Have a cat and make plenty of noise 3rd one in 7yrs at this house. 5 total and 3 different kinds at the beach house in 4 yrs. I think they just laugh at us here.
3 in 7 years is terrific living in the tropics.....make sure you have an "active" outside kitty. (15 lbs + cat not a flimsy one....lol ) our cat roams entire property up to high tide line (never see her near the salt water...she knows her limitations...lol)
she brings us very dead mice, lizzards, snakes, and once a rabbit even.