My cat has just been attacked by another in our own conservatory

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I would suggest visiting the owner of the bully cat and telling them what happened 'inside your home' and that if your cat develops an abcess or if there's a repeat performance, you'll be sending them the vet bill!

I'm not sure if my cat was a thug, or bravely stood his ground in the face of an aggressive cat. He often developed an abcess about his face and head, showing that he faced his attacker head on.

But the amazing thing was that he developed a cry that I learned to recognise which signalled that he wanted me to deal with a developing abcess. He would stand perfectly still whilst I felt for the site of the abcess, and then let me burst it and clean it out without a murmur. He died aged 23 - I do miss him.

annifrance

Our lovely woosey pussy is terrorised regularly by an uber vicious feral cat. Expensive trips to the vet and he's nervous about going out after each attack. Fortunately the dogs protect him where they can. Never been able to trap it and now OH is after it with the gun. We won't have our lovely day put through this so it's curtains.

A gun???

You can buy an air blaster to leave where the cat comes into your garden. They are motion activated and cats absolutely hate them, once blasted will avoid your garden. They dont hurt the cat but scare them.

I too wish to hear more about the gun

This is sounding like the plot to a snuff film

Poor Molly!

I was staying at the house of a friend of my son's (years ago) and was woken in the night by a horrendous noise in the passage. In the morning it turned out that a local cat had come through the cat flap and attacked the resident cat!

My beautiful, gentle, timid Ebony has a large mesh Catio leading from my patio doors. She can go out and nibble grass, roll in the catnip or just sunbathe safely. Sometimes she even allows me to have my deckchair in there to keep her company. We laze and watch the world and other cats go by in safety. Not everyone's cup of milk, but it suits us.
We both hope Molly hasn't come to any harm and recovers her confidence soon.

Suedonim, yes a real gun with bullets. I will not have my beloved elderly Tigger terrorised and badly hurt by this truly evi l cat.

Cats have no capacity to be evil, Annifrance. You’re imposing human emotions onto a non-human creature. To shoot a sentient being for something it can’t help is pretty evil. Why not do more to protect your own cat.

SueDonim- ?

Suedonim, so typical of a townie. We live in deepest rural France, we live on a farm, and obviously protect all our animals, but I would never keep a cat inside just so it is so called 'protected'. How about you give me some suggestions as to how to keep my cat safe seeing as you know so much about the situation. And don't call me evil, that is unacceptable. The terror and hurt this feral cat instils on ours is equally unacceptable.

Um…I’m not a townie. I live in rural Scotland.

I have had house cats for ten years now. They live happily indoors. My son in the US also has a house cat. They have foxes, raccoons and coyotes to contend with in his area which is why almost all cats are indoor pets.

As for things to try, keep your cat in. Build it a run outside. Call an animal protection agency to come and collect the feral cat. Trap the feral cat and rehome.

Btw, I didn’t call you evil. I said shooting a living being was evil.