Have you dealt with feral cats in your yard?

[Reba]

I had to clean up a rental property once where the lady had over 30 cats in the house and another 20+ feral cats she had been feeding UNDER the house. Talking about a mess! How she hid them from us I will never know, but I came to the conclusion after cleaning up all the remains of the cat piss that was over 1/2" on the subfloor that the woman was first, lucky she was still alive and second, NUTS!

Horrible!

I also came away believing that there should be laws regarding the number of cats someone should be able to have similar to what is on the books in most places for dogs.

We have laws about that in my area but I guess it's hard to enforce when the animals are "hidden." Usually it's not enforced until someone makes a formal complaint.

This is from our covenant:

"Section Nineteen. Animals. No animals, reptiles, worms, rodents, birds, fish, livestock or poultry shall be raised, bred, or maintained on any Lot, except that domestic dogs, cats fish and birds inside bird cages, may be kept as household pets within any structure upon a Lot, provided they are not kept, bred or raised therein for commercial purposes, or in unreasonable quantities. As used in these Covenants, “unreasonable quantities” shall be deemed to limit the total number of all dogs, cats and birds to two (2) per Lot. All pets must be secured by a leash or lead, or under the control of a responsible person and obedient to that person’s command at any time they are permitted outside a house or other dwelling or enclosed area."

I know for a fact it isn't enforced. Most people don't mind more cats or dogs in the neighborhood as long as the owners are responsible.

I would love to have some egg-laying chickens but ….

 

[AlleyCat]

Oh, those birds are beautiful. Some of the plantations here still have them roaming about, just like in Gone With the Wind. Sometimes hearing people don't like them because they have a very loud call, and they use it frequently!

BTW, the "girls" are called peahens.

You must be very excited about seeing the progress on your house.

I never knew the girls were called peahens. :thankyou:

I can sort of hear them when we drive by, so we sing back to them. . It gets the dogs all excited because they go with us on every trip there.

It's fun watching the house progress, yes. It's still in the early stages. We don't close until late October.