Feral Cats Control

There are many solutions to reducing the damage that can be done by stray cats or feral cats.

Fencing

Placing a fence around your gardens, landscaping and flowers may prevent entry, however, cats can jump so you may want to make sure that the fence is high enough to prevent entry.

Live Cage Traps

Many people choose this method of rescuing and relocating stray cats or feral cats. You can do this one yourself or check your local yellow pages under Animal Removal Services or Professional Pest Control. Many companies manufacture live animal cage traps for many nuisance animals, including the Stray Cat Rescue Kit that contains extra tools for those that are combating a serious problem with stray cats or feral cats. The kit includes a camouflage blanket, a cage divider to allow for feeding, door release hook and extensive instructions designed specifically for stray cat rescuing.

Repellents

There are chemical repellents on the market that repels the cat from digging in your landscaping. HAVAHART® Repellents prevent damage by smell and taste, making them more effective than most repellents on the market.

Water Repellents

The HAVAHART® brand has a Motion Activated Water Repellent called Spray Away. This repellent catches marauding nuisance animals off guard and scares them away!

Noise

Placing a bell (cat bell) on your cats collar can help if you are concerned about the amount of damage your cat is doing to the local wildlife, by placing a bell on the collar, you will alert the unsuspecting birds to the approaching cat.

About Feral Cats

Feral Cat also known as Stray Cat Feral cats are the offspring of domesticated cats (domesticated by humans) that were abandoned by their cat owners or that wandered into wild areas from their homes. When the domesticated cats mated, their young cats were never handled by or associated with humans. This effectively is making their kittens feral. In Australia the term feral cat refers to cats living completely in the wild. Large populations of wildlife in Australia, including reptiles and birds, poorly adapted to this skilful predator have allowed the establishment of stable populations across the large sections of the country. Developed and adult feral cats, that were never socialized with man, can rarely be socialized. Feral kittens can occasionally be socialized to live with humans if they are very early taken from a feral colony before they are six weeks old: it’s important to note that four to five weeks is preferable. Feral cats may live alone but are usually found in large groups called feral colonies with communal nurseries, depending on resource availability. The average life span of a feral cat that survives beyond kittenhood is usually cited as being less than two years while a domestic house cat lives an average of twelve to sixteen years. However, feral cats aged nineteen (Cat Action Trust) and twenty-six (Cats Protection) have been reported where food and shelter are available. Cityscapes and North America are not native environments for cats. The domestic cat comes from temperate or hot, dry climates and was distributed throughout the world by humans. Cats are extremely adaptable, and feral felines have been found in conditions of extreme cold and heat. They are more susceptible to cold, damp conditions than to cold alone. The domestic cat requires a diet of 90% protein, so many feral cats lack adequate nutrition. In addition, they have no defense against or understanding of predators such as dogs and coyotes. The current population of feral cats in the United States is twenty to forty million.

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