And in the meantime they spread fleas and worms. The office I used to work at was on the edge of a mixed residential and business area. One of the houses that was converted to an office had people that would feed the ferals. There were cats all over the place. Then the business the was there m I ved or went out of business and the place wasn’t rented out right away. Someone started feeding the cats by putting huge piles of kibble in the middle of sidewalks or even the parking lot for our building. And if you had on light colored pants or shoes you could see the fleas jumping on your legs as you walked to and from the parking lot and building.
The feral cats around our home come into our yard and poop and our dogs eat it, regardless of my telling them how disgusting that is and having to take them out in the hose to wash their mouths out so the house doesn’t smell like cat crap.
“...regardless of my telling them how disgusting that is...”
HAHAHAHA, you kiddin me!? Telling a dog!?
The "Crazy Cat Ladies" do the same thing at the small office building complex and at the Winn Dixie in the parking lot next to it where I walk my dogs during the day.
There used to be a big, wild rooster that lived somewhere around the office buildings, but it's gone now. I don't know if one of the many raptors got it or if maybe it was trapped. It definitely made a lot of noise, but it was lots of fun for my dogs to chase.
Same for the cats, but I liked the rooster better.
When I asked a few of the neighbors about the cats, they seem to like the feral cats better than the rats and other rodents, so apparently they're okay with letting the "CCL"s do their thing.
Small creatures like the cats and rabbits don't last long around here anyway. The hawks and owls seem to be the reigning champs for keeping their the numbers down.
Last January, when I was out walking my dogs fairly late one night, an owl landed on a street light across the street from where we were walking with a still screaming rabbit it had just caught. My dogs went absolutely crazy over that. No wonder there aren't many rabbits around here...or cats, for that matter.
The feral cats around our home come into our yard and poop and our dogs eat it, regardless of my telling them how disgusting that is and having to take them out in the hose to wash their mouths out so the house doesn’t smell like cat crap.
^^This!^^ My dogs act like they're after-dinner mints like you find at a restaurant cash register when you pay the check. I think I hate that smell more than anything I can think of.