Cat found my house. Now it won't leave.Follow

It all started a little over a week ago when we heard some meowing in the crawlspace. We thought a cat had gotten into it so I went outside and left the crawlspace door open overnight so the cat could get out. A few days later, we heard the meowing in the crawlspace again. Apparently, there was another way to get into the crawlspace. So today, I come home to find a cat sitting at my front door. It backed away as I approached the door and after I entered the house, it came back and lay down again. After having somebody chase it out of the yard twice, it came to my back door and started lying there. Now it is sleeping on a lawn chair on my back porch. Whenever somebody approaches the back door, it meows and scratches at the door as if it wants to be let in.

Whenever I approach it, it arches its back, holds its tail erect, and meows constantly. At first I thought this was a sign that it was afraid and ready to attack so I stayed away from it. After a while, I decided to see if it was really hostile. It let me pet it a couple of times and acted pretty friendly but in a cautions manner. It has a collar on it but there isn't anything on the collar.

I really don't want to have a cat but it won't leave. Its been a little over a week now and its still at my house. I tried calling the animal shelters but they are closed. What should I do?

I copied and pasted that from some other place I posted it.

I bowl of tuna fish and a stick of dynamite would fix it in a hurry.

Dab some tabasco sauce on a rag. Wipe it on the kitty's ****.

You will never, ever see the cat again.


This also works on women that won't take subtle hints.

If you don’t want to harm the cat and **** it off just spray it with water. Toss a full cup of water at it. Harmless and I’m sure this will get old for the cat and move on.

Or for faster results, Anti-Freeze

I do like the dynamite option, however it could explode remains all over the house. I feel the Anti-Freeze route may not be as exciting but equally effective.

One way or another I Guarantee if it has nine lives, it will spend them all right there.





Edited, Wed Feb 16 21:31:31 2005 by toxicmoon

I'll second the water idea. At my last house, my neighbor's cat was always coming into my yard and leaving little land mines all over the place. So I trapped the ***** with a laundry basket and a bowl of tuna. Then I took my garden hose and squirted it for about 20 minutes and then set it free.

It never came into my yard again.

You don't possibly happen to be a star football punter do you?

I always wondered how far a pro could punt a cat...

This really isn't a big deal. In reality, the two best things you could do would be taking it to the local Animal Shelter or kicking it and making the cat feel un-welcome. Personally, if the cat is cute I would take it down to the Vet and have it checked out for the various diseases going around. If anything tested positive I wouldn't handle it too much longer. On the other hand, I would take it home because my cat could use some company.

And if it looks like this, I would take Tstephens suggestion to heart.

"I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a beer. It's not taking your turn..."

The three cats who seem to think they own my porch are pretty cool as far as cats go. They like to hang out on my kitchen windowsill and rub on the screen when I'm working in sight of it. Whenever I go out to hang out in the yard, they put on exhibitionary playfighting as as long as I'm present.

About the only beefs I ever have with them is the constant attempts to become housecats by means of sneaking in and their attempts to trip me in the dark.

Had that happen a long time ago. This cute orange cat walked into my mom's house when she opened the door. Wouldn't leave. We named the cat OCTIO ( Orange Cat That Isn't Ours). 9 years later my mom still has the cat. It's known as a Chinese Obligation. Once a cat adopts you, you are his/hers forever.

Cats are the single best possible pet. Singular enough to live on thier own, but willing to give you love and accept petting when you want to. ( Excepting of course, female cats, when they go into Heat, what a fudging pain!) Clean beasts. Keep thier litter box fresh, and, as long as they are fixed, you'll never ( well, almost never) find thier "GIFTS" on the rug. Ferrets are great, but they smell, and Dogs, let's not even go into how incredibly nasty Dogs are. Hampsters, mice, snakes are kind of cool, but, you have to put them in a cage.
My wife and I have 2 cats, one thats 12 years old, and one that's just over 10 months old. WOuldn't have it any other way.
Mickey and Mini ( for Miniature) Mouse Killer(s) are the 2 best pets I've ever had. Both of them have earned the Mouse-Killer name. It's wonderful living in a completly rodent free home. ( Bought this house 6 months ago, had been vacent for about 6 months. Had a few mice, here and there. Not anymore.)
All in all, be glad it's a cat you've accidently aqquired. Could have been a Dog. Yech.

That's some funny *** ****!

But seriously, I would do the neighborhood suggestion or simply contact the Animal Shelter and have them do it. Put up flyers around with a picture of the cat or whatever and on the flyer, list the number of the Animal Shelter.

Rofl.

I would just hose it down, after a few times it will take the hint.

First post in the asylum btw.

While I'm not a pro, I'm a pretty stout fellow, and can kick the snot out of a lot of things. So let me just say this about punting cats...

1) If they haven't been declawed, they tend to cling to the foot/leg with which you are trying to punt them.

2) Actual distance varies greatly with the cat. Big ol' sloppy fat tom cats don't go very far, but kittens flat out fly!