how would the cat know to save some of them? lol. a cat that does kill mice will kill every one that it can get it's paws on. some cats don't kill mice though. i have one that'll watch them instead of chase them.
You have it backwards, the mice are smart enough not to get out where the cat can catch them and they breed very fast. The rule of thumb is if you see one mouse, you probably have 10. If you see one during the day you may have 30 or more. I think the significance is in the Towser quote a while ago. The cat killed thousands of mice but he never ran out of mice to kill.
Yep, BS. We live out in the country. Had a hell of a mouse problem the 1st year. Got a couple of cats and haven't seen a mouse in a couple of years.
Randy
I hate the bastards. I have caught a few with the sticky pads and left them on the trash can outside to fry. I want all his buddies to hear him scream for mercy. It's pretty funny watching a mouse with his head stuck and his back legs jumping all over.
WOW !!!!!!
I have proof (sort of), that a well fed cat wont eat mice. I have barn cats, but also have a house cat who never goes outside. When it is real hot, rather than run the AC for the cat, I put the cat in my hayshed, which is shaded by trees and well vented.
A few days ago I went in there to feed the cat and found a totally untouched dead mouse on the floor. I could tell the cat got it from the way it was killed, but she never ate any of it. She has cat food all the time. I took the mouse outside and in a few seconds all the barn cats were hissing and fighting over it, and it was devoured in minutes. I do feed the barn cats too, but dont keep a full bowl or else the coons eat it.
Someone forgot to send your cat to cat school !!!!! Or else it went to a CATholic school........ :)
When their beady little eyes are looking at you, just take your boot heel and smash them into the floor. They wont be looking at you after that.... Of course you will be cleaning up a nasty mess and too busy to care about where the mouse is looking.
I have a cat(holic yet) who loves to play with mice. holds them between his paws and when his brother was alive they would pass the mouse back and forth. Till mom rescued the poor mouse (that they had brought in from outside) and sent it out to the field. So not all cats will kill the mice (except for the catnip filled ones). :-) __________________________ Totus Tuus Claudia Satori
My cat kills a few and chews the heads, but mostly she just bats them around for an hour or two until they apparently die from the beating.
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