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Originally Posted by Hitch
Just one idea, if you really need mousers sooner rather than later. AND, here's a thing--not all cats mouse. They have to be taught by their mother, so...you could get either adults or kittens, and not score mousers. Of course, usually, just the scent of cats helps keep the mice away.
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Yep. Years back, I had Bugsy the Part-time Cat. Bugsy actually belonged to another tenant in my building, but made the rounds, accepted attention and handouts, and hunted rodents. I live in an old building. Mice come with the territory.
Our late neighbor across the hall had a delicate neutered Siamese male named Maxie. Maxie was extravagantly stupid, and had been observed retreating in confusion from a mouse. Bugsy was deeply disgusted by this.
Bugsy later became Full-time cat, when he adopted my SO and I and decided we were his preferred people. (Given his nominal owner, that was a rational decision on his part.) He'd still make the rounds and catch mice, then bring them to us to display his prowess. He did not normally eat them. The only times I recall seeing him eat one was when it was still alive when he caught it to bring to us and it got away from him.
Then he ate it, in an apparent case of "You're not getting away from me this time, you little @#$%&! I'm going to
eat you!"
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Dennis