I have a very aggressive Tom who has shown up occasionally at my house for a year or two. He is large, long and I don't want him here. He upsets my indoor two cats with his growling and aggressive behavior to the point they have screamed at him and then turned on each other. I love cats and feed a few in the neighborhood. I rescued a pregnant one last year and then adopted her into my home, and I have another that is the next rescue, I hope.
This morning, I'd had enough with this huge cat. My hope-for-rescue Orville was under my car as was my neighbor's cat, both waiting for food and this Tom was outside as well. He went under the car and I heard a lot of growling and snarling. I set off the car alarm and the two nice cats ran, with the big Tom doing nothing for a moment until he chased after the neighbor's cat. I finally hit the alarm twice and went out shaking my keys. He ran off, but a little later he was back and I went out and shook keys at him and over the fence he went.
I do not know if the Tom is a stray, feral or has a home. He is afraid of nothing and he is used to humans because he comes right up to the door and doesn't move when I approach the door. He sometimes lies on the step. He will growl at me outside sometimes though. The other cats do not like him. Any ideas on how to get him out of here? I wasn't sure whether to put this in behavior or in feral/stray since it concerns the behavior of a possible feral/stray. Thanks for any suggestions.
This morning, I'd had enough with this huge cat. My hope-for-rescue Orville was under my car as was my neighbor's cat, both waiting for food and this Tom was outside as well. He went under the car and I heard a lot of growling and snarling. I set off the car alarm and the two nice cats ran, with the big Tom doing nothing for a moment until he chased after the neighbor's cat. I finally hit the alarm twice and went out shaking my keys. He ran off, but a little later he was back and I went out and shook keys at him and over the fence he went.
I do not know if the Tom is a stray, feral or has a home. He is afraid of nothing and he is used to humans because he comes right up to the door and doesn't move when I approach the door. He sometimes lies on the step. He will growl at me outside sometimes though. The other cats do not like him. Any ideas on how to get him out of here? I wasn't sure whether to put this in behavior or in feral/stray since it concerns the behavior of a possible feral/stray. Thanks for any suggestions.