Current Events > I'm leaving cat food out for outdoor cats. Is that bad?

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I started leaving dry cat food and water out four days ago, along with a camera to make sure cats eat it and not some other animals (e.g., if I see a raccoon go for it, I'll stop doing this).

So far, there are two cats coming by to eat some food. The time frame for these cats to visit seem all over the map (one comes regularly at around 3am-ish); so this suggest that they are actually wild cats, and not indoor/outdoor pet cats. Surprisingly, no other animal came by so far.

What I am hoping for is that these wild cats will "hang around" at my property, and lead to the following pros:
*There will be less birds around my property. Which means hopefully, there will be less woodpeckers, because fuck them (they literally make holes in my house).
*There will be less mice around my property. While I do have indoor cats, they are declawed and they can't do shit with mice. So having outdoor wild cats, I hope they will take care of any mice before any mice decides to come inside (which hasn't happened yet).

The only cons I can see:
*May lead to an unsustainable amount of cats. I am okay with a few cats, but if I start seeing more than like 5 different cats, that's pretty bad... that may lead to territorial disputes, lots of poop/pee, etc.

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Other animals, like raccoons and dogs, might eat it, too. Maybe your anti-woodpecker initiative'll work out, though.

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Cats are cute and what you're doing is great :)

Nothing wrong with providing some food for neighborhood strays, although they are unlikely to take care of rodents on your property. Outdoor cats, especially males, tend to have huge patrol areas so they probably won't linger around your house too long.

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Yes, you should save it for when you run out of human food.... unless youre fattening up the cats

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MC_BatCommander posted...

Nothing wrong with providing some food for neighborhood strays, although they are unlikely to take care of rodents on your property. Outdoor cats, especially males, tend to have huge patrol areas so they probably won't linger around your house too long.

Oh...

Think it'll help if I buy one of these and set it up:
https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Products-3993-Outdoor-17-Inches/dp/B07HMPRTXF/

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It's only bad if you don't want to be mauled by feral cats while leaving your home.
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not sure how well that would work...
sounds like a cool experiment tho.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

It's only bad if you don't want to be mauled by feral cats while leaving your home.

Cats are generally skittish tho; I feel like they'll just run away if I even come close to them.

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why are your cats declawed

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500 topic incoming

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DeathDeathSong posted...

why are your cats declawed

When I got the cats, they were already declawed.

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May be illegal. Look into that.

Here are the two different cats:
https://i.imgur.com/MJnsSzJ.jpg

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