Giant ginger cat in St Aidan's Rd area

[ellieaness]

First of all apologies for the somewhat ridiculous post title. :)

We've been in ED for just over a month now and have two cats who access the garden through our cat flap, but on at least four occasions one of my cats has been chased into the house and through the flap by an unseen creature of some kind. Much snarling and puffed up fur has ensued, and it's woken us up in the middle of the night each time.

This evening, about 20 mins ago the same thing happened but we caught the cat in our kitchen having chased our oldest and quite fat cat into the kitchen. It was an absolutely huge ginger Tom cat, who proceeded to freak out and thrash around the kitchen, destroying a few plates in the process. We shut him in the bathroom for a minute or two until he calmed down enough to be let out. Don't worry he was completely unscathed and received a calming stroke from my husband.

I suppose I wanted to warn any other cat owners in the St Aidan's, Upland and Marcus Garvey Mews area to ensure their cat flaps are either locked at night or that they are the kind operated by a collar or microchip, or potentially warn the owner that this is occurring regularly.

[trizza]

Welcome to the neighbourhood. There are quite a few ginger cats towards the top of the road (underhill end)! We have a cat flap that works with our cat's microchip. It stops other cats from getting in but does not stop them sitting outside it!

[woodrot]

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[ellieaness]

You'd need a bigger trap! It was a beast :)

On a more serious note, waiting for the arrival of the new

Microchip cat flap...

[JohnnyMac]

I think I know the cat your talking about. He sunbathes on the top of our garage in the summer. He's massive... So massive that we nickname him the ugly lion.

[JohnnyMac]

I think I know the cat your talking about. He sunbathes on the top of our garage in the summer. He's massive... So massive that we nickname him the ugly lion.

[ibilly99]

Sounds like he forages at the back of the bins at Papa John's - the home of Better Pizza.

[the-e-dealer]

Also watch out for Spiny Norman the Giant Hedgehog.