Des Higgins writes
On Jun 19, 12:28 pm, K wrote:


A quick alternative is something called 'simple solution' - applied
liberally, it converts the smell to one of marzipan which disappears
over a few hours, and doesn't leave a residue that atttracts the cat.

Is the intruder coming through doors and windows or through the cat
flap? - if the latter, then you could consider one of those which are
controlled by a little box on your cat's collar. Bit expensive if your
cat has a habit of shedding its collar regularly.

wow; ok I will try that.

You'll find it in big pet shop chains rather than in supermarkets.

We deterred a cat by putting the flap on 'in only' - we were woken by
its banging on the flap trying to get out, so we kept it in a small cat
box for the rest of the night. It didn't come in again (although he's
still friendly to us when we meet in the garden). But that was a
neutered tom exploring and finding new varieties of cat biscuit - it
might not be effective against the hormones of an entire tom.
--
Kay