We'll be trapping cats as soon as we can get the trap from the city. We have one that keeps spraying the side of the house. Christ what a reek. It's not terribly scared of the dogs either - but perhaps I should borrow a friend's big rottie for the weekend lol.
Once it's caught, it's going to the pound or a rescue or somewhere because I am sick and tired of it spraying and pissing and crapping in the garden beds. It hasn't gotten into our garbage yet, I think that tends to be more the crows/magpies but I know they get into garbage - our old neighbor's cats did it.
Most cats are fairly predictable and controllable. The roaming issue, (especially with a small cat, like this case) has gotten worse because cat ownership of outdoor cats have declined, and there is not as much natural boundary control by other cats. There is always going to be an outlier of a badly behaved animal roaming around, and you've found one. Trapping and the Humane Society is the best bet, but be sure that you catch the right cat. A non-problem cat likes tasty trap food too, so know where the trap is set.
Some of the reaction on this thread is a bit extreme. We should probably link it with the Anti-vaxxing thread indicating that the black plague was controlled by cats and have the cat-haters get sorted out a little.
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Minnie: The Humane Society just lent us a trap ($50 deposit that you get back when you return it). They said the best 'bait' is canned anchovies & sardines, and that we can only use the trap when we're around, which makes sense as the smell of the anchovies we got will attract other animals too. We also need to check the trap at least every couple of hours. We're lucky in the sense that our backyard is fairly contained in that there aren't any ways for rabbits or other critters to get in, other than jumping the fence.
I like the trap idea. I absolutely hate cats but it's just following its instincts, the trap will punish the owner and keep the animal healthy unlike some other suggestions in here (some were jokes I know but others....yikes.)
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I've had this problem before and what I did was mixed together molasses and catnip. When cats eat molasses they get diarrhea. When cats are sick they run home. So they go home and get the runs all over their house. This doesn't cause any serious damage aside from diarrhea to the cat and a major headache for the owner
I know the majority of the suggestions are harmless attempts at humor, but some of the others that appear serious are, quite frankly, quite disgusting. Dropping a city cat off in the wild? Electrified traps? Inducing diarrhea? Wow.
Anyway, glad you found a possible humane solution and I hope it works out for you. Kudos for seeking advice to do this in a rational way.
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These were full on strays. Not someone's house cat that was let outside. Mangy, smelly, mats in their hair. Disgusting. They did not have tags or tattoos. I wore gloves and a mask when handling the cages. Put them in the back of my neighbour's truck and took them for a ride. Dropped them off on some rural road, about 20 minutes north or Airdrie.
...I'm sure they're fine.
I'd gotten tired of my garden and backyard being pissed and #### on, by these disgusting animals. So were my neighbours. I called the city on many occasions. They sent people put, but could never catch them. So I brought out the muskrat traps I use up on the farm and put some cat food inside. Caught them in less than a day.
Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.
I love cats. Just not the disgusting stray ones that destroy property and cause issues with in-house pets.
Better hope the coyotes don't get it and chances are great that they will. Bad idea on your part!
Fyi dropping cats off in farm areas is not "humane". Often, cats and dogs are dropped off by absent minded individuals in rural areas. They are not built to survive Canadian winter. When these animals are EXTREMELY lucky, they may find a farm that may put up with them. If they are left alone, they WILL die from elements or coyotes. If they don't, farmers may choose to put them out of their misery. If they are really lucky and finds people like some friends of mine, they may be taken care of and brought back to the SPCA. Don't drop strays off in the "wild". You're just moving them and likely killing them in the process.
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Fyi dropping cats off in farm areas is not "humane". Often, cats and dogs are dropped off by absent minded individuals in rural areas. They are not built to survive Canadian winter. When these animals are EXTREMELY lucky, they may find a farm that may put up with them. If they are left alone, they WILL die from elements or coyotes. If they don't, farmers may choose to put them out of their misery. If they are really lucky and finds people like some friends of mine, they may be taken care of and brought back to the SPCA. Don't drop strays off in the "wild". You're just moving them and likely killing them in the process.
Yep, in most cases farmers will kill strays because of the threat of breeding, which can really get out of control on farms.
If you've ever dropped cats off on rural roads outside the city, you've killed them. You may as well have reached down and broke their necks on the street where you found them.
It's funny cause anyone who's done it probably reads the second line and thinks "WTF, I'm not a monster, I could never do that". But the irony is the second option is actually less cruel, as there's no suffering.
If you're okay killing cats it's fine I guess, but just know that abandoning them is actually worse than killing them.
Got him. He's on his way to the pound. The trap didn't work, but he was at the back door antagonizing my cat so I was able to go out there and catch him.
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when i was young we had a cat get it's eye shot out by some idiot with a pellet gun pretty traumitizing for a young kid to see his cats eye popping out of its head. Also the 1000$ bill to get the eye taken out can hamper a family financially. I wouldn't recommend a pellet gun
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