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feelinglow

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Hi, I have a problem with my neighbours tom cat spraying my front door. God the smell is awful. Any suggestions on how to stop him doing it. Now I don't want to hear suggestion like a bullet between the two eyes, something a bit more humane please, and no I won't put him in the boot of my car and let him off out the country somewhere either.
 
Hi Feelinglow....

Wash the door with a biological washing powder or liquid solution... It has to be bio because it neutralises the lingering whiff...Then rub or paint Citronella Oil onto the door... Or cut any citrus fruit in half... Rub the cut edges on the door... Cats HATE the smell...

If you can, leave some orange, lemon, lime or grapefruit peel near the door for a few weeks too.... Try to break the habit...

If you can get some lion dung (zoo sells it), and put it in a plant pot or something near the door... Kitty gets a whiff of a competitor, and wisely takes his toileting habits elswhere....

If you get on with the neighbour, mention of having Kitty 'done' could be a long term solution....

Hope this helps...

Darth....
 
A good squirt of water with a hose if you catch him in the act should deter him. I have cats - I don't think it's inhumane or anything - he'll get over it.
 
Hi, I have a problem with my neighbours tom cat spraying my front door. God the smell is awful.
Well it wasn't me :D
It really does stink.. count your self lucky he didn't do it inside the house!
You can get a cat repellent spray from the pet shop and spray that near your door so he won't come too close.. Unsure about the idea above re: buy lions poo from the zoo..surely that must stink too??
 
Tell your neighbour to get him (the cat) snipped. He won't be smelly, and he won't be adventurous.
 
Mirrors are always a great way of getting rid of unwelcome cats. They see images of other animals (themself) and just scarper. I have two cats now but got rid of a couple of unwelcome ones by this process.
 
Thanks all, will try ur suggestions, bar the lion poo as i live too far from dublin. My neighbour is a single mother with two small kids so i don't think she could afford 60 or 70 euro to snip it.
 
Pity about the poop... It really works... And it's pretty dry, so doesn't whiff at all to humans....

Re: the cost of neutering... Blue Cross run a subsidised echeme... One third of usual cost... [broken link removed]

Think the ISPCA do something similar... www.ispca.ie ...

Good luck with the pongy puddy-tat...

Darth....
 
To get rid of the smell on anything (we used this on furniture and it worked) mix equal amounts of water and vinegar and soak affected area if on furniture blot dry with kitchen roll. Then sprinkle lots of baking/bread soda over the area then get a mixture of hydrogen peroxide with small amount of washing up liquid and rub this in (wear gloves as hydrogen peroxide is an irritant) or rub in with a brush, leave to dry and hoover off furniture or carpet or in case of your door, wipe off with a dry cloth then wash down the door the next day to remove any residue.

Be careful to dilute the hydrogen peroxide a bit if using on colour and try a test patch before.

this worked for us and hope it will work. If you then sprinkle with white pepper powder to keep the cat away.
 
Another simpler option is to slap the cat when he comes near the house - either on the nose or on the side.

Sounds cruel, but it is recommended by many cat books as a way of training and does not hurt as much as you may think.

We have done it to stop our cats going upstairs in the house and it has worked a treat.

- obvoiusly don't give it a hard slap, but do it in the same way you might give a clatter on the back to a friend you haven't seen for ages.
 
Another simpler option is to slap the cat when he comes near the house - either on the nose or on the side.

Sounds cruel, but it is recommended by many cat books as a way of training and does not hurt as much as you may think.

We have done it to stop our cats going upstairs in the house and it has worked a treat.

- obvoiusly don't give it a hard slap, but do it in the same way you might give a clatter on the back to a friend you haven't seen for ages.

Assuming you can get close enough - presumably by cornering it - and then risk getting a rake of claws up your arm as it runs up you and down your back to escape... Seriously, don't touch a tom cat you don't know in an aggressive way.

+1 for the citrus - v.effective, cheap and humans like the smell. Have heard that the lion dung thing is a myth.
 
Thanks all, will try ur suggestions, bar the lion poo as i live too far from dublin. My neighbour is a single mother with two small kids so i don't think she could afford 60 or 70 euro to snip it.

Apologies for sounding harsh, but your neighbour should have thought of this cost when getting a pet, its just irresponsible to be letting an unneutered tom cat wander round impregnating other unneutered females.

However, back on topic, the lion dung is a complete myth, its the urine of another predator to mark the territory that would be needed, including the urine of a male human (its the testosterone), however, as Im sure you can testify, the tom cat has to spray there often enough to 'refresh' the scent, so any other urine would need to be applied equally as liberally, not really solving your problem, as you just end up with the smell of urine of another male species in the area instead!!! I assume the lion dung dung myth has arisen as they pee where they poop so the dung is urine scented.

So rather than go down that road, have you tried bottles of water resting outside the front door? The reflection should deter him.

Alternatively, make the area totally unattractive to a tom cat, citrus smells, a water spray (like a motion sensor watering hose that you see in gardens), a motion activated loud noise, a large basin of water that he would have to traverse to get to the spraying position, something equally smelly he would need to walk through, a dog to sleep on the front step for a few days, some large prickly plants blocking the door, a layer of something horribly sticky that he will have to walk through (can be removed afterwards).....
 
Smelly Cat, Smelly cat what are they feeding you?
Smelly Cat, smelly cat it's not your fault...
They won't take you to the vet.
You're obviously not their favorite pet.
You may not be a bed of roses,
And you're no friend to those with noses.
Smelly cat, smelly cat what are they feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat it's not your fault!
 
Smelly Cat, Smelly cat what are they feeding you?
Smelly Cat, smelly cat it's not your fault...
They won't take you to the vet.
You're obviously not their favorite pet.
You may not be a bed of roses,
And you're no friend to those with noses.
Smelly cat, smelly cat what are they feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat it's not your fault!

Sang his to myself too on seeing the thrad title. What are they feeding him was my fist thought ;)
 
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