Crush up 3 tylenol pills and mix up up in cat food. No more cats..

I live in an apartment, and there are at least 4 cats at the bottom of my stairs. The neighbor under me feeds them, and keeps them around, but doesn’t want to keep them in her house. I’ve called all the shelters around my area and none of them are taking cats. I dont know what else to do!!! I was walking my dog the other day and the cat popped out of the bushes and clawed her. I kicked it and smack the bush with a fly swatter every time i bring my dog out, but that doesn’t keep them from hissing and wanting to attack my dog. Let me mention, they piss and shit everywhere and it smells AWFUL. i’ve even sprayed pepperspray in the bushes. what else can i do?!?!

I recently moved because of my cat problems in a mobile home park. I used to trap, kill, whatever it took to keep them off of my cars and pissing around my home. NOW, they are welcome,,,,drop them off all you want. They control the mice around my home and they LOVE living in the barn. Plenty of mice for them to feed on and they know to stay away from the garage. I guess the situation for each individual is diffferent, bottom line…..Be considerate of your neighbors.

Not sure what the previous tipster is really suggesting…I guess we just have to consider the source. Anyway, Trap And NO live Release is a real solution that works well. I have NO cats and many songbirds…no cat damage or cat smell either after several years of continual trapping and lethal injection by Animal Control. The previous educated tipster somehow missed the whole, simple point…many people do not want cats on their own property neutered or not and supported by the local laws and AC, we have pretty well put an end to roaming cats in this area. Therefore I have done my “Moral Duty” and as they say…Fixed it! Oh and one tip for catching trap wise cats…line the bottom of the live trap with pine needles…I have fooled true “trap wise” gatos by doing just that. If it does not feel the trap bottom wire on its paws the vermin will be less likely to shy away. The pine needles scent takes away any smells that could be unfriendly to the cat as well.

To All You Ignorant, Uneducated, Inhumane People: Wow…I thought the likes of your types were a dying breed. You actually believe in your heart that killing homeless cats - who are homeless through human negligence - is a solution, or even remotely acceptable? HELLO…wake up! We, as a society have caused this problem, and it`s our MORAL DUTY to fix it, without taking it out on the very creatures who had nothing to do with our negligence! WE ARE ALL A PART OF THIS SOCIETY, and we all contribute to the problem. Even if you have never owned a cat, you are still a part of the problem…how many of you have lobbied your local government for mandatory spay&neuter laws? How many of you donate to animal welfare groups so that they can set up low cost sterilization programs? Does your local government require licensing fees for cat owners? They should! The cat owners pay for the license to own the cat, but receive a discount on sterilizing in return! Also, if you think it`s so terrible for someone to abandon an animal (and I agree) and cause these cats to go feral, then lobby the government for harsh punishment for people who abandon their animals. Watch the abandonment rates and stray cat population plummet if people know they will have to do jail time for neglecting their animal. It is beyond ridiculous and unconscionable to take it out on the poor feral cats…aim your anger where it`s deserved - government and social policy, and negligent people. Guess what guys…WE HUMANS ARE NOT A NATIVE SPECIES TO THIS AREA EITHER!!!! And we are way more of a nuisance (downright hazard actually) to our local ecology, and even other humans than any stray cat could ever be. Stop being arrogant hypocrites…you just make yourselves look like ignoramus losers who are taking up space on this planet.

Gwen…calling the local animal shelter is exactly what we do when a cat is trapped…you are right! Our animal shelter took in over 230 cats last month. Eighteen cats were adapted and the rest were given a lethal injection by our local AC officer. Local SPCA is full and will seldom take a cat. Every month the SPCA takes their cats to the same shelter for lethal injection. Cruelity is having an animal and refusing to accept responsibility for that animal…a good example is letting your animals run free on other’s property. At that time it becomes the properity owners (and tax payers)responsibility to handle the situation.
TNR would be against the law here…all cats must be confined or on a leash otherwise they are a walking target. Trap and NO release works to elimate the problem. Keep your cats inside…others do not want them.

I suggest just leaving it be for a while. Right now, me two female cats who haven’t been fixed, are currently making sure the the stray that snuck into my house, stay put. If you leave it alone and DON’T FEED IT or TRY TO ATTACK IT you’ll be alright. Eventually it will get bored and leave. If that doesn’t work than either catch it or poke it with a long stick until it go’s but be careful because the will swipe back.If all else fails, put some food outside and trap it so you can release it or take it to a pound

You are all such kind hearted people talking about shooting cats and giving them anti-freeze…. They are God’s creatures and their lives are just as precious to them as yours is to you. It’s not their fault that some dummy abandoned them and left them to starve.

Call the local animal shelter and see if they will help. If not simply stop feeding the cats and they will go elsewhere.

But I do pity all of you who made the cruel comments. The hottest spot in hell are for those who are cruel to animals.

get big dogs with a appetite for cat, let nature take care of its self

Rachel…Trap all the strays with a live catch trap and discreetly dispose of…however, never release a living stray. Traps hunt 24-7, they work great for me…I have no cats on my property after several trapping seasons…actually no cats in my general area at all. Also…there is no such thing as a “harmless” stray. In addition…keep your own cats on your property or inside. Your neighbors may not want your cats on or destroying their property. If your cat is roaming free and something bad happens to it, you have no one to blame but yourself. If you read back on this site, there are many other good tips for permanently “getting RID” of stray cats.

Rachel, simple solution…..SHOOT IT!! Behind the ear shot with a sub-sonic .22 or good quality pellet gun with varmit pellets. Problem solved.

We have a cat of our own and we have two strays who come in our yard in addition to one who lives near by. The one who lives near by is harmless. Also one of the strays is harmless. But we have a fixed male and the stray who comes around is an unfixed male. He trys to kick the local cat and our cat. I don’t know where he came from but we want him gone. Does anyone have any ideas how to do this? thanks Rachel

I’m not a cat lover. More a dog guy. But hell, let’s not generalize about ALL “cat lovers” or ALL cats. Be a man and call the local humane society. Some are euthanized, after several months, but many are adopted.

My sister works at a shelter. Not a crazy lady either. The girl Joseph and J could only dream of getting, actually.

Should also say my family’s had cats that were just as fun and friendly (if not more so) than our dogs. Just depends. Like anything.

Stay classy, Joseph and J.

I moved into this house a year ago. 3 cats have lived in my yard and garage ever since. I have tried everything to get them to stay off of my brand new SUV. I’m not paying $25,000 for stupid strays to scratch it all up. Every single morning there are paw prints on the hood.

Even worse, the rental agency I go through leaves written notices on my door for ‘owning pets’. I have tried to explain to them that the damn cats were here when I moved in.

The local animal shelter makes you pay $20 to set a trap and take them in. I am at the breaking point where I’m envisioning snapping their necks.

I hate these cats and don’t know how much longer I can be ‘humane’.

This dub cats keep coming in my yard. I haven’t found much cat crap but they’re is like a whole gang of cats wandering my neighborhood. I think one of my wacky cat loving neighbors is feeding them. They his at me and they give me this look that says you’re not going to win. Ha ha! I don’t know what to do.

I’ve loved reading all the stories on how to deal with the ferel cat problem. I too have issues with wild stray cats. We live way out in the country and there has been a number of cats living around the property. My wife feeds them so they stay put but I hate the little boogers. My soulution to the problem is the 22 mag rifle. It shoots nice and straight, one shot, one kill. I know it sounds cruel but it is quick and painless. I wouldn’t have shot them but they started attacking our two cats, both of our cats are fixed and have shots but like to be outside. We even had to take one to the vet for a wound on her leg that wouldn’t heal so that sealed the deal for the strays. I got the green light from household6 (my wife) to get rid of them. So far I have gotten 5 or 6 but there are stray kittens under the house. I caught them and a neighbor took two but two of them escaped. I was going to take them to the no kill shelter but now that they got away they are fair game. I don’t want to be mean to kittens, I’ll give them a chance for a home and to get nicer but I won’t put up with them making a nuicance. Anyway, the 22 works good if you can shoot. Antifreeze is a good way to go too but all animals like it, it tastes sweet. another way I have heard, if you want to make them suffer, is to cut a spnge into small bit size pieces and soak them down with bacon grease. Cats and dogs will eat them like mad but can’t digest the sponge so they get blocked up and die a very painful death of bowl obstruction. Not nice but effective. Good hunting.

I have a neighbor feeding stray cats these cats are everywhere i turn. I didd get a dog so he chases the cats when he sees them but he just wants to play so when he get to them he just looks at them. My neighbor recently just told me not to let my dog out without a leash because hes scared for his cats. I need to do something because i want these cats gone!!!!. i do not want to use poison because i do not want to take the chance of my dog getting into it. i also live in the city so i dont know how legal a trap is. but these things have to go they are a PAINNNNN.

First of all, one of my dogs got killed by someone using rat or other poison (put out for something else, my dog doesn’t run free out of my yard, but I do wish he’d do a bit more RETRIEVING to scare them OUT!). This is a VERY VERY painful death for any animal. Remember, it’s not the animals fault. We have brains and need to figure out a smarter way to deal with this IGNORANCE!
Second, cat owners, KEEP YOUR CATS HOME!! Ever had a cookout on
a hot summer day when neighbor cats have peed all over your patio? This almost ruined many special cookouts, MAJOR STINK! Would you owners want a cat sitting clawing, kneading, whatever they do, to your house SIDING??? Want the bill to fix it??? Do you enjoy watching birds and put out feeders, then watch someone else’s cat come into your yard and kill them? Try to have a garden and have it dug up? If my dog did any one of these things I’d be in court! I don’t want anything to suffer BUT I AM!!!! It will be a lot safer and healthier for your cat to be kept in, for MANY reasons! So JUST DO IT!

Ya my last name is cat. I did have a cat and loved her. She was there when no one else was. I leashed her in my yard. It was the other ones that crap in my yard and flower beds that I want gone. I tried traps, high pointed fences, plants, nothing has worked. I heard taking carpet tacks and putting them on the fence so cats can’t walk there. problem is when the fence is too low and people around you have kids. Looking for legal solutions. BBgun? sounds good to me. tresspassing is tresspassing. You want your pet keep it at home or……
I say a kid, animal goes on your property and something happens not my problem. Enter at own risk!

Hey cat lovers. Take any cat you see and keep them in your house. That’s the only way you can guarantee safety. Getting hit by bullets, cars, poison can be the outcome. If you can’t keep them inside then you must consider them gone. It’s only fair. It’s meeting in the middle. You like the cats take them in. Put your money and time where your mouth is. I have a few stray cats and now i just noticed 2 more kittens. Yard is getting sprayed and cat crap is building up. There will come a time when my patience stops. Free rent will end and I’ll make Caligula look like a kindergarten teacher. I’m guessing some of these “Cat Lovers” are renters so they don’t care about the condition of their yard cause they don’t own it. Brings down property value. Imagine trying to sell your house and the buyer is met with a nice quaff of cat spray?