Cat flipping out on windowsill

[fiomet]

My cat is mainly an indoor cat by her own choosing. The problem of late is that there is a huge tom cat next door who patrols his own garden and mine in the middle of the night.

What's beginning to happen is that Annie sits on the windowsill almost like she is waiting for Eric to go by. When he does she absolutely flips out and knocks everything off the windowsill (she's broken a couple of things too)

I know the easy option would be to get rid of the stuff on windowsill and I know the reason why she's flipping out, but is there no way to curb her behaviour?

Thanks

[lilynmitz]

Modify her behaviour? Not really, she's doing what comes naturally to her, in a situation that she finds threatening. However, you could try simply shutting her out of that room at night, and also get a feliway diffuser going, which might help her cope with it a bit better. you could try speakign with the Tom's owners and ask them to keep him in at night, but it's a big ask, and he's still going to want to patrol his territory, so if he does it in day time when your puss is outside, there's a risk of face to face confrontation which could end up much worse.

One question, is your puss spayed? If not, get her done for a whole host of reasons (not least to prevent yet more unwanted kittens filling up the rescue centres). If she's on heat, that may be encouraging him to visit. Also, suggest to your neighbours that if they're cat isn't neutered, they should get him done too. This will stop him getting into fights and roaming far and wide in his hormonal search for a mate, as well as reducing the unwanted kitten risk. There are loads of health benefits for having male and female cats spayed/neutered as well, including reduction in many feline cancers.