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Ideas on keeping neighbour's cat out of yard?

post #1 of 6
8/23/10 at 7:25pm
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I live in a house with my partner and 2 flatmates, we have two cats (Elliot an 8 year old Tabby and we are babysitting a friend's Ragdoll while they are overseas for a few months) and two indoor bunnies. When the weather is nice we open the doors to the backyard and the bunnies and the Ragdoll go outside to play in our yard for a few hours, they really enjoy their outside time and lounge around in the grass and chase each other. Totally adorable! Unfortunately, our neighbour's cat has caught onto this and now stalks/chases the bunnies every time they are out and chases Skye (she is terrified of other cats), I'm sooo scared he is going to eat my rabbit!!! My flatmates rabbit is a big girl, bigger than the cat so I think she would have a chance if the cat ever got them but my dude is about the size of my foot. It stresses my animals out, my bunny goes back in his cage and sits miserably in the corner after the cat chases him and Skye comes in the house and won't go back out for awhile. I've tried squirting the cat with water but now he just jumps back over the fence when I go to the door, and hops back over as soon as I am out of sight! It's sooo frustrating! I wish more people here would be responsible with their cats and keep them indoors. I am not really a cat person, I don't mind them, but this one is so awful and annoying. If a dog was coming into my yard and chasing my animals there would be so much more I could do!!!!
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post #2 of 6
8/23/10 at 7:54pm
What type of fencing and how tall is the fence? While most people will use various methods to cat proof a fence from the inside to keep cats in, it can be done to the outside to prevent cats from hoping over a fence and into a yard, too.
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post #3 of 6
8/23/10 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by strange_wings View Post
What type of fencing and how tall is the fence? While most people will use various methods to cat proof a fence from the inside to keep cats in, it can be done to the outside to prevent cats from hoping over a fence and into a yard, too.

We have a 6ft wooden fence, the side with the horizontal beams is on our side, but of course cats be as athletic as they are- he just climbs over it! Is there anything we can run across the top of the fence to discourage him? I don't want to put anything that can hurt him, but there must be some kind of stinky deterrent or something?
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post #4 of 6
8/23/10 at 10:46pm
No, not scented. The cat is quickly hoping over not lingering long enough to be offended by it.

I have a 6ft tall wooden fence around my yard, too. I did a variation of this on the inside to keep my cats in - of could be mounted on the outside of the fence or on the inside but extended up over the top of the fence and curved down on the outside. It basically makes a barrier they can't climb past or hop over. Very effective.
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post #5 of 6
8/23/10 at 10:49pm
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Originally Posted by strange_wings View Post
I have a 6ft tall wooden fence around my yard, too. I did a variation of this on the inside to keep my cats in - of could be mounted on the outside of the fence or on the inside but extended up over the top of the fence and curved down on the outside. It basically makes a barrier they can't climb past or hop over. Very effective.

Cool thank you! I will mention this to my partner, it doesn't look too expensive either (at least compared to erecting a whole new fence).

Thanks again!!
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post #6 of 6
8/24/10 at 9:10am
It's not, really.

Supplies used:
Welded wire (price ranges $30-60 roll depending on length)
piece of 2"x4" to help bend nice angles
small sledge hammer
Heavy duty staples and stapler (staples around $5-6)

It's a little time consuming and if your area has an HOA you might have to get it cleared.

I cut the wire in 15ft lengths, bent it by myself, then had help stapling it on the fence.
You'll probably need to get a 5 or 6ft width wire so that you'll have enough to bend it and face it outwards. After stapling up, you'll occasionally need to do a staple check to make sure everything is still tight. But the good thing is if you ever need to take it down all you need is a small prybar as it's possible to remove it just by yanking it all off.

Another option is to use netting and attach it to the fence with some sort of bracket. But you either need to find a bracket that works or make one.
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