I’ve had a cat for most of my adult life, and one of the benefits of cats is that they keep mice away. Even when I lived in a little house in the woods, I had no mice because my cat would play with them to death whenever one dared peek his little head out into Zack’s territory.
I still have a cat. But, Cally is almost 19, deaf and has lost all sense of smell or “mouse instinct”.
How do I know this? Well, I now apparently have mice.
Mice who steal the cat’s dry food out of her bowl and store it somewhere for a rainy day.
Let me repeat that: they steal cat food from her bowl. The bowl that is approximately four inches from her head which rests on her cute little cat bed.
I bet the first mouse to take the risk of being so close to a cat was pretty timid, but now, they are probably super bold, dancing up to her as she sleeps and sticking out their little mousey tongues.
I can’t even tell her how pathetic this all is. She won’t hear me.
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I have TWO cats, though I suppose at 8 months old they'd still properly be called kittens, and the mice run free in my kitchen, brazenly leaving their 'calling cards' in my -YUCK- cupboards and drawers. I've taken to keeping everything in giant ziploc bags until the problem is taken care of. My kitties have caught a few mice but they don't yet have the dedicated professionalism of an adult mouser.
I have TWO cats, though I suppose at 8 months old they'd still properly be called kittens, and the mice run free in my kitchen, brazenly leaving their 'calling cards' in my -YUCK- cupboards and drawers. I've taken to keeping everything in giant ziploc bags until the problem is taken care of. My kitties have caught a few mice but they don't yet have the dedicated professionalism of an adult mouser.
Oh no! I have always had a cat, even when I was a kid, in fact we had 2 cats. So, I have had my cat now for almost 15 yrs and so far so good. She is a Supreme Mouser, we indeed had a mouse a few months ago, and our cat is outdoor mostly, so, she had a hard time getting it, but I caught it, with one of those sticky things, yuck! But better then mouse turds in my pots and pans!
Oh no! I have always had a cat, even when I was a kid, in fact we had 2 cats. So, I have had my cat now for almost 15 yrs and so far so good. She is a Supreme Mouser, we indeed had a mouse a few months ago, and our cat is outdoor mostly, so, she had a hard time getting it, but I caught it, with one of those sticky things, yuck! But better then mouse turds in my pots and pans!
Maybe time to get your cat a new young kitty friend.
Maybe time to get your cat a new young kitty friend.