Devil Cat

[steveo]

My struggle with the devil cat continues (see posts passim). Last night I dozed off on the sofa, to be awoken by screeching EEEEWWWWWWAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!! about a foot from my ear.

I awoke in terror then realised what it was, hurtled after it down the stairs but it was gone. Either it went through the cat flap at 110mph or it is a phantom and went straight through the door. It was dark, it's a black cat.

The whole house reeks of tomcat piss.

This wasn't just trespassing, this was a deliberate challenge to my manhood and I think the mittens are off now.

If the devil cat was a man, I'd be entitled to tackle it with extreme prejudice wouldn't I?

Assuming I ever catch it, am I allowed to shut its head in the door? Is there any alternative?

[Huguenot]

http://yanisa.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/gun_cat.jpg

[Saffron]

Try communicating in a language it understands... urinate around your own back door. Nothing says p1ss off like, um, p1ss. xx

[Voyageur]

Chuck a glass of water over it, it won't be back.

[Pickle]

Assuming your cat flap is used by your own cat, get a microchip one - we had problems with a Tom coming in our house and spraying everywhere. Very simply solved by locking the little b**stard out while our own cat could still get in and out as he pleased.

[TheWinglessBird]

BAD BAD NO, Huguenot.

Poor Steveo. If tom is getting in at night, it might be a good idea to close your cat flap in the evenings if possible. Alternatively, try to trap him {although ferals can be lethal you might want to consider getting someone who can}. You can contact the Celia Hammond Animal Trust www.celiahammond.org for advice. Their email address is [email protected] & telephone number 0208 694 6545.

[oimissus]

can second the microchip catflap, we had awful problems with a tom coming into our house, spraying and attacking our cats when we weren't in. We were seriously thinking of trapping it and handing into a rescue centre for them to neuter (or getting hold of an air gun and shooting the little f**ker) but went for the catflap, the moment when it chased one of our cats into the house and then crashed into the shut catflap was a happy happy occasion. Rarely seen it since.

[spoiltdog]

Could it be a Cat Burglar

[HAL9000]

I tawt I taw a puddy tat.

I did. I did tee a puddy tat!

[steveo]

This morning, the locked cat flap has been beaten through.

It's now a cat hole

[Alan Medic]

So that's what that helicopter was looking for this morning. Devil Cat Activity.

[steveo]

When I catch it I'm going to try

[Salsaboy]

Oh yes. Just popping out to look for a cat. Any cat.........

[RosieH]

I can lend you a crossbow...

[olly]

I have the same problem with a huge hairy ginger unneutered male devil cat coming in and pissing all over the house. I too tried shutting the catflap, but also came down in the morning to a hole in the door.

Do you think they might be related?

Are the microchipped doors any sturdier? Any advice out there on which is the best to get?

That or I'll be borrowing the crossbow off RosieH...