My wife's cat matured and came into heat one hot, muggy summer. She chose to hold court under our front
porch which lead to the tom's deciding to use our screen door as a marking post which resulted in large
quantities of male urine collecting on our door. I was new to the neighborhood and wasn't sure what the
neighbors attitudes about cats were so I decided to see if there was one particular offender. I finally
idendified the large bladdered male. He was more horny than smart and was easily caught in a Have-a-heart live
trap. I had a friend who was a vet and I had been taking our female cat to him for several days and he
carefully extracted a good quantity of the female cat's urine. I had him put this digusting hormone rich
fluid in a small plastic spray bottle. When I caught the tom I tied a leash to his collar and liberally
sprayed him with the female-cat-in-heat's urine. I will never forget that odor. Dragging the smelly tom
cat out of the cage using the leash I then tied him up to the post of our front porch. Not knowing exactly
what would happen I waited for the other tom's to arrive in anticipation of a breeding opportunity.

With my female cat safely locked in the house I watched as five or six toms gathered. At first they were
confused when the tom-that-smells-like-a-female-in-heat was resistant to breeding. Their fervor increased
as each attemted to breed the smelly tom. It was like a contest with the smelly-tom being the looser.
I finally cut the leash and ended the event. The large bladdered cat never came into my yard again.

In my youth the most important leson my dear old dad taught me (a prof shooter for some 45yrs) was the is only 1 sure way of removing cats from your property (short of sending them on boat trip across the 'STYX'). Take 1 spray bottle fill with mineral turpinetine. Catch offending Feline. apply TURPS to ARSE of above mentioned Feline. Relese & sit back and watch as Feline drags its Arse on ground ar la Dog with worms (KEROSINE will work at a pinch but is not as fast to start burning said arsehole)

OEH, such an experience would take the wind out on any man's sails. Have you ever considered going to work for the Grand Ol' Party?

Dan

Pres., TYHC

www.ThePlumbers.WereAmatures

I have found pepper spray on the back side ( with tail raised) works wonders

This thread has rather got me thinking about the cat problems we all face from time to time. How about a sort of rabbit box with one entrance and a half dozen exits? Use a little nip or Old Elk Hunter's cat "69" tom lure at the entrance. Depending on the cat's picking door# 1 or door #2, etc., to leave, a step on a contact switch could either "apply turps to arse(Deciple-of-keith), A jet of pepper spray (johnch), or other home remedies. A favorite of mine is one liquid ounce of skunk scent for cat to take home with him. What do you think?