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I live in Texas, so living with fleas is pretty standard. I have a house, and there's 4 neighborhood ferals that come around to eat. They are definitely not strays or people's cats because they all fear people. They're all male, 2 we've been able to neuter and 2 not neutered. The 2 neutered guys are used to me and sometimes I've been able to apply flea prevention. I feed them in a section of my garage that isn't used, just inside. Lately when I've walked in, fleas are immediately jumping on me. In the past, they've never been this bad.
Ideally, one would remove the cats, close the garage, and treat the yard and be done. Obviously, the cats aren't going anywhere. I could close the garage, but they basically treat this as their house. When it rains or the weather is bad, that is where they hang out and sleep.
My neighbor also has some sort of pest in her garage, but she isn't sure what and she won't do anything to remove it.
My pets are on flea prevention, so I'm not super worried on bringing fleas inside.
The cats never act super itchy, and I don't see them scratching, but I'm sure they have fleas.
How can I approach this? I'm worried about the cats having shelter if I close off the garage. I could close it and nuke it with a flea bomb, and feed them outside for a while, but they don't have any other shelter except some falling apart structures in my neighbors yard.
Ideally, one would remove the cats, close the garage, and treat the yard and be done. Obviously, the cats aren't going anywhere. I could close the garage, but they basically treat this as their house. When it rains or the weather is bad, that is where they hang out and sleep.
My neighbor also has some sort of pest in her garage, but she isn't sure what and she won't do anything to remove it.
My pets are on flea prevention, so I'm not super worried on bringing fleas inside.
The cats never act super itchy, and I don't see them scratching, but I'm sure they have fleas.
How can I approach this? I'm worried about the cats having shelter if I close off the garage. I could close it and nuke it with a flea bomb, and feed them outside for a while, but they don't have any other shelter except some falling apart structures in my neighbors yard.