Notify your local Chinese restaurant.
a dog?
Are these feral cats or pets that belong to neighbors?
Get an std schnauzer or any dog.
Paging the Viking Kitties, in 5, 4, 3 . . .
Stop feeding them? :)
Have the same problem and we’re checking out a quiet BB gun, but it’s a pain to have to wait up and catch them in the act.
Try a little ketchup or soy sauce.
They taste a lot better than those raised on factory farms.
orange peel
Try spreading some mothballs, works for red fox and racoon at my home.
Two hours a week for stray cats pooping in your yard? Yikes, I’ve never heard of such a thing! I don’t think I’ve ever lived anywhere where I came across stray cat feces of note.
What kind of neighborhood do you live in?
my cats hate the vacumn cleaner. ;)
12 ga number 8 shot
We have a cat that keeps all the other cats out of out yard. He will defend it to the death. March 31st he rode down the street in the back of the truck a third of a mile down the road then jumped out, freaked out of his mind. On the seventh day he was back crying at the door. He’s here to stay.
Make friends with one cat. He will defend “his” territory.
I put your question to my master. She says, “Brrrowwww.” I’ll translate. Obviously, you are an attractive person. Possibly, you work in the fishing industry? She recommends that you simply go with the flow and buy a metal brush and spend your time working with cats as opposed to against them. (She can really pack some meaning in just a few noises, yes?) Anyway, she sends her love, and I’m guessing this upcoming comment is actually a hairball. If so, I’ll post it for you.
The electronic device might work. I have heard recently on very good authority that it certainly works like magic on barking dogs. (I’m remembering that for the future, wish I’d known it a long time ago!)
When we had your cat problem years back, finally a neighbor took all the strays to the shelter..using a “safe” trap of course to get them...I’d had 7 of them shedding (and...) on my lawn chairs while I was at work! I was grateful that he took care of it. It’s a shame but that’s the way it goes.
I should add he comes into the garage to use the sandbox.