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You sure can't keep a good cat down! My Tigger broke his leg at 6 months old (he's 9 now) and I was supposed to keep him in confinement while the leg healed post surgery to pin it back together. I had an apartment at the time with no doors between rooms so I borrowed my sister's puppy crate, which is big enough for her full grown black lab, and he used to swing from the bars on top! He had a collar for him too.
Hazel, the young tomcat from across the road must still think she & her mother are pretty cute because he is driving us mad. He not only eats their food but terrorizes them. I am sick & tired of his yowling & spitting & god knows what else he does around the place. Swartzie just cowers somewhere & Charli is nowhere to be found be when he is around which is every day almost all day. We are at our wits end to know what to do about him next. We have spoken too the owners to no avail. They say that they feed him but he is a guts. It is not just the food, it is the fact that he is standing over our desexed cats & probably peeing all over the place as well. One of the reasons that we did not want a male cat.
Liz
A smile is a light in the window of your face that shows that your heart is at home
When I was a kid, you could go to any pharmacist and ask for some "high life", and they would know what it was. These days, though, they don't have the foggiest idea, and a web search shows that no one remembers it these days.
You could put it in a water pistol, and squirt a little on the cats rear end, and he would think that his butt was on fire, and vacate the premises at warp speed. It worked by evaporative cooling. IOW, as the chemical evaporated, it cooled the skin under the fur, but the cat's brain perceived it as heat, rather than cooling. On bare skin, it had little effect.
Unfortunately, it was/is a grain fumigant, which is why it is no longer commonly available, and that is the reason why most folks have no knowledge of it. I believe it is still available, but in this country, (and presumably, most countries), you have to have a certified pesticide applicator's license in order to be able to buy stuff like that, since these days, we recognize that using chemicals such as that is not without risk to personal and public health. Farmers and pest control technicians have such licenses, of course.
The bottom line is, I can give you the name of the product, if you want, but you probably can't legally buy it without a license, and using it to chase off stray cats is an off-label use that could cost you your license, unless you could convince the investigators that it was an accident. LOL. These days, using a chemical such as that would be severely frowned on, but I can remember a time when it was common practice. It worked great - one shot worked almost 100% of the time, as far as keeping unwanted strays at home, is concerned. Ahhhhhh - the good old days. LOL.
Love,
Tex
P S I'm probably one of only a handful of people in the entire world who can remember the vital details of this chemical, and how to find it, these days. LOL. Most trivia information such as this is lost after a generation or two.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
There is so much stuff that you used to be able to get 'in the old days' but can't anymore. It is a wonder any of us ever survived our childhood with all the things that kids & other people can't do or have access to anymore.
We have tried turning the hose on that cat but it would just run under the house out of reach. It is a shame because it is a really nice looking cat & I wouldn't mind it making the occasional visit to my girls if it was better behaved & did not eat up everything in sight. I mostly feed my cats inside but was leaving a dry feeder in the carport for them, especially when we go out. I have stopped doing that because they never got any.
Well back to the drawing board.
love
Liz
A smile is a light in the window of your face that shows that your heart is at home
Yep, that sounds like a pretty ill-mannered feline. With his attitude, he will almost surely be a real PITA, when he gets older. It's a real shame that his owners aren't willing to keep him under control. I hope their manners are better than their cats', in most other aspects. LOL.
Do you have a zoo nearby? I've read that lion or tiger urine makes a pretty good repellent for stray cats and dogs, when sprayed around the perimeter, now and then.
Love,
Wayne
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Oh My Gosh, Katy!! I can just picture Tigger doing gymnastics inside that crate. 
