Texas Proud
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I see some good recommendations at times, so I am going to fish for some ideas and decided what I need to do... I am giving a long background so you know where she came from....
We inherited a cat. The cat was owned by someone for many years, but for some reason it liked to lay around on my driveway and in my tree at my old house. She was not friendly and would not let you pet her. I did not keep track, but would say she was there for between 5 and 7 years..
I then got married and acquired two kids. Our little girl kept after the cat and it started to wait outside for her. My wife started to feed her etc. etc. It took awhile, but the cat decided it like our family and started to come into the house. My wife talked to a neighbor and said the owners had abandoned the cat over a year earlier... So now we 'own' a cat...
We moved to another house and the cat has adjusted to our family quite well... she loves sitting around us and on my lap.. she sleeps with our daughter etc. etc... but she still insists on going outside. The problem is she was declawed and there are about three other cats the come by our house and will start a fight with ours. Not every time, but enough that I get pissed.
Last night my daughter and I were outside and our cat was sitting close to us. A cat came up to check us out and I was thinking it was friendly... when it got within a few feet of us, the cats were off to the races... ours was running away and the other after her... a fight broke out... lots of screaming etc... I ran across the road to get them apart and my cat ran by me, but the other was scared enough to run away... I ran after it for about 5 houses before I lost sight of it (it was at night)... my cat ended up with a lot of scratches and does not want to be held right now...
SOOO, long story to get to my question.... what can I do about these cats that come into our yard to attack my cat... I do not think that my cat, who loves the outdoors should suffer because of these others that are roaming around... talking to my wife and kids, we think there are between 3 and 5 cats that come by....
I am thinking of a pellet gun... a few good hits should teach them not to come this way... I know that others will think this is cruel, so I am looking for another way....
We inherited a cat. The cat was owned by someone for many years, but for some reason it liked to lay around on my driveway and in my tree at my old house. She was not friendly and would not let you pet her. I did not keep track, but would say she was there for between 5 and 7 years..
I then got married and acquired two kids. Our little girl kept after the cat and it started to wait outside for her. My wife started to feed her etc. etc. It took awhile, but the cat decided it like our family and started to come into the house. My wife talked to a neighbor and said the owners had abandoned the cat over a year earlier... So now we 'own' a cat...
We moved to another house and the cat has adjusted to our family quite well... she loves sitting around us and on my lap.. she sleeps with our daughter etc. etc... but she still insists on going outside. The problem is she was declawed and there are about three other cats the come by our house and will start a fight with ours. Not every time, but enough that I get pissed.
Last night my daughter and I were outside and our cat was sitting close to us. A cat came up to check us out and I was thinking it was friendly... when it got within a few feet of us, the cats were off to the races... ours was running away and the other after her... a fight broke out... lots of screaming etc... I ran across the road to get them apart and my cat ran by me, but the other was scared enough to run away... I ran after it for about 5 houses before I lost sight of it (it was at night)... my cat ended up with a lot of scratches and does not want to be held right now...
SOOO, long story to get to my question.... what can I do about these cats that come into our yard to attack my cat... I do not think that my cat, who loves the outdoors should suffer because of these others that are roaming around... talking to my wife and kids, we think there are between 3 and 5 cats that come by....
I am thinking of a pellet gun... a few good hits should teach them not to come this way... I know that others will think this is cruel, so I am looking for another way....