My SO likes to go for walks, but there is a cat that constantly starts stalking towards them, hissing. Their grandmother has already been attacked by this cat, so I am looking for advice on the best thing to do in this situation. It’s clearly an outdoor cat since it’s well-groomed but we do not know the owner.
I am not familiar with cat behaviour, so I wanted to ask a community who was in order to get sound advice in a way that’s safe for the cat and ourselves. Should I be using a spray bottle/water gun? Putting out smells the cat might not like? Any ideas on how to get it from constantly stalking and attacking people? Thank you.
In my experience, strays usually act like that when they’ve got a litter stowed somewhere nearby. We got our most recent rescue from a similar situation; an unusually aggressive cat started hassling folks in the area. Once we got her and the kittens moved into a safer place she started to warm up to us, but it was a long process with a lot of bites.
She is now happily domesticated lol