Evicting a cat

[smidsy]

My neighbours cat keeps coming on to my patio and pulling on to the floor anything I leave out there - washing from the rack, a towel I sit on from a chair.
The cat owner is disinterested, she does not keep the cat in nor is it registered or chipped.

I've tried spraying Citronella oil (although I just used the Woolies stuff) to no avail - what else can I do short of trapping the cat?
Cheers
Smidsy

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[BobL]

Did you spray the cat?
i found strong vinegar also works especially if you can get it on the cat.
We have two dogs - they’re both chickens so would never tackle a cat but they have piercing barks and setup such a racket that the locals cats steer well clear.

[China]

Ring the Council

[Bohdan]

Neighbour used to have a small dog that would yap its head off whenever you would walk past the front fence.

Filled a water pistol with vinegar, next time it rushed the fence, one squirt in its yapping mouth and it would then hide whenever I walked past.

Everbody else still got the full yapping treatment. :?

[Cklett]

We used chayenne pepper to teach our cats. We sprinkled it at the areas we did not want them to go. They would walk over it and get it on their paws. Next time they clean themselves it gets in their mouth and they hate it.
We used that to stop them ripping the couch or dig in the pot plants etc.
It takes a couple of days for them to make the connection, but then they stop doing it and best is it even works when you're not there.
Thing with spraying is that they will figure out when you're not there and still do it....

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[AlexS]

I found that spraying works well, preferably from a 410 with a wide choke. :D


(Don't get upset, it's a joke, Joyce.)

[Handyjack]

If cats does not have visible registration, catch and give to council as a stray.

[Chesand]

Your Council should be able to loan you a trap for a week or so.
Several years ago, we and a couple of neighbours had a similar problem with a cat disturbing our dogs each night. We were able to trap it and council traced it and fronted the owner with a fine as there was a by-law requiring cats to be kept indoors overnight. End of problem.

[tonzeyd]

yep second others advice re calling the council.

We used to have cat problems, tried using numerous home made concoctions to rid the cat however the moment it rained the cat was back.

Rang council, few days later trap was delivered with the advice stick some KFC bones in the trap.

Long story short, cat trap was very effective. Caught 4 cats in our backyard with 3 on the first night trap was set.

The hardest part was having to inform your neighbors you're planning to deploy traps.

[Tonyz]

yep second others advice re calling the council.

We used to have cat problems, tried using numerous home made concoctions to rid the cat however the moment it rained the cat was back.

Rang council, few days later trap was delivered with the advice stick some KFC bones in the trap.

Long story short, cat trap was very effective. Caught 4 cats in our backyard with 3 on the first night trap was set.

The hardest part was having to inform your neighbors you're planning to deploy traps.

Not your concern. I love cats, but cant eat o whole one, seriously though if cats are wandering at night into your property. upsetting your family life, cat trap appears, shortly after pussy goes missing, 'why am I supposed to know where your cat is? did you keep it inside as per council regs?' walk away.

In our previous house we bordered a creek, had a council cat trap over 2 months, caught over 20 cats in that time, were they all wide? dont know not my concern, council had a bylaw, Cars must be kept inside between dusk n dawn. was a pleasure to hide cat trap just before dawn then quietly shuffle it off to my mates in council works area, then swap it over for another...

[Pagie]

I love the sound of a 222 hitting a cat.

[rrich]

Many years ago in Phoenix we had a cat problem. I borrowed a Red Rider model Daisy BB gun. It didn't injure the cat but about the third time I hit in the hind quarters it left and never came back.

[Tonyz]

ever tried a piece of 4x2 as a (one Way) boomerang? tried once bummer it didnt come back, but did leave its mark on something

[BobL]

I threw the (new SHARP) TV remote at the dog when it was barking at sheep on the TV. I missed the dog and it hit the entertainment unit and the remote exploded into a hundred pieces of plastic/electronics and I could only find about half of them. A replacement was going to cost $127, luckily a generic one cost ~$20. The dog still barks at the TV and I occasional find bits of plastic underfoot.

[rustynail]

You can never get too much entertainment from an entertainment unit.

[artful bodger]

If you are trapping feral cats and accidentally catch a domestic one in your trap AND you do not want to see it again the best approach is to drink lots of fluids until you are bursting, then wee on the trapped cat till it's soaked. You wont see it again after you open the trap door.

[Boringgeoff]

Just remember to rinse the wee off your trap or you won't get another cat to go in there. If you trap a cat and in the process of delivering it to the council ranger the panicking cat injures itself you stand a good chance of getting done for animal cruelty.
Cheers,
Geoff.

[rustynail]

If the trap is legal and the cat injures itself how can you be done for animal cruelty?

[Boringgeoff]

A few years ago there was a feral cat making a nuisance of itself piddling all around the school where my wife worked. The shire ranger set a trap and early next morning my wife found this big angry cat in the trap. it had bashed it's head repeatedly in the cage and the skin was torn and bleeding. The ranger took it away before the kids arrived. My wife was quite upset with the experience.
I tried to find the article where I read of trappers responsibilities including getting charged with cruelty but can't find it now.
Cheers,
Geoff.

[Bob38S]

Slingshot + Jaffas, quiet and ammo is frangible.

[Pagie]

I use dried clay balls to shoot them with. The clay breaks up and disolves.