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[Question] How to deal with neighbourhood cat stalking and attacking people? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/cats@sh.itjust.works

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My SO likes to go for walks, but there is a cat that constantly starts stalking towards them, hissing. Their grandmother has already been attacked by this cat, so I am looking for advice on the best thing to do in this situation. It's clearly an outdoor cat since it's well-groomed but we do not know the owner.

I am not familiar with cat behaviour, so I wanted to ask a community who was in order to get sound advice in a way that's safe for the cat and ourselves. Should I be using a spray bottle/water gun? Putting out smells the cat might not like? Any ideas on how to get it from constantly stalking and attacking people? Thank you.

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[–] yuri@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

In my experience, strays usually act like that when they’ve got a litter stowed somewhere nearby. We got our most recent rescue from a similar situation; an unusually aggressive cat started hassling folks in the area. Once we got her and the kittens moved into a safer place she started to warm up to us, but it was a long process with a lot of bites.

She is now happily domesticated lol