# I took in a stray cat and unleashed HELL! How do I get rid of her (harming her is not an option!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708 "2013-03-01T07:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/41 "2013-03-04T00:12:09Z")
Hell-Cat is now ensconced in my barn, hissing at poor Nicky. She will spend the night in her crate, then be released into the wilds of my barn. I wonder what she’ll think of the horses? StG ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/42 "2013-03-04T00:28:53Z")
Yay! The Doper Kitty Rescue Railroad come through again! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/43 "2013-03-04T01:05:19Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I wouldn’t ride with my beloved pet cats in an open car, let alone a she-beast. > > StG I always took my cats to the vet without a cage. The only problem is that one of them (as a kitten) got under the brake pedal. I grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and put her in my lap. She use to meow all the way to the vet. Finally one time I tossed her up on the dash board as I pulled out so she could see what was going on. Seemed to work. She didn’t meow as much even though she knew the car meant the vet and she didn’t like that. good to here psycho kitty has a barn to play in. Nice ending. Good on StGermain. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/44 "2013-03-04T01:37:26Z")
Did the vet check the cat for an ID chip? In my part of the world it’s not pretty standard to chip a cat when it’s spayed/neutered. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/45 "2013-03-04T08:43:36Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Yay! The Doper Kitty Rescue Railroad come through again! This place and it’s denizens totally fucking rock! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/46 "2013-03-04T10:38:31Z")
OP, you may find [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586335&highlight=hellion) helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/47 "2013-03-04T11:58:02Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Hell-Cat is now ensconced in my barn, hissing at poor Nicky. She will spend the night in her crate, then be released into the wilds of my barn. I wonder what she’ll think of the horses? > > StG Since she has no fear response, I doubt the horses will phase her…she may be try riding them??? Poor Nicky, what does he think about the situation? I still hope he’ll make it clear tat it’s his barn and his turf, she’s just the CRAZY chick in a cage hissing at him…it will be interesting to see how this plays out! I hope she doesn’t try to overthrow Nick and try to rule with an iron paw like she did here!!! I was amazed at how quickly I made it up there and back! It was 312 miles round trip and it took me 4:25 including the hand-off and getting gas and caffeine for the trip back. I went 80-85mph most of the way, but so were quite a few other folks. I remembered how much I hate I-24 because it’s two freakin’ lanes most of the way to Nashville after you leave Chattanooga. It kills me how people will creep along in the left lane at the same exact speed as the traffic is in the right lane. They don’t even notice the line of 20 cars piling up behind…and flying around them at the first possible opportunity…and wanting to push them into the guard rail the longer they’re stuck behind them! Three times when I got stuck behind someone blocking the left lane they were driving a Toyota Prius…a car that has no business in the left lane to begin with. They should be poking along in the right lane, watching their MPG display and trying to see if they can get 100mpg of something… And the jerks driving our 300hp SUVs will be flying past them and never see 20mpg…I checked the grille when I got home to make sure I didn’t need to flick a Prius out of it, but there wasn’t! =) ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/48 "2013-03-04T12:41:35Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Hell-Cat is now ensconced in my barn, hissing at poor Nicky. She will spend the night in her crate, then be released into the wilds of my barn. I wonder what she’ll think of the horses? > > StG I love a thread with a happy ending! (or should I say - poor horses?) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/49 "2013-03-04T13:06:53Z")
I went down this morning and opened her crate and…nothing. She just stayed right there while Nick was eating from the food bowl. I petted Nicky and fed the horses and came back and she’s still in her crate. By this evening’s feed I’m sure she’ll be comfortable enough to start exploring. StG ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/50 "2013-03-04T22:29:31Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Hell-Cat is now ensconced in my barn, hissing at poor Nicky. She will spend the night in her crate, then be released into the wilds of my barn. I wonder what she’ll think of the horses? > > StG > [@Beelzebubba](#): > > … It was 312 miles round trip and it took me 4:25 including the hand-off and getting gas and caffeine for the trip back. … This place is absolutely amazing. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/51 "2013-03-05T00:25:27Z")
Checked on the She-beast at evening feed. She was hiding when I first got down to the barn, but within about 10 minutes she came down from the loft. Not close enough to touch her - she came down and hissed at either me or Nicky, who was getting some lovin’. She’s figured out where the feeder is, though (I put her crate right next to the autofeeder). All seems well. StG ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/52 "2013-03-05T01:02:22Z")
This is a happy ending indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/53 "2013-03-05T01:54:34Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Checked on the She-beast at evening feed. She was hiding when I first got down to the barn, but within about 10 minutes she came down from the loft. Not close enough to touch her - she came down and hissed at either me or Nicky, who was getting some lovin’. She’s figured out where the feeder is, though (I put her crate right next to the autofeeder). All seems well. > > StG Being out of her crate, but staying in/near the barn is a good sign. And hissing is actually perfectly normal given the sitaution. She is in a new place, around new people, a new cat and those huge beasts that gallop around like they own they own the place (or horses, in Human-speak)! Aslong as she is just hissing and growning and not attacking you, Nick or the horses, I’d say it’s going pretty well so far! :D’ Most cats won’t eat for at least a few days after a move to a totally new environment. Somehow it does NOT surprise me a bit that she is eating, which is what I inferred from you saying that she figured out where feeder is…right? She is probably thinking "Damn, if I had one of these, I could have killed and eaten that tall fat guy and the old lady a long time ago!!! I also hope that having Nick and the horses and any other critters living around her that it will snuff out any “Alpha Female” behavior because she can’t exert dominance over all of them, so she just nees to fall in line and go with the flow… Or she may etch a Pentagram on the barn floor and summon help from her demonic minions to seize her rightful place as the Bride of Satan??? If that happens, let me know and I’ll see if we can get the Supernatural boys lut there for an episode to send her back to the undead, pure-evil realm from whence she came!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/54 "2013-03-05T14:36:10Z")
Morning update: Cat came when I came into the barn. Nick was at the feeder, so I dumped a bit of cat food on the bale next to her and she dug in. Have not attempted any petting. StG ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/55 "2013-03-05T15:50:17Z")
has any picture been posted of the daemon spawn? glad to see that it is working out. St G – I don’t get rescues. I’ve called on animals that are decidedly NON-human entertained as their breed would serve a purpose here on my farm… and I’ve always been told that NO, they want the animal to go to a indoor situation with someone who is willing to hope that one day the animal will adapt to their jailer. OTOH, I’ve taken feral cats (in hopes of barn cat mouser action) with every intention of ignoring them for the most part and they seem to suddenly self-tame and become human dependent… then I’m stuck finding new homes for the ‘broken cats’ with people who actually want to cuddle on them. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/56 "2013-03-05T15:53:16Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > has any picture been posted of the daemon spawn? > > glad to see that it is working out. > > St G – I don’t get rescues. I’ve called on animals that are decidedly NON-human entertained as their breed would serve a purpose here on my farm… and I’ve always been told that NO, they want the animal to go to a indoor situation with someone who is willing to hope that one day the animal will adapt to their jailer. OTOH, I’ve taken feral cats (in hopes of barn cat mouser action) with every intention of ignoring them for the most part and they seem to suddenly self-tame and become human dependent… then I’m stuck finding new homes for the ‘broken cats’ with people who actually want to cuddle on them. **Enkel** - Yeah, my previous thread about the pound being unwilling to adopt out the mean feral cat as a barn cat was frustrating. The pound doesn’t have an indoor-only policy, but they didn’t seem to understand I was looking for an employee, not a pet. My hope is that this girl doesn’t have some sort of bi-polar issue that turn her into a lovebug. I have more housecats than I need. StG ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/57 "2013-03-06T02:49:30Z")
Evening update. Cat hanging around the barn, comes to find me when I get down there, but doesn’t come close. I say hello, but don’t try to entice her. StG ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/58 "2013-03-06T14:40:23Z")
St.Germain, three cheers to you for taking hell cat in. Beelzebubba, mad props to you for taking hell cat in and finding a place where she might be happy or planning on murdering StGermain and her animals in the night rather than disposing of her in another way. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/59 "2013-03-07T19:11:35Z")
This morning she was down by the creek the runs near the barn. She run back to the barn when I came to fill the feeder and had me pet her on the head. I gave her a few scritchies and stopped, figuring it’s better to make her want my attention then begging for hers. StG ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708/60 "2013-03-07T19:52:50Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > This morning she was down by the creek the runs near the barn. She run back to the barn when I came to fill the feeder and had me pet her on the head. I gave her a few scritchies and stopped, figuring it’s better to make her want my attention then begging for hers. > > StG That’s the best strategy. My cats use to go out of their way to try and dis me after they got their nails trimmed. They would literally run up to me and turn their backs on me and block my path. I’d just hook them with my foot and move them to the side. They would come around shortly looking for some attention. What cats hate more then unwanted attention is no attention at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-in-a-stray-cat-and-unleashed-hell-how-do-i-get-rid-of-her-harming-her-is-not-an-option/651708.md?page=4)