Cat intruding despite microchip cat flap

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Hi everyone,

We're having a bit of a problem with the neighbour's cat coming into our house at night. We actually have a microchip cat flap! But he just tailgates our cat, Gribouille, to get inside...

So he comes in the middle of the night, eats our cat's dry food and leaves fur everywhere. We have a camera in our living room and even though they're mates, you can clearly see the neighbour's cat dominates ours: he's the one who chooses his spot and eats the dry food... ours ends up on the floor with nothing left to eat. When we're here and wake up in the middle of the night we shoo him away, and he seems scared, but he just keeps coming back...

We've been away for a few days now and he's coming round more and more...

And we're going away for several weeks this summer...

Have any of you dealt with this before? Do you have any solutions? Thanks!!!

Céline

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    Hi there, The situation you’re describing sounds really tough to manage. I think it would be a good idea to have a chat with your neighbours—the owners of the other cat—so you can try and find a solution together. It might be worth focusing on stopping the other cat from getting in, just as you’ve tried to do with the microchip cat flap. To do this, you could try keeping your own cat indoors for a few days; if the neighbour’s cat can’t get in, they might eventually give up and stop coming around. However, I completely understand that it feels unfair to keep your cat inside. Failing that, someone would need to be there to let your cat in manually to make sure the other one doesn’t sneak in at the same time. These ideas are only really half-measures, and I truly believe that cooperating with your neighbours will lead to much better results. Wishing you the best of luck. Kind regards, Quitterie.
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