would love to see what you all would do if someone shot one of your animals that strayed from your yard....crazy.:nono:
They are not her pets, per say. She just feeds them... so they keep coming around. It's not like she sits outside and pets them. She just leaves out food every morning and probably watches them through the windows.
To others suggesting shooting the thing. Honestly, I hate cats and would love to. Not gonna happen, though. We've had the trap out for 2 days with some leftover tuna in it and haven't had any hits yet. It's been rainy out, though. So, that might be effecting our success. If we catch the possible rabid cat I plan on trying to bring it somewhere to be "tested". Any other cats are going to take a ride to the next town over and be re-released because the shelter doesn't want them.
