stray cats--a problem

 


what's a good way to deter strays cats
from coming on your property

there're about 6/7 strays that cut across the
back of my yard   all day long it's back and
forth

i can't fence the backyard in because the
senior community i live in doesn't permit
fences and the towns' animal control people
won't round up the strays not unless they
are injured

i have cat droppings all over the back  i've
even found droppings on one roof corner
and in the rain gutter

any suggestions would be most welcomed

thanks

 
      Are you limited to using only legal methods?

Tom

 

    As an American, firearms naturally come to mind. Stick with air rifles
because actual firearms make such a distracting and alarming noise which the
neighbors are not likely to care to hear.
    Snares? If you can manage to catch a cat it'll probably make a lot of
noise.
    Take photographs of the trespassing cats then post public notices that
you'll pay an award to someone that can tell you who the cats' owners are
and can provide reasonable proof. Surely there are people that walk the area
regularly and take notice of such things.
    I like another poster's motion detector activated water sprinkler idea.
    A local celebrity by the name of Harold Bailey, The Friendly Trapper,
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claims success keeping cats at bay by using cocoa bark mulch. At least they
won't use treated areas as a litterbox.

Tom

 

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Put out some bowls of water with antifreeze in them.  Also, small chunks of
sponges that have been soaked in bacon grease also works well.

 

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if you yourself are prepared to drink a bottle of antfreeze before putting
some out for the cat then the above suggestion is a runner. If not, don't
even consider it as a serious suggestion. Hopefully it is a joke. If you are
going to kill the animal do it quickly and humanely. People who use
antfreeze of cats will hopefully be kidnapped by some sadictic nutter one
day and slowly tortured to death and they will then understand.

rob