The tomcat's right to roam

[two sheds]

The cat's owner can't really know whether other cats are involved. I think that's outside the scope of the question.

We need to know whether other cats are involved though

 

[two sheds]

Had their cat come back with fleas? It might have picked them up from someone else's house. We just don't have enough information to make a reasoned judgement.

 

[SpookyFrank]

There's a ginger cat next door who likes to sit on our doorstep and scowl at us when we come home. Today he allowed me to stroke him for the first time ever. I wouldn't let him in the house though, you've got to set boundaries with cats.

Feeding someone else's cat is not on. A neighbour did this with our old cat, well the neighbour and both her kids if I'm any judge, and he ended up too fat for the cat flap.

 

[Proper Tidy]

If cat owners don't want people to let their cats in their houses they shouldn't let them roam the neighbourhood without being on a lead. It is unreasonable to expect neighbours to keep windows/doors shut during warmer months of the year just because their feral cats tresspasses at the slightest opportunity.

I usually agree with your animal views and I share your love of seagulls (one of the best animals, they just don't give a fuck) but a cat on a lead, what are you talking about

 

[Fez909]

Is it reasonable for a cat's owners to ask that other people don't let it into their homes?

I think it's unreasonable to deny a cat its agency

 

[Saul Goodman]

I usually agree with your animal views and I share your love of seagulls (one of the best animals, they just don't give a fuck) but a cat on a lead, what are you talking about

What's wrong with cats on leads?
My sister used to take her rabbit out on a lead.

 

[teuchter]

So mean spirited I would welcome teuchter in, but not give him any nibbles

Could you leave out some freshly washed clothes in a little pile balanced precariously on the arm of the sofa or suchlike? I would like to have a little nap on top of them.

 

[teuchter]

We need to know whether other cats are involved though

Then you are of no use here.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

but a cat on a lead, what are you talking about

 

[JimW]

We get dogs not cats, the village strays come to see if ours has left any bones and one of them has the glad eye for her though she's old enough to be his gran, the dirty little fucker. I comedy chase them out the gate shaking my fist. She joins in then, having previously been all coquettish.
I thought the question was going to be about spaying any cat that roams.

 

[two sheds]

Neighbours years ago had three lovely kittens who I stopped and fussed every time I went past. After several months one of them appeared in my garden and I waved it away because I feed the birds and I can't have cats in the garden. Next time I saw it, it walked straight past me tail rigid in the air ignoring me pointedly. None of them have talked to me from that day to this.

Not really relevant, I do understand.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I thought the question was going to be about spaying any cat that roams.

l believe that any roaming tom cat with balls should be trapped and neutered. Not so easy with female cats.
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd start a thread about it.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Yeah agree with having their bits off. It's grim really but not as grim as roaming gangs of starving cats with eyes missing and stuff

 

[Proper Tidy]

Also tom cats are fighty and piss everywhere, which I respect but wouldn't want in my house

 

[JimW]

l believe that any roaming tom cat with balls should be trapped and neutered. Not so easy with female cats.
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd start a thread about it.

Yep, it's obviously the males need doing as it's so much simpler.

 

[nogojones]

Could you leave out some freshly washed clothes in a little pile balanced precariously on the arm of the sofa or suchlike? I would like to have a little nap on top of them.

nice of you to ask first

 

[Saul Goodman]

Yep, it's obviously the males need doing as it's so much simpler.

It's just easier to spot whether or not they've already been done. I just trap them all and take them to the vet, and both male and female get done.

 

[Supine]

This thread is sexist

 

[two sheds]

You're concerned that those in favour of feline castration will be coming for us next?

 

[WouldBe]

Get a dog that stops cats wanting to come in.

 

[two sheds]

Get a dog that stops cats wanting to come in.

This does work from personal experience

 

[WouldBe]

This does work from personal experience

If a cat came in mine it would get eaten.

 

[two sheds]

If a cat came in mine it would get eaten.

My money's on the cat

 

[Saul Goodman]

If a cat came in mine it would get eaten.

Do you live in South Korea?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Get a dog that stops cats wanting to come in.

 

[Reno]

It's really quite easy. If you like a cat who visits you, then of course let it. Good "vitising cat" etiquette is, not to feed someone else's cat. Send it on its way after a while. If you want a cat as a pet, then get your own.

 

[moose]

One of my colleagues has had a huge cat called George. Unfortunately her elderly neighbour also claims to own the cat, and calls it Doris. It splits its time between the two houses and gets fed at both. She's often gone round to reclaim the cat, only to find Doris snootily pretending not to recognise her.

 

[maomao]

The question was whether it's reasonable for a cat's owner to ask other people that they don't let that cat come into their homes. The cat's owner can't really know whether other cats are involved. I think that's outside the scope of the question. Are you suggesting that it's ok for them to ask that their cat is not let into houses where other cats reside, but if there are no other cats in their cat's choice of homes to visit, there shouldn't be an issue?

No. Was more worried about tomcats stomping around other your housemates' cats' territories. The tomcat's owner has no right to define its territory and if you want to pretend it's 'visiting' that's up to you.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

A site often played out in our house

 

[Reno]

Will add to my previous post that my cat befriended a number of neighbors on his outdoor exploits. No problem with that. Only I found out that one of them started to feed him and lock him in over night so he’d get used to his ”new home“ so to speak. Had a very stern talking to with that neighbor and put an electric tag on my cat to monitor him. Problem only resolved itself because I moved away soon after anyway.