It is a pain because my female cats will not stay around when the male cat is around but I have been making an effort to feed them an bring the food back in so my area is less attractive.

However, water is still out there and due to the drought out here people have gotten used to not watering their Lawns like they used to. That means less water for the critters. Although there is a river bead with smelly water about 1/4 mile away.
It is sad my Cats don't get to have an occasional Gopher treat for about 2 years now. I never see the parts of the head they usually leave around the yard.

One time I have seen one of my Cats with a Rat. I did not know we had Rats in the area.

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