Unhappy Neighbors

I live in a trailer park, and have been caring for four ferals. My neighbors have been complaining (not to my face, COWARDS) that the cats are doing their business in their yard. I'm worried that these EVIL neighbors may harm my "friends". Is there any deterent I can advise them to use to keep these poor kitties from making their grass nice and green? :-) As usual, thanks for the knowledge.

People who hurt animals are hurting people.

Originally Posted by golffox

People who hurt animals are hurting people.

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I do not have a solution for you but I am sure someone will be along that will. This is just for the comment you put in your post above..

People who hurt animals are hurting people.

Well mine is people who hurt animals should be shot... LOL thats what my hubby says . Harsh but sometimes I know we all hear stories that can make us so upset about idiots that can do harmful things to animals of any kind.

I hope I didn't offend anyone by saying that.. ( the shot part that is )

hehe....i agree but i'm new here so didn't want to overstep my bounds :-)

If you don't have kids, you could put a sandbox in your back yard, and most likely the cats will prefer the sandbox. (Of course, that won't work if you have kids-too gross!)
Also, be sure to let people know that it is because of you that the numbers of cats are limited! If they weren't speutered (spayed/neutered), there would be a lot more of them!

Originally Posted by golffox

hehe....i agree but i'm new here so didn't want to overstep my bounds :-)

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Hehehe I am hoping I didn't either.. LOL..

Getting a large tub, like at a hardware store, and filling it with cat sand (and cleaning it!) is a good idea. Do clean it regularly and try to tuck it somewhere out of sight (which the ferals will like better anyway).

This link has good ideas about keeping animals off lawns as well, from motion activated sprinklers to things you can push in the ground.
http://www.neighborhoodcats.org/info/keepingout.htm

There are lots of really good articles about keeping cats out of gardens. If these neighbors continue to complain..you may want to look into a outdoor enclosure for these cats.

Katie

Originally Posted by eatrawfish

Getting a large tub, like at a hardware store, and filling it with cat sand (and cleaning it!) is a good idea. Do clean it regularly and try to tuck it somewhere out of sight (which the ferals will like better anyway).

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Well said.

I'm gonna stand up for your neighbours here and say - Are you encouraging any and all ferals to come to your trailer? Do you limit your care to specific cats? Is there a place away from peoples homes that you can feed them?

If you're been a considerate neighbour point out to them how you are trying to make things unintrusive for them.

I say this because over the last 3 years our neighbour upstairs decided to feed the local cat population. She never got any of them fixed and so at night there were Tom-cat fights outside our bedroom window at 2am. The number of cats paying her a visit increased damatically. She fed them on the balcony outside upstairs which resulted in us having to walk thru cat biscuits
to get to our front door. And to top it off my back porch turned into a shelter/battle ground/spraying spot and regularly I open my sliding door to be greeted by the stink of urine.
She moved out 2 weeks ago thank goodness, taking 2 cats with her.

Dealing with ferals in a highly populated area is difficult but not ALL your neighbours are bad, my own darling girls Momma-cat is one of the local strays.