of course you can always go the animal control route. if they have to keep coming out for the same problem they will fine the neighbors, then they may learn to keep the cat locked up at night. I had this problem with a neighbors cat. He would jump over the fence in our backyard and sit at my sliding glass door and my dogs would go nuts. I opened the door and let the dogs out a few times. It worked. So, I would say let Morgan take care of it.

There are things you can spray in YOUR yard to discourage the cat from coming back.

http://www.critter-repellent.com/cat...FdZD5godsUMMeg

You can do things like put aluminum foil on the window sill, and the cat wont like the way it feels under his feet. You can buy pepper spray and spray the area around the sill. Or you can crush oranges and lemon rind, the strong citrus smell is nasty to cats.

You can open the TOP side of your window to let in air, and block the bottom half of your window with stuff. either cardboard, or pillows or drape a sheet across the bottom.

If you cant block the window have a big water bottle full of water. They sell them at most hard ware stores. They are like the bottles used to water your flowers. They have a nice strong stream on them, and will scare a cat silly! I used mine as training devices to teach them to stay away or stop plucking my couch. After getting hit with water each night, romeo wont be back.

Speak to animal control in your town. They may want to trap this animal and have it neutered. One cat can have dozens of cats per year, and the best way to cut down on the population is to snag the male of the territory. Make sure you tell the owner of this animal that you WILL be charging him for damages done to your property by his animal.

Enjoy your 2nd honeymoon! congratulations!

Pft. Ya'll have it backwards in my opinion. The answer is a travel pet carrier. Put your cat in it for protection and park it under THEIR bedroom window for a few nights.

Thanks for the ideas. I will try a few of them, except Cindy's. I will let you know how it goes. If you have any more ideas, let me know.

I think you have gotten good advice so far and I just wanted to commend you for not blaming the cat although I can imagine how frustrating it must be. If you humanely make it unpleasant for the cat to visit it will stay away.

If this cat is intact I would trap it myself and have it neutered which should cut down on any spraying and unwanted kittens. Anything that comes into my yard intact leaves without its bits. Hang in there.

Amen, Jules!

I'd actually ask the owners if the cat is intact, and suggest to them that they neuter it, rather than trapping it and sending it to the pound. Since you know who the cat belongs to.

Trap it, get it neutered and send it back home. Who mentioned sending it to the pound? It's pretty easy to tell if a male cat is "intact". If you're brave, Earl, you can return the cat with the vet bill. If they refuse to pay it tell them that you've done your good deed for the cat and for the neighborhood. People who let their un-fixed animals run loose need a great big slap on the hand (among other things).

My tiger kitty becomes what we affectionally call "Psycho Kitty" if another animal comes on our porch or deck (cats, raccoons, etc). She'll turn on our other cat for a bit despite them having been together all their lives. It's never a good time. Sometimes separating them in different rooms helps, sometimes not. Slowly they get back to normal.

We have to close our back door blinds at night to keep this from happening, and we keep an eye on what's going on outside. If a storm is supposed to come on later, we seem to get more animal activity since they are looking for shelter. Since it's also raccoon activity, we can't put some of the stuff down we want since it would attract them even more.

Wish you luck, Earl!

Trapping it and having it neutered without the owners permission is probably wrong. It's the owners property, you cant just neuter it without their permission. Yes, they shouldnt let it run around, spreading chaos, destruction and litters of kittens in it's wake, but it's their cat. I'd talk to them first about the problem before catnapping the cat and neutering it.