How to deal with the neighbor's cat?

[DanDango]

Get a dog, make sure dog plays with your cat while still a puppy.
Dogs thinks all your stuff is his stuff and entering his yard is a challenge.
Some dog breed will protect your cat, and hate all intuders.

 

[bokdrol]

You can trap the cat in your yard and have him neutered. I have done this with several neighbourhood cats. The behaviour usually improves. If you ask your vet nicely, he may give you a good price. It is worth every penny. Otherwise, you can take him to the SPCA, but bear in mind he will probably be euthanised within a week. Still, better than some of the other slimeball suggestions above.
I wish people would not allow their cats to roam. It is so easy to impose a simple curfew from dusk to dawn, which is the usual time that cats cause problems or get into trouble.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

You can trap the cat in your yard and have him neutered. I have done this with several neighbourhood cats.

And your neighbors have no problem with this?

 

[azbob]

And your neighbors have no problem with this?

The neighbour's kid keeps jumping into my yard all the time. I'm going to catch her and have her tubes tied.

 

[bokdrol]

And your neighbors have no problem with this?

They don't notice. Shows you how much they care, eh?
Besides, it improves the life of their tom.

 

[cpu.]

As a last and desperate resort. From what OP provided it seems as he hasn't approached the neighbors yet. That's why I said he should speak to them first.

Second last paragraph. He did talk to them.

 

[angotull]

The neighbour's kid keeps jumping into my yard all the time. I'm going to catch her and have her tubes tied.

Does she howl alot?

 

[Coasti]

I handle my neighborhood's cat problems not with violence and killing, but like an ethical angler
Catch and release.....on the other side of town.

 

[angotull]

I handle my neighborhood's cat problems not with violence and killing, but like an ethical angler
Catch and release.....on the other side of town.

They find their way back. I had a cat that would sleep in the neighbors friends cars (little ****). Then he'd be gone for days only to trundle in hungry and with swollen paws. He rocked.

 

[Arksun]

Catch and release.....on the other side of town.

This is what I'll be doing. Thanks for the idea.

 

[bokdrol]

I handle my neighborhood's cat problems not with violence and killing, but like an ethical angler
Catch and release.....on the other side of town.

That's not really ethical or kind.

 

[Deadmanza]

That's not really ethical or kind.

Agreed, rather drop the owner off in the middle of nowhere!

That is just wrong, poor little cat will be lost / hungry / could get knocked over!

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Just remember, that your neighbour can open a criminal case of theft and/or damage to property against you. If you are caught poisoning a pet, let's add a number of charges violating the animal protection act as well as a few fines from the SPCA. If you happen to use two-step, a few more charges as 2-step is a controlled and illegal substance.

My suggestion is to inform the neighbour and then use a water gun / garden hose. If you manage to catch the cat in your house, drop it into the shower, turn the water onto cold and let it run for a few minutes - the cat will never, ever come back again. With cats it is always a territorial thing and it makes no difference if the cat is spayed/neutered. Just don't be a d**k and kill someone's pet (similar to some people on the forum, the cat might be a jerk away from home but still belongs to some family). If their owners don't look after the pets, phone the SPCA.

 

[PieterseMJ]

Seems like your neighbours are pretty useless if they not even willing to think of suggestions. By far neutering it would be best, but perhaps like people suggested by spraying it with water it will learn quick. We have a couple of cats in our complex and most of the times it's the ferals and un-neutered males that come out of the sticks at night to push boundaries of their 'territory'. We close our cats in, any time from around 9 onwards they know they need to be inside cause the windows will be closed. Every once in a long while we still hear cats fighting in the dark of night, but at least we know our girls are inside and safe. We have also found that if there is a cat fight in the day, our dogs run right into it if it's in our yard or walls and the other cats run away quick while ours has the opportunity to get away and back into the house

 

[Hamster]

I'd advocate this only cause it's my natural go-to for animals. Tell your neighbors to do something or else if it comes into your home again you'll do it yourself.

I'd leave out the part where you tell them "...or you'll do it yourself". That'll make it very suspicious when you reverse over said cat by accident.

 

[Jings]

The one and only time my cat was in their yard was when she tried to catch a hadida and it ended up flying her into their yard, because she's a little bit on the stupid side and didn't let go.

ROFL

 

[LCBXX]

As others have said: rent a cat-trap from the SPCA. Bait it with tuna or mackerel in a old stocking and you should trap it within 48-hours (you might trap other cats too, especially if you use mackerel). From there you have 2 options when you trap it:
1. Take it to a vet and have it neutered.
2. Take it to the SPCA and have it euthanized as a stray.

If it pissed in my house I would take option 2.

 

[TheGrove]

Get a Dog that gets along with your cat, see how well that ends for the other cat.

 

[AstroTurf]

As others have said: rent a cat-trap from the SPCA. Bait it with tuna or mackerel in a old stocking and you should trap it within 48-hours (you might trap other cats too, especially if you use mackerel). From there you have 2 options when you trap it:
1. Take it to a vet and have it neutered.
2. Take it to the SPCA and have it euthanized as a stray.

If it pissed in my house I would take option 2.

Or stick it in a bag and give it back to the owners.

When i lived in a duplex I took the neighbours cat back to him by the scruff of the neck each time it came into my place.

After the 3'rd time he kept it indoors.

 

[shadow_man]

This is what I'll be doing. Thanks for the idea.

Thats totally uncalled for and I sincerely hope someone beats the **** out of you for placing an animal in harms way.