Big Cat Problem

[calliopes_pen]

Does anyone know how to get rid of a stray cat that wants to live with you? The past two nights, a cat has been showing up. Now, it won't leave. (I patted it once on the head, because it wouldn't get out of my way--it won't leave now.)

Mom and I tried dumping a bowl of water on its head. Didn't work. We tried scaring it. Didn't work, and it came back.

Any suggestions for getting it to leave and never come back? It's incredibly needy.

ETA: I also let it walk with me when I went to visit the neighbor's dog. The dog went insane and barked and snarled. The cat just meowed hatefully at me. So, it's not afraid of dogs--and Toby doesn't like that one.

Comments

[red-eft.livejournal.com]

You could take it to a shelter (preferably no-kill, if there's one in your area.) If it's that friendly, it shouldn't have trouble finding a home.

[calliopes_pen]

That might be what we end up doing. It's obviously starving, since it's so thin.

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

Don't put it in a Robin costume.

Other than that I can't really help. Strays that didn't want to leave ended up... not leaving, ever so I'm not exactly one to give fine advice on the matter. Good luck though.

[calliopes_pen]

The stray that ended up not leaving 5 years ago is my current cat. I don't want another.

(It looks just like White Cloud! My first cat, who died 13 years ago Scary.)

[kkglinka.livejournal.com]

And here I thought you had a leopard in your driveway. Shelter. If a cat decides to be friends, well you know how it went with Batman and that stray....

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

You poured water on its head??

If it's needy and starving enough that it keeps coming back even if you mistreat it, the kindest thing would be to take it to a shelter. Even if they put it down it's gotta be better than living like that.

[calliopes_pen]

Actually, I threw the water, and it was too quick. It dived out of the way, and came back for more attention. And then drank the water out of my cat's bowl on the front porch.

This morning, it was still there. My cat chased it off for a moment.

I think you're right, too. Even if it is "owned" by the people down the street. I just found out about that. (The ones down the street have dozens of cats, but they never let them in the house, feed them, fix them, or anything. They're constantly having kittens.)

[rowena742.livejournal.com]

Ick. Have you thought about reporting them to the local Humane Society?

If you do want it to go away, I'd take your cat's stuff off the porch so it doesn't have access to it. But really, a shelter sounds like the best solution. It doesn't sound like its "owners" are going to miss it.

[calliopes_pen]

That's true. They never missed the one cat I took in years ago. (My first cat, White Cloud, was starving to death, too. She was just a kitten, so I took her in. Years later, I found out that they were the ones who supposedly owned her at the time I found her.)

[sailorlum.livejournal.com]

Please take the poor lil' fella to a no-kill shelter. Cats are put to sleep so quick in regular shelters (I think it's a matter of days). *gives sad puppy eyes on behalf of cat*

[calliopes_pen]

I'll try to figure out a way to do that, if that cat ends up going to a shelter. Even if the nearest no-kill sherlter is in Metropolis, I'll try.