Thread: When neighborhood strays become a problem

Oliver's allowed outside now, and he's made friends with several of the neighborhood cats. One doesn't seem to have a home; he was very nervous around me at first, but now he loves cuddles and never seems to leave my garden. I don't let Sterling out unattended because I don't think she'd last long out there, and she unfortunately doesn't seem to have any understanding of social cues. Despite being with her breeder for two years in a house full of cats, she goes up to the outside cats like the Honey Monster and eagerly sniffs them with such a lack of grace they end up getting irritated with her and hiss and/or swipe (meanwhile, Oliver's looking on with an "I don't know you" expression).
There's at least one cat that doesn't get along with Oliver, but I haven't seen who it is, I've just heard deep growing sounds and seen little scratches on his skin. I think, like Alekto said, that once the territorial boundaries are established the fighting should stop. I understand cats usually are very respectful once it's clearly understood what belongs to whom.