Is having a mouse problem reason enough to get a cat??

^^^ see I may just go scoop up a litter with no home .. I am a good caretaker for animals ....

I got one kitty who is an inside/outside cat. And is an awesome hunter. She has a pile out front of birds and gophers. She isn't the biggest cat but is quick. Cats are natural hunters. I say you get a couple just to insure one is a good hunter.

A couple cats should help the mice issue. I would recommend you try to get barn cats as youngish kittens, they'll be slightly ferrel & used to getting most of their own eats by caught goodies from mommakitty. But really it's 50/50...I have 2 cats, they'll both mess around with bugs, lizards, flies etc,& occasionally try for a bird, but they both punk out like lil b**ches & never finish the hunt with a kill, so we gotta try to watch their birding, we really don't give a damn about the bugs n flies, kill'em all. lol good luck-I hope you don't have to resort to the poison.

go to a near by dumpster and grab a few strays, they would proably be better hunters. bring them out far onto your property and let them roam. be carful cats are assholes with claws

Cats are not appliances, I have 7 cat and I doubt any of them could catch a mouse.

You get fine shot bullets for .22, makes it like a mini shotgun, tape a torch to the barrel and go huntin, they freeze in the lightbeam.

Josh3235 said:

Shine is right! They have to not be house trained or else it's pointless. And I would say 3-4 cats is perfect.

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I have a cat, house trained, who is an amazing hunter (killed well over 50 moles last year for me). It doesn't always have to be like that.

Joedank said:

So I am on 40 acres no reason not to have a feline buddy got 2 dogs ... Mice are pissin me off eating stuff I never knew existed... So cat homies what are the chances I get a hunter??

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for sure. you can steal/scoop up a great feral mouser at the recycling place, small airport or train station. Props if you buy it a high vis jacket too.

skunks make better mouser than cats

my cat is an indoor outdoor cat who loves to hunt. she leaves decapitated mouses on the front steps all the time. IMO a cat like that is better than a dog, practically takes care of herself, just feed and let in and out the door.

I helped out a stray cat once. Took into my home. A month later I had a brand new fancy $5k sofa delivered. The cat pissed on it. Cat is once again stray.

I got a cat to help my mouse issue, YA right LOL. I still am using traps as this cat turned out to be the biggest suck in the world. He was from a barn cat too thinking it would be more wild to catch the mice.
I have these traps than can hold like 6 to 8 mice if need be. You still have to empty the trap like twice a week but still easier than getting a cat and all that comes along with a cat to catch the mice LOL.
Good luck,

robert 14617 said:

skunks make better mouser than cats

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I'm calling my skunk breeder after breakfast.

I've kept mice as pets for years. Like rats and other rodents they've been given a bad rap, but they can be very sweet animals. A wild rodent isn't the kind you'd want to keep as a pet of course, but having a few in your house probably isn't doing any real harm. They'll catch and eat insects and crumbs of food that you carelessly leave about.

If you really don't want mice in your house you can't just set traps and leave poisons or get a cat and expect the problem to go away. Many traps are simply inhumane (sticky traps are horrendously disgusting), and poisons are just as inhumane and typically ineffective. Use no-kill traps and release them far away from your residence in an area where there is shelter and things for them to eat and they wont come running back to your house.

The only reason they choose your house is because it was easy to get into, warm, and there was probably plenty to eat there. So you need to seal your house up if you don't want mice and other animals to find their way inside. A mouse can fit into any hole it can squeeze its head into to, any hole about the size of a dime or larger needs to be sealed. You should go along your foundation looking for cracks and holes and fill them with Great Stuff (expanding insulation) or another sealant.

Then make sure all of your foodstuffs are sealed up, don't leave food in the open and vacuum up crumbs. Mice also aren't very fond of mint, and peppermint oil repels them.

i've had cats since i was a kid, all indoor cats, many declawed, and they all killed mice. even the stupid one with perpetually dilated pupils. they need to be played with as kittens or they might not develop a taste for the hunt.

if you want them to truly hunt outside instead of just playing til they get bored, as someone already mentioned, they need to understand that your property is their home and that you're the guy that feeds them. if they don't see you as theirs they may not want to gift you any carcasses.

my friend's cat only leaves dead birds on his own porch and the porch of this one neighbor that feeds him. no one else's porch gets festooned in corpses.

Johnnyorganic said:

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even atticus finch thinks your joke is bad.

A cat being house trained has little to do with whether it will hunt or not hunt. All of ours were completely house trained, i played with them as kittens with a piece of string being dragged along the floor and such, a handful of years later and they were bringing in rabbits, pheasants and endless mice and small birds.

I have 2 cats and am glad that i do,especially living in an area with alot of vegetation they always bring shit up that they killed like its a trophy or something.About a month ago they killed a huge fricking marsh rat.yea they are assholes at heart but the cats are cool to have around,love em!

UncleBuck said:

even atticus finch thinks your joke is bad.

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Sam Bowden found it intriguing.

Johnnyorganic said:

Sam Bowden found it intriguing.

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is that so? because the ewells appear displeased.



edit: well, now i have to watch cape fear.