Yes, they are both girls and spayed. Stretch has just in the past year gotten aggressive, since our outside kitty Chance disappeared. I don't know what happened to him, but since then Stretch won't allow any other animals around, including attacking my inside cats if I allow them a little time in the front yard. VERY frustrating. I need to call some local feral groups to see if they can handle him. I am just afraid of trapping one of my own if I do it myself; I've never trapped before. I think you're right though...if he's not neutered, that might help a lot.
:) Wendy --- Diane Rosenfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My first impulse is to say trap-neuter-release. The > neutering should > greatly reduce his aggressiveness. Are Stretch and > his sister neutered as > well? > > Diane R > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of wendy > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 2:15 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: OT: What to do with feral cat attacking my > cats > > Hey guys, > > I am having a problem with a feral cat in our > neighborhood. He's a > beautiful, big tom, but really mean. He was trapped > in our garage one night > in winter time when I changed the in/out button on > our kitty door to in > only. When I came into the garage the next morning, > he went nuts; he was > really scared before I let him out. I don't mind if > he comes into our > garage to eat, but my nephew's cat Stretch, who > lives in our garage with her > sister, has gotten fairly aggressive lately, > attacking any cats he sees in > our yard, so I don't think he comes into the garage > much anymore. I see him > around the neighborhood from time to time and I'm > pretty sure he's the cat > who's attacked two of my cats in the past two weeks, > costing me almost $200 > at the vet for exams and antibiotics. > Both cats' back passenger paws were injured with cat > teeth puncture wounds, > according to my vet. Do any of you have any > suggestions as to how to handle > him? If I trap him, what the heck would I do with > him? If I give him to > animal control, they'll euthanize him, which is not > an option for me. If I > don't do anything, he'll probably continue to fight > neighborhood cats, > assuming he is the problem. Any ideas? I don't > think he'd ever be > friendly, as aggressive and afraid as he is. > > :) > Wendy > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful > committed citizens can change > the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever > has!" > > ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on > Yahoo! Games. > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
