How do you get rid of them?
Our cat has been acting strange for the last couple of weeks. He typically hangs outside at night, comes to the door when he hears us making coffee, and will spend half the day inside sleeping before he goes back out.
Last couple of days he is just not around. (He is crippled with a lobster-claw for a paw, but that does not really restrict his mobility.)
This morning, at 6:00 am, I go out on our deck, and start calling the cat.
Nothing.
I grab a big-assed flashlight, and pan across the back yard, and from behind the blackberry bush in our perimeter landscaping are about 6 pairs of eyes looking back at me.
WTF?
I go towards them, yelling at them, and they all scatter. Not in a super big hurry, but they climbed the fence, and ran along the top of that until they hit the back fence, and then went away.
My wife says to get a trap. While that will work, I don't really want to "deal" with them.
If they were in my back yard last night, I bet they will be in my back yard tonight.
I am thinking bear spray. ESPECIALLY if I can get them to stop, and try to hiss at me.
BAM! Right in the face, hopefully halfway down their gullet.
Will that work?
If not, what else?