I have two groups. One in my back parking lot, and a new one has nested under my front porch.
I really wouldn't give a damn, except it smells absolutely horrific. These are large colonies, and there are lots and lots and lots of feral cats in my neighbourhood in general. Put it this way, the neighbours were elated to see we had dogs when we moved in since that way maybe the cats would disperse a bit. And they have, some, particularly in the common back parking lot where I can let Ruby patrol.
Today, however, I noticed The Odour from the front. I took Ruby out there just a bit ago hoping she'd pee and ward off the cat. No, instead, she found them burrowed under the porch and it was all I could do to keep her from going under there and getting into it with them. These are adult male strays, btw, not moms and kittens.
It is now winter in my corner of the world. Real, serious, heavy, cold, snow laden winter. If I can smell the cat piss while inside my house now, how bad will it be in summer? I am betting BAD. So how to I get rid of this? I'd let Ruby go to town and give them hell, but honestly I'm afraid of her getting hurt. I'm not worried about the back since they'll just run and she'll chase, but there's no way I'm letting a chow bull go wrestle with male feral cats under a porch. Oh hells no.
Ideas please?
Oh and note: my city does not give two shits about stray cats. They will not come get them, they will not TNR, they will not euth them, and to be honest they probably would not give a damn if I shot them, but I'm a bit better than that I'd like to think. I'd ideally like to spray some sort of scent or plant. If all else fails, I'll call the renegade vets I know who will TNR them. But that's a huge, huge, huge job they'd have in front of them.
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