If I may, the first thing to do is carefully inspect every aspect of the outside of the house, the foundation and plug any holes or cracks where the mice may be getting in, their rib cages are flexible and it allows them to squeeze through some narrow places. I have used something called Great Stuff - wal mart and home depot carries it - its an expanding foam sealant, be sure to use disposable gloves when you are using it - it dries hard and lasts for years.
Personally, I have had cats for years and always let them do their thing - their instinct to hunt is so deep its unbelievable. Someone once told me that trying to get a cat to not hunt and behave in its instinctual manner is like a man telling a woman that she has to behave a certain way or look a certain way to be an acceptable mate. So I just let 'em be cats. Hope you don't mind me offering suggestions. ________________________________ From: Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2012 2:24 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out True enough. Although he does like to rip the guts out sometimes when they are warm, for a snack. I feel conflicted. I don't believe in getting claws taken out; he could never be an indoor only cat. He is a cat. He's doing what cats do - they hunt. Why deprive him of his instinctual self? And it helps me out too (except for the birds). He gets mice (and I found out the large mouse in my back yard was a rat) and moles mostly as birds are harder to catch. It's better than poisoning them or killing them after they get in the house. I've caught a few in the house that I returned to the wild, but if they get into my kitchen, all bets are off. From: awoelflebater <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:06 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > Get a cat.  Mine has been on a killing spree recently, 2 large mice, one > baby mouse, and a baby bird, which he deposits in  my backyard.  Oh oh, > he's after another mouse now.  Should I rescue it?  The cat is having so > much fun.  He must have found the nest.  I should put a bell on his neck.  Please do. So much killing and not really for the sake of appeasing hunger. But this coming from a dog person. > > > ________________________________ > From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius <anartaxius@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, October 5, 2012 10:57 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Memorandum 1: Smoothing things out > > >  > Rather curious, Richard J. Williams quoting Curtis and Barry gets blamed. We > are getting slack here. This is probably providence punishing Barry for > rescuing that cat that fell in the canal. > > Recently I have had trouble with mice, field mice. Caught two yesterday, and > released them some distance away. Since I did not kill them, the laws of > karma will probably visit some disaster upon me as a result, for no good deed > goes unpunished. That is because for every good, there must be an equal and > opposite bad, to balance out. >
