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Originally Posted by myv65
Anytime we've had a cat that liked to jump on objects it should not (typically kitchen counters) we simply placed mouse traps all over the place. It was not uncommon to be awoken in the middle of the by the sound of traps snapping followed immediately by loud cat howling. No cat ever needed a repeat "lesson".
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Great, now everyone around me has heard my giggling and knows I'm not working. ;p
The below assumes you've already tried talking to your neighbors, and they're too dense to bother with trying to keep their cats from roaming (which is quite typical, unfortunately).
One form of revenge that always worked well on cats in our neighborhood: leave super-greasy food scraps at the edge of your yard (preferably under a shrubbery) where the neighbor cats typically enter. We usually used leftover KFC with lots of gravy.
The cats would chow down, go home, and get sick all over the neighbor's white carpet.
(NOTE: usually also attracts other unwanted critters like skunks, but they just move on once the food is gone, provided you don't bait them too often.
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Another tactic:
If you've got good cover from prying eyes (some ppl would get all bent out of shape if they saw this, go figure
) and you happen to catch the cat in the act (but they don't see you) a pellet gun pumped up 3-4 times (instead of the normal 10) stings pretty good, but doesn't actually break the skin.
Might be a little more satisfying form of revenge, but I still like the 1st one better (or the mousetraps
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