There are a lot of cats around my building, and the owners let them go outside.

Mostly they co-exist peacefully, but there is this one cat that does not even seem to belong to anyone at our building, and it just cannot seem to accept the others.

Every morning it comes near my window and begins to howl at one of the others.

6 in the morning, waking up to yowling cat is not my favorite alarm

WTF do I do?

feed it and love it and invite it inside to sleep with you in your bed

I just hope you live far away from a certain frog-hating orger !

First I waited for the cats to just get used to each other, but it has been months

then I (and at least one other neighbor) started throwing cups of water

then I got a squirt gun

this morning I chased it away

XxAxX said:

feed it and love it and invite it inside to sleep with you in your bed

I think it belongs to someone, just nobody in my building. But it doesn't let anyone come near.

I actually love cats, but I have thought some evil thoughts about this one.

Take it to the humane society or local no-kill shelter.

Then someone can give it a lovely home and it won't bother you again.

CarrieMpls said:

Take it to the humane society or local no-kill shelter.

Then someone can give it a lovely home and it won't bother you again.

how do I get it there? It runs away when anyone approaches

NDRU said:

CarrieMpls said:

Take it to the humane society or local no-kill shelter.

Then someone can give it a lovely home and it won't bother you again.

how do I get it there? It runs away when anyone approaches

XxAxX said:

NDRU said:

how do I get it there? It runs away when anyone approaches

My apartment is waaaayyy too small

NDRU said:

XxAxX said:

My apartment is waaaayyy too small

get rid of the furniture in there cats don't need a lot of furniture

XxAxX said:

NDRU said:

My apartment is waaaayyy too small

get rid of the furniture in there cats don't need a lot of furniture

For a bird, you seem to like cats a lot!

Serious said:

I just hope you live far away from a certain frog-hating orger !

ooh, good idea! I will orgnote him!

It's a weird thing, letting your pet run wild in other peoples' yards.

Not to mention I live in the middle of the city.

Ice water? tranqualizer darts? that's not nice, but then that cat is inconsiderate, first, so...

I've never had one do that like clock work, it's usually so random that I just deal with it for the moment.

morningsong said:

Ice water? tranqualizer darts? that's not nice, but then that cat is inconsiderate, first, so...

I've never had one do that like clock work, it's usually so random that I just deal with it for the moment.

exactly, usually catfighting is occasional and random.

In this case it's not even fighting (although it has definitely gotten in some fights), it's just saying good morning! Morningsong, if you will They see each other all the time and this cat just has to whine about it.

My sister in law was trying to keep cats out of her garden (they thought it was their litter box) so she got Coyote pee.

I was there when she opened the container, and across the whoe yard I almost vomited

it didn't work

NDRU said:

Serious said:

I just hope you live far away from a certain frog-hating orger !

ooh, good idea! I will orgnote him!

You are no longer my bestest friend

NDRU said:

XxAxX said:

get rid of the furniture in there cats don't need a lot of furniture

For a bird, you seem to like cats a lot!

Birds feel wayyy sorry for cats (dogs too, for that matter) because cats cannot fly. at least, not for very long.

XxAxX said:

NDRU said:

For a bird, you seem to like cats a lot!

Birds feel wayyy sorry for cats (dogs too, for that matter) because cats cannot fly. at least, not for very long.

Pussy is crying for attention from you. Just feed him, talk to him and after a while, when the two of you are friends, try to reason with him. The two of you will be just fine.

I used to put moth balls in an area that I landscaped next to the house cuz my WT neighbor let his cats run the town and they liked to pee in my mulch And of course since none of the cats were fixed the pee reeked!

The cats didnt like the smell so they quit coming over there!! The down side is right under my window smelled like an old ladies chest of drawers but no more cats!!

tinaz said:

I used to put moth balls in an area that I landscaped next to the house cuz my WT neighbor let his cats run the town and they liked to pee in my mulch And of course since none of the cats were fixed the pee reeked!

The cats didnt like the smell so they quit coming over there!! The down side is right under my window smelled like an old ladies chest of drawers but no more cats!!

yes, I have read into things like that that smell bad to cats.

It might be worth a try, at least

NDRU said:

tinaz said:

I used to put moth balls in an area that I landscaped next to the house cuz my WT neighbor let his cats run the town and they liked to pee in my mulch And of course since none of the cats were fixed the pee reeked!

The cats didnt like the smell so they quit coming over there!! The down side is right under my window smelled like an old ladies chest of drawers but no more cats!!

yes, I have read into things like that that smell bad to cats.

It might be worth a try, at least

At least it wouldnt just hang out in the same spot

NDRU said:

My sister in law was trying to keep cats out of her garden (they thought it was their litter box) so she got Coyote pee.

I was there when she opened the container, and across the whoe yard I almost vomited

it didn't work

A stinky garden and it still remained a litter box.

tinaz said:

I used to put moth balls in an area that I landscaped next to the house cuz my WT neighbor let his cats run the town and they liked to pee in my mulch And of course since none of the cats were fixed the pee reeked!

The cats didnt like the smell so they quit coming over there!! The down side is right under my window smelled like an old ladies chest of drawers but no more cats!!

Never heard of that. Can you put the balls on the soil itself or does it need to be in a container so they don't harm the plants? Moth balls are cheap, they even have them at the 99 cent store.

Serious said:

I just hope you live far away from a certain frog-hating orger !

X 548,295,971!

I'm not much for cats either, but I have to draw the line somewhere. And I have no idea how you get rid of them.

Maybe throw water on it? Don't cats hate to get wet? Spray it with a hose for a couple mornings and see what happens.

tinaz said:

NDRU said:

yes, I have read into things like that that smell bad to cats.

It might be worth a try, at least

At least it wouldnt just hang out in the same spot

I read to try cayenne pepper, too

It has taken me over a year to get a wild cat to trust me and now its a cutie, it has even made friends with the dog, go on give the cat a nice home i'm sure you will enjoy its company

XxAxX said:

feed it and love it and invite it inside to sleep with you in your bed

One should always be kind to ones pussy.

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BlackAdder7 said:

XxAxX said:

feed it and love it and invite it inside to sleep with you in your bed

I love to feed your pussy dear. I love to sleep with it in my bed, and to cuddle it and stroke it unti it purrs. i just wish it would use the litter box once in a whle

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