What can I do?

[MomToThree]

I know I haven't been here in a while.

But my female cat loves to go outside, so we let her out in the backyard. Which is completely fenced in. We have a 6 foot privacy fence up. Well Rachel never leaves the yard. And I mean never. You can go out there at any given time and she is laying down on the deck or playing on the deck.

Well this morning at 7 am, I heard cats fighting. I thought nothing of it. It happens a lot around here. There is a bully cat that comes into my yard and attacks the screens on my windows to get at my cats. Cubby and Rachel play together, some times they have a little disagreement.

Well my dogs went nuts this morning. Gracie was going insane. Thumper was following Gracie around going insane as well.

There was an all white cat that got over my fence and got into a cat fight with Rachel. I am going to go down to the house where the cat lives and talk to the owner about this.
I did check Rachel over really good, she doesn't seem to be hurt at all. The white cat was limping a little.

Is there anything I can do to keep these neighborhood cats out of my yard, while still giving Rachel her outdoor time? My husbands idea is to get them caged and take them to the humane society. While leaving a not for the owners letting them know where their cat is and why.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Katie

[Scooter's Mom]

Why take other outdoor pets to the humane society when yours is outside too? That doesn't seem fair.

[KittyGurl]

Just for the safety of your cat, I wouldn't let it outside anymore...

[Laura's Babies]

I wouldn't take the cat to the humane society, I just wouldn't do that to a animal. It is a cats nature to rome and someday that could be your cat in someone elses yard. (You never know when your cat will get that urge to wander around and check out the neighborhood) I don't think I would even go talk to the neighbor but if I ran into them I would mention it.

I don't let mine outside at all, there is just to many things out there that is to dangerous. To me the soultion would be simple and that is to just keep your kitty inside or only let out with supervised yard time. It only takes ONE time for them to wander into the wrong place and cost them their life.

As far as that fence goes, I have seen cats jump them like the wind. Just because you have a 6 foot fence does not mean that will keep your cat in your yard. I kid you not, I have seen cats jump a 6 foot fence easily!

If you have to let your cat out, build a enclosed safe area for it to be in out there.

[AbbyMom]

For years, my BIL and SIL let their beloved cat out into the yard that had a 6-foot privacy fence.

One day she was gone. She jumped that fence. They never saw her again.


My suggestion: Purchase an outdoor cat enclosure.

Just enter into Google: "Outdoor cat enclosure" and you'll find all types of options from portable solutions to attachments for your house where you can leave the window open.

It will also offer some protection from roaming cats. If you get the one that attaches to the house, she can run inside the house for protection.

Good luck!

[G535]

Outdoor cat enclosure or keep her inside, can't see any other option, cats will be cats!