Ah, feral cats, well intending neighbors, trash bins, pools, and dogs. All a recipe for an annoyed pool owner because feeding cats brings raccoon, skunks, possums, and WTH ever else roams about at night. Anyway, the cats my next door neighbor feeds come over the fence and get up on my pool and do something...get a drink I guess but I really have no idea. I see their footprints, which are just annoying. Last year, the raccoon that also partakes of the food the neighbor leaves out also got on the pool and apparently found it to be a pleasing location the night I left the cover off. The raccoon loved it so much that when I put the cover back on, s/he started pooping on the cover. If you have never see raccoon poop, it is not for the faint of heart. We finally had to trap it and relocate it.
All this to say, I cannot help you but I just need to share my frustration about feeding feral cats with a captive audience. The feeders NEVER seem to realize the trouble they cause. And, just let me mention the noise those darn cats make when my neighbor goes away and there is no food for the cats. That makes for a real enjoyable morning in the pool.
Ok, I am done:bowdown: