re: Getting rid of squirrels in your yard/porch...any ideas?

Feeding the squirrels increased their appearances in the yard. It's entertaining for a short period of time, but where there are squirrels, there are rats and rats started showing up. Had to take down all the squirrel and bird feeders. Can't deal with rats. The squirrels are still around because of all the oak trees and acorns. Can't do anything about that. The neighbors cats increased and that's helped keep the squirrels out of the back yard, but the cats get on the roof and chase them. Sounds like a riot up there, plus the cats might be doing damage to my own screening on my new patio.