Cats in my yard

[Catherinedana]

My Bean is home!!!!!!! Thanks for your help with the cardinal sign. I was hoping to see him tomorrow (day 12) but today works too!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!! OMG! I'm in tears!! YAAAAAAY!

[Catherinedana]

As expected, we caught a possum. Went out to check the trap and saw a triangular white face peering at me in the darkness and knew. . .

Barry held the flashlight while I donned gloves and opened the cage to release the possom who was frightened out of his wits, poor thing. Thought he was getting a nice tuna dinner and ended up in a cage. Just a small guy too. Well, we closed the trap and Barry will reset it in the morning since he will be home today.

Funny though, we put up a chainlink fence in the back of the yard on Saturday and I haven't seen a cat since. I think that they are being wary since the environment has changed. I also bought some animal deterent that I will put down either after we catch the cats or if we don't catch any at all. I can sprinkle it at the perimeter of the property and in the spots where they spray. It's organic and the ingredients don't appear to be harmful, just smelly.

[Catherinedana]

My husband just called me here at work to tell me that we caught the first cat; the grey and white one that does most of the spraying. He said that the black and white one was with him, and stood around for a while after grey&white got caught, but now black&white is gone.

Why do I feel so guilty?

[Pawsitive Thinking]

My husband just called me here at work to tell me that we caught the first cat; the grey and white one that does most of the spraying. He said that the black and white one was with him, and stood around for a while after grey&white got caught, but now black&white is gone.

Why do I feel so guilty?

Don't feel guilty - you are doing what is ultimately best for them

[aTailOf2Kitties]

mothballs will repel cats too. My father-in-law used them to keep the neighborhood felines from shredding the cover on his van.