Bad Alleycat

[Ulysses G.]

We have let some nice cats with out homes stay with us. We get them fixed and give them medical attention and food. However, there is a totally wild black cat that hangs around the neighborhood and attacks any other cat it sees. All of our cats are totally petrified of it and it even sneaks inside the shop sometimes.

I'm getting to the point where I feel like I should kill it for the sake of the other cats, but I hardly ever see it until it attacks. It either watches from far away or sneaks into the yard and attacks and hurts the other cats so quickly there is no way to intevene.

Any kind of suggestions to get rid of it?

Edited March 27, 2008 by Ulysses G.

[londonthai]

cat's, and especially not neutered tom cats, are territorial - probably it was his own patch before your adopted the new ones. Lock up them inside and feed the agressor with some meat stuffed with a poison. It will be difficult to catch and neuter him

[Ulysses G.]

Any poison/ easily available drug that is painless?

[Sheryl]

PLEASE don't resort to that without trying other approaches.

Spray him with a garden hose full blast whenever you spot him.

When you hear your cats cry out, rush outside yelling, even if you don't get to the water in time, thecat will uderstand that yours havea large ally.

Lastly, try to catch and neuter. Depending on the cat's size, the non-lethal rat traps sold everywhere might work.

[Ulysses G.]

Believe me, I don't want to hurt any animal. I even feel bad about mice.

This cat is almost never to be seen until he has attacked and hurt one of ours. When I go running outside, he is on his way over the roof and I almost never have chance to do anything before he is gone.

[cmsally]

and feed the agressor with some meat stuffed with a poison.

The cat is trying to exert his position. I am sure if you left him alone they would work it out.

Once the pecking order is established cats generally avoid each other.

We have about 6 cats that wander through our garden, none of them like each other but they avoid each other.

Every now and again they collide coming round a corner and fur flies but that's it.

Poisoning a cat is a bit extreme.

Cat fights sound nasty but never as bad as a dog fight.

The cat isn't completely black, long legs and a stumpy tail by any chance is he?

[Sheryl]

Try baiting one of those humane traps with fish (You'll need to have your cats inside so they don't go for it), you may be able to catch him that way.

Or, pay some neighborhood kids to catch him for you. Then off to the vet for neutering and your problem solved as wel as some unwated births prevented.

Another possibility if you see him fleeing is to toss a firecracker after him, the noise will scare him considerably.

[Ulysses G.]

The cat is trying to exert his position. I am sure if you left him alone they would work it out.

The cat isn't completely black, long legs and a stumpy tail by any chance is he?

This has been going on for at least a year, and it does sound like it could be the same cat (Thapae Gate Area), but I'm not sure about the stumpy tail. He vanishes too quickly for me to throw water or anything else and our cats are all completely frightened of him and tremble badly if he is around.

[Gary A]

We had a guy in the village who was quite good at trapping cats. He used baited box traps and sometimes it took him a few days but he always caught the cat. I have no idea what he did with them but I'm sure he released them somewhere that they couldn't find their way back. I think if you ask around, you can find someone like that. No way would I poison the animal.