On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:55:47 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 7/27/2016 1:56 PM, Gary wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Throw it wherever you want. Mine would go into the garbage because I
>>> don't want to attract rats, raccoons, possums etc.
>>
>> Come on...all of those animals are cute and friendly if you feed them.
>> Rats are supposedly friendly but my daughter's rat bit me...*******
>> Raccoon are cool too except in Bothell.
>> Possums are super meek and friendly.
>> etc. animals have their good sides too.
>>
>I have to draw the line about feeding some outdoor animals. I used to
>put food out for stray cats and it attracted intact males and soon my
>house was peed all over because they mark their territory, and intact
>male cat pee stinks to high heaven. Yes I trapped some had some
>neutered/spayed, which is how I got Bonnie. But this area is not good
>for TNR because of the busy roads and I'd have a hard time if some
>couldn't be rehomed because I'm a sucker for cats. I don't have a barn
>or anywhere safe for letting them stay so I had to stop feeding them to
>discourage them hanging around. And yes, possums will eat cat food
>and I don't mind them, but they freaked out my indoor cats.

I suppose it depends on the situation where you live. This is very
rural, mostly farms and houses on large properties. The zoning on
this road is minimally five acres but most properties are much larger.
The feral cats here live in communities, all are fixed and are IDed by
notched ears. My regular ferals are four males and one female, all
were trapped and fixed, no odor from spraying. The only odor here is
an occasional whiff of skunk. My guys keep behind the house and
around my barn. Sometimes they hunt along my creek in front but they
never go across to the road side... there's very little traffic on
this road but if they hear a car they dash back behind the house.
Feral cats are smart, they stay out of open fields, they keep close to
hedgerows where there are trees to climb.