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Shooing away a visiting feral cat

4 years ago

I have four cats, all former ferals who have been tamed enough they come inside at night. They are all neutered or spayed, get Frontline, annual shots, etc. We live in a slightly rural area.


Every year, one or two male feral cats wander by and try to interact with my indoor-outdoor cats. The result, of course, is the visitor challenges my cats and fights ensue. I lock my cats up for a week or two, and the visitor moves on.


This year, the visitor is not moving on. He knows what a Havaheart trap is and won't go inside it, even when I put food in it. I *never* put out food that isn't in the trap.


My kids are extremely annoyed at this prolonged "restriction" of not being allowed out. I'm at my financial limit and not willing to adopt yet another feral, and deal with the "cattitudes" of all these boys challenging each other.


Any ideas on how I can get him to move on?

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