How can i get rid of a sray cat?

Question

someone fed it and it keeps comming back

Answer 1

Hi there...Common odours that are effective deterrents for cats are:

Citronella works best for cats as well as citrus scents such as orange or lemon (primarily towards cats), cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil, lemon grass oil, citronella oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and mustard oil.

"Havahart's Cat Repellent" uses capsaicin pepper and oil of mustard as its active ingredients. It repels by both taste and odor, has a lemon scent.

Every animal responds differently to each of these. Some will not be phased by them and others will be quite revolting.

For training purposes they are applied on items that are to encourage avoidance behaviours and not for use with a squirt bottle as they could harm the eyes or respiratory system. Test each substance and observe to see which works as a deterrent so that accidental injestion does not occur as some could then be fatal.

Coleus plants can be effective, but every cat responds differently so it is uncertain without experimenting.

Many people believe mothballs work, however they are considered toxic and should NOT be used. Here's more information on this:
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/enotes/showarticle.cfm?id=89
MOTHBALLS are toxic to cats which contains the ingredient Naphthalene. Mothballs are approximately twice as toxic as paradichlorobenzene, and cats are especially sensitive to naphthalene. Signs of ingestion of naphthalene mothballs include emesis, weakness, lethargy, brown-colored mucous membranes and collapses. Paradichlorobenzene mothballs may cause GI upset, ataxia, disorientation, and depression. Elevations in liver serum biochemical values may occur within 72 hours of indigestion.

Answer 2

Don't feed it... cats are cluey... they know where they are not wanted. Since someone has fed him there, he keeps coming back hoping for another meal. When it is not forthcoming, he will try another place. Hopefully the stray will wander to someone else's porch - someone who will take pitty on him and take him in.
Don't get me wrong - I am NOT judging or critizing you. I had the same predicament a month ago and I simply could NOT take another cat in since I already have 2 and financial, space and health concerns could not permit me to do what my heart wanted to do. My stray eventually found a neighbor a block down and apparently is beeing fed, sheltered and loved over there - praise God and His angels.

Answer 3

It comes back because it is starving to death and hopes that you may feed it again. I took in a stray and fed it and now he is my friend. They only live about 2 years out lose like that. So giving him a little food once in a while in a short time he will be gone.
Maybe in a way God is testing your kindness to a small helpless creature who is dieing. Because all stray cats are slowly dieing.
That is what the vet said, when I said I thought he was dieing.
The bible says that those who show mercy will be shown mercy.
Treat him as you want someone else to treat you if you were hungry.

Answer 4

according to the human society . if you feed a cat one time in 24 hours its your cat after the 24 hours is over . you can put an add in the paper for a free cat to good home . you can call the animal shelter, or you can do nothing and let it starve . plain and simple . or you could ask someone you work with or a friend iof they want a cat .

Answer 5

just make sure nobody feeds it again for one,it probably has an owner ,some cats just like to have different soures to get fed from. or u could call the rspca

Answer 6

I just let the one out here hang around, he ended up killing the mice and crap I would have had in the house...I eventually let him in after his leg was broken into 9 places and amputated, so then I had him neutered and declawed.

not feeding him will not cause it to go away, it will just starve a slow agonizing death. if you gonna do that then just kill it quickly, don't let it suffer. those strays are not like like normal house cats, they are much more calm and solitary. good pets actually..I did not like cats either, but this one has turned into my fav pet ever.

Answer 7

Please take a little bit of time out of your day and make a huge difference in this animals life. Take it to your local Humane Society. They will do their best to find it a nice home as long as it is not ill.

Answer 8

call animal control to come get it or a animal rescue group,or why don't you find it a home if you wont give it one

Answer 9

.22 cal. works really well!!

if that's not an option, spread moth balls or moth flakes LIBERALLY around the property. Not only will the cat go away, so will the raccoons and other varmints. Moth flakes melt fast, moth balls work really well.

Answer 10

well he's just hungry....

keep feeding the stray until you can approach him/her and bring it to a animal shelter that doesnt euthanize...