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Anonymous wrote:Put the cushions away when they are not in use.

OP here. I don't want to put the cushions away because 1)I am too lazy to put them away every time someone finishes sitting on them. 2) I don't have any space to store them. 3) my mom watches my kids after school and she loves sitting on the porch and reading the paper while my kids play outside. She gets annoyed when cat hair gets over her pants and sweaters. I am not going to make my 75 year old mom haul cushions onto the patio every afternoon. I appreciate her watching my kids while DH and I work and want to keep her happy.
My 8 year old likes the neighborhood cats so I don't want to call animal control, trap them, or complain to our elderly neighbors (the cat's owner). There has to be some kind of spray that deters cats but is harmless to kids. I also am sad that we used to have birds that built a nest in the rafters of our porch every spring. They haven't gone back I think because of the cats. We have found a couple of dead birds on our lawn too. I assume the cat(s) are killing them.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I would say don't let your DH or DC out on the porch. Failing that, lean the furniture forward when not in use and the kitties will have no use for it.

yeah right, since the neighbors have cats they don't keep inside my child can't use the porch? No. I'd put the thing in a crate and take it to animal control. I hate rogue cats. My husband is super allergic, I'd have no qualms about getting rid of cats that live outside.

Anonymous wrote: I hope you get rid of cats and then snakes sun themselves on your patio chairs!

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Anonymous wrote:Put the cushions away when they are not in use.

Thank you, reasonable person. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd trap them and take them to animal control. Repeat until the owners get the message and keep them inside. Animal control won't euthanize them- the owners have a certain amount of time to claim them then they are put up for adoption. As long as you aren't keeping them in traps for extended periods of time, it's perfectly humane.

I like cats and own one, but they really shouldn't be allowed outside, especially if they leave their yard. It's terrible for both the cat and wildlife. Billions of birds are killed by cats every year. Just a couple weeks ago we saw a neighborhood cat that had been struck and killed by a car. Outdoor cats have also been shown to have much shorter lifespans.

Dogs aren't allowed to wander the streets, cats shouldn't be either.

Cats and dogs are very different animals. Apples and oranges.

Like comparing a monkey to a goat.

Neither monkey nor goat nor cat nor dog should be roaming the streets unattended.

I would use the mothball approach, or some other anti-cat spray. I wouldn't have thought to call animal control but more power to you if that works.

I don't think you understand how animals or nature work, do you?

Wildlife and pets are different. No pets should be wandering the streets- dogs, cats, hamsters, goats, pigs, parrots, whatever.

Plus, when wildlife are a nuisance on personal property, it is legal for them to be trapped (by a professional wildlife exterminator in many states).

Can you site the code or law stating that a cat cannot enter a yard or walk across your lawn. If this were the case I think outdoor cats would be illegal across the board.

How do you deal with bird & squirrel poop or deer eating your garden?

Yes, I can:

https://beta.code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1808.html

§ 8–1808. Prohibited conduct.

(a) No owner of an animal shall allow the animal to go at large.

Anonymous wrote:Land mines under the cushions.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I would say don't let your DH or DC out on the porch. Failing that, lean the furniture forward when not in use and the kitties will have no use for it.

OP here. This is why I didn't post on the Pets forum. The cats aren't my pets and my family likes sitting on the porch. I don't want to tilt my furniture everyday. Is there anything I can spray on the seats?

Hot pepper powder is really effective, but not on furniture, of course. It took one application to keep them from using a flower bed by my front door as litter box, the stench was unbearable!

If your porch is covered, you can use an electric pad that produces mild electric shock when jumped on
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017XBDPA/ref=asc_df_B0017XBDPA4916486/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B0017XBDPA&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167144421804&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1365788120167256936&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008165&hvtargid=pla-273483000362

Its harmless, and Cats are too smart to repeat the same mistake.