Growling at other cats.....

[Karen]

Poor thing! Any chance of spraying something out there, Feliway, or something, to deter these interlopers from invading HER territory?

[tikeyas_mom]

Well right now i just go out and spray the invading kitties with water in a squirt bottle... But that doesn't bug them to much because they ALWAYS come back.. One of the cats actually tried to come into my house the other day!! He is an unaltered male cat, this I know because He lets me pet him sometimes, and he is the one cat I have witnessed spraying!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

put some moth balls out. Cat's don't like the smell. Put them where the other kitties won't get within eyesight of Raven. You'll have to replace them when they dissolve away and deal with the smell yourself, but it does work to repel stray cats.

[Freedom]

They are invading her territory, and she is protecting what is hers. Mine do the same on those rare cases they see one of our neighborhood strays out a window. Fortunately, those cats don't come into our yard, because of the dogs.

Feliway would not be the right thing to use.

Do you have a fenced yard? There are cat repellants you can use. s[ray them around the outside of your fence.

[happylabs]

Wonder why they are hanging around? Is your kitty neutered?

[Karen]

Wonder why they are hanging around? Is your kitty neutered?

She said the male that is marking is unneutered, so that would be why he is roaming. And even if female are neutered and not in heat, males can tell a female when they smell one!

mrspunkysmom - she knows they are her neighbor's cats.

[mrspunkysmom]

She said the male that is marking is unneutered, so that would be why he is roaming. And even if female are neutered and not in heat, males can tell a female when they smell one!

mrspunkysmom - she knows they are her neighbor's cats.

ah, missed that one and it's right in the first post. DUH!

[kuhio98]

Halo growled whenever any animal came into "her" yard. Cats, dogs, moose, birds, etc. She'd run from window to window growling (didn't hiss) until they were out of her territory. We didn't think of it as a problem. We probably ended up encouraging it because we always praised her for being such a good guard cat. The other kitties always looked at her like she was crazy but she never stopped.