Hi,
I'v registered on the forums here because our cat is becoming a major cause of friction between us and the neighbours.
They already had two cats, and we decided to get one ourselves. In the end we decided to re-home a cat from the local RSPCA centre and Jake entered our lives.
When we took him, we were told that if he was around other cats he needed to be dominant. He has been spayed.
Thats fair enough and I'm sure everyone realises that cats do fight each other, especially when a new one turns up in the area - not much to be done its just the cats sorting out who is boss. It always looks and sounds much worse that it actually is.
The problem is that we are 6 months down the line now and Jake is still fighting with the cats next door. If he sees them in either our garden or the neighbours garden he is straight after them. It also turns out that he keeps on going through the catflap next door and eating their food and fighting them in their house.
We have tried working with our neighbours to find some resolution to the problem but its just not working. We now have a situation where our neighbours are not speaking to us and, in fact, the last conversation that I had with them was when they informed me that they were reporting our cat to the RSPCA for beating up their cats. I was also told that I needed to 'control my cat'.
Short of sitting guard on their catflap 24/7 I'm not sure how I can do this.
They have also accused us of not feeding him properly. Nothing could be further from the truth! Jake gets an 85gram pouch of meat per meal (yes. twice a day) and he also has a bowl of Iams down along with a bowl of water that is kept fresh.
Right after we took Jake on, I did tell our neighbours that if they ever caught him in their house they should scare him off by squirting him with water - In my experience it only takes one or two wettings for a cat to get the message.
I really don't know what to do now and so I'm looking everywhere for some advice! help! I'm a placid guy and I dont want to be falling out with the neighbours over a cat!
I'v registered on the forums here because our cat is becoming a major cause of friction between us and the neighbours.
They already had two cats, and we decided to get one ourselves. In the end we decided to re-home a cat from the local RSPCA centre and Jake entered our lives.
When we took him, we were told that if he was around other cats he needed to be dominant. He has been spayed.
Thats fair enough and I'm sure everyone realises that cats do fight each other, especially when a new one turns up in the area - not much to be done its just the cats sorting out who is boss. It always looks and sounds much worse that it actually is.
The problem is that we are 6 months down the line now and Jake is still fighting with the cats next door. If he sees them in either our garden or the neighbours garden he is straight after them. It also turns out that he keeps on going through the catflap next door and eating their food and fighting them in their house.
We have tried working with our neighbours to find some resolution to the problem but its just not working. We now have a situation where our neighbours are not speaking to us and, in fact, the last conversation that I had with them was when they informed me that they were reporting our cat to the RSPCA for beating up their cats. I was also told that I needed to 'control my cat'.
Short of sitting guard on their catflap 24/7 I'm not sure how I can do this.
They have also accused us of not feeding him properly. Nothing could be further from the truth! Jake gets an 85gram pouch of meat per meal (yes. twice a day) and he also has a bowl of Iams down along with a bowl of water that is kept fresh.
Right after we took Jake on, I did tell our neighbours that if they ever caught him in their house they should scare him off by squirting him with water - In my experience it only takes one or two wettings for a cat to get the message.
I really don't know what to do now and so I'm looking everywhere for some advice! help! I'm a placid guy and I dont want to be falling out with the neighbours over a cat!