How do I stop another cat coming into my house??

Question

I have a one year old female, recently put in a cat flap and a nasty big black cat comes in my house in the middle of the night and eats my cats food. When I came home yesterday my cat had wet herself on my bed and been sick, I have since found clumps of black cat hair around the carpet (my cat is grey) and have seen today that her ball has been ripped to shreds. I guess this other cat attacked her yesterday, she is very small and now very nervous and has bitten me today. What can I do?? We have started to lock the cat flap at night but the other cat comes in in the daytime now when its open. Infered cat flaps are £50 is this the only option I have??

Answer 1

I assume you got the flap so that your kitty will pee outside the house so you don't need to keep a litter pan. I suggest buying a litter pan and making sure your kitty comes in at night. Then cover the cat flap up with yellow book pages or a piece of wood, or tape it shut, and then just open it back up in the morning.

Answer 2

A few solutions - but this has to stop, your poor kitten! I know what it feels likes. I had a cat that used to bully other cats, so when we got another kitten and our old cat - Reggie, used to protect her. He had to be put down a few years ago and now about 4 cats have been bulliying my cat (7yearsold), peeing in our garden and coming into our kitchen eating food and climbing over the cooker etc. You can either : Get another cat, they can look after each other, but it could go through the same thing which is not what you want. Everytime you see the horrible cat, squirt it with water, or hiss at it, or chase, hopefully it will soon get the idea, To stop it comingn in your house you could get that catflap that only allows your cat in, but this can be expensive. Keep it iindoors at all times, research how to keep an indoor cat Good luck and I hope your kitten is alright! My cat is mostly okay now, it is now trying to scare the other cats off and it's mostly working, I just try not to keep away from her too much, on holidays and stuff because I am scared for her and I miss her!

Answer 3

Unfortunately there are some cats that are like this. There is no guaranteed solution other than magnetic cat flaps. You can try negative reinforcement. Essentially, teach the intruding cat that it is not welcome. As other people have suggested, soaking it whenever it tries to gain entrance is one of the best methods.

Another method is to suddenly move the food to another place and where the food was put something horrible such as cat food coated with a tangy sauce in its place. Be sure your current cta knows where ITS food is. Hopefully, the intruding cat will try to eat the food and get a very bad taste in its mouth. Keep doing this until the cat bothers you no more.

If you know the owner of the cat, you must inform them of what it is doing. They may know why it is doing so and may be able to help you in stopping its behaviour. If the cta is a stray, call the animal police or whoever and get them to take the cat away. You can either try to trap the cat yourself or have the professionals catch it for you.

If you call a cat charity such as Cats Protection League, they may be able to provide you with some further advice.

Hope I've been of some help.

Answer 4

we have this problem since the dog died. The big bruiser of a cat we have lets anything in, the other one when she's in a mood will sit for hours by the flap and swipe any other cat trying to get in, which works great only if she's downstairs, if she's upstairs she doesnt hear anything coming in! We've thought about the magnetic collars but ours has a habit of losing their normal collars, so could be expensive. Only other option is getting another dog, which we will be doing anyway cos we miss having a pooch. I'm afraid in your case it's paying out alot of dosh for a fancy flap or getting a dog. Good luck anyway!

Answer 5

Some cat flaps can only be opened by a magnet which your cat can wear on a collar. The poor thing. I think she wet the bed because it was her only way of laying down her territory. Is the big black cat a wild cat or do you kinow who he belongs to. If you do tell them and ask them to do something. If it is a wild cat you could have him trapped and taken to an animal shelter

Answer 6

Do you know where this other cat comes from? Is it a stray? it's obviously hungry & found food and distressing your cat so I would either find the owners & explain the situation, (some hope I know )!! But you need to call the RSPCA cos if the black cat is a stray they will deal with it and also if the owners are neglecting it they will sort them out but it's your cat that is most important and I think you may have to keep him/her indoors for awhile until you get it sorted, probably not much help but that is what I would do.

Answer 7

There are some cat flaps that only open when your cat arrives, because your cat has a collar with a magnet or something, which unlocks the flap when she gets close. Otherwise just lock the flap when you are not there to supervise it, and keep your cat inside.

Answer 8

Try to get a cat flap that has a magnetic lock so that only cats with the magnet can open it

Answer 9

It sounds like you have got a feral cat problem: I don't think this big black cat is another ordinary domesticated moggie. It sounds like he doesn't have a home to go to and is living wild.

I would, therefore, advise you to block up your cat flap for the time being and get in touch with your local RSPCA centre and get them to come out with a cat trap. The sooner this individual is caught and taken out of circulation the better. This sounds like a harsh remedy for the situation, but I think it is the best one for all your local cat owners.

First of all, it is obvious that this is a male we are dealing with and he has clearly not been castrated. He has probably tried to mate with your cat and been a bit vicious in doing so - your cat is clearly badly traumatised. Secondly, and perhaps worse, he is likely to be a carrier of all sorts of feline diseases and fleas.

Therefore, I should take your cat to the vet and get her neutered if she hasn't been done already and I would get her checked out for the various feline diseases etc.

When the RSPCA catch this black cat, they will make sure he is castrated and cleared of any feline disease and then try and put him up for rehoming.

Answer 10

Put the lights out one night and sit up until the wretched beast sneaks in then squirt cold water at it. It has obviously not been neutered or it would stay home (if it has one). Keep your own cat in at night and lock the flap. Your cat is probably frightened to death to even go out now and blames you for being attacked by a male with evil intentions (I hope yours has been spayed?) You will have to buy a programmed cat flap which only lets your cat in and out. Worth it for her peace of mind and yours by not having to deal with half a dozen kittens.