It's a spring we tosed in to get him to vacate so we could feed. There's a pan with cat food that he's eating out of behind the spring. Needless to say it didn't scare him, we had to wait til he was done eating and leave before we could feed the animals. We've actually have seen him eating WITH the barn cats, I believe he believes he's a cat. We've been in the barn for a good 10 minutes (on a few different occasions) making all kinds of ruckus and he has, just as calmly as you please, walked out of his hiding place (within a few feet of us), looked as us, and just walked out of the barn. He's never sprayed us and I've actually caught him in a live trap and had to release him, and yet he still hasn't sprayed! Go figure!