Oh, I'm not nearly so sanguine about bugs. Probably because they don't have fur.
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Cats Don't Keep Mice Away??? Seriously???
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So obviously, something like this will never work?
I am thinking about moving from high-rise to 3 story walk up, hoping that mere presence of kitties will scare off mice ...
I am thinking about moving from high-rise to 3 story walk up, hoping that mere presence of kitties will scare off mice ...
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All I can say is I had a mouse infestation where they were eating the corn based cat litter in the litterbox, so obviously the smell of cat urine wasn’t scaring them away. You can try an electronic noise emitter that is supposed to keep them way.So obviously, something like this will never work?
I am thinking about moving from high-rise to 3 story walk up, hoping that mere presence of kitties will scare off mice ...
I live in farm country and there are Mice everywhere in the fields and woods, but I've never once seen one in the house so I guess my Cats are doing their job at keeping them away. They get into the shed and were living in the walls for quite a while until me and my dad lined the foundation with steel wool covered with expanding foam (chew through that you little bastards) and they haven't been back in there since.
I see them outside all the time though, they just don't come in.
I see them outside all the time though, they just don't come in.
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Oh no! Maybe by now they are associating Kitty smell with tasty corn
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Hmm
I wonder maybe there are difference between city mice and country mice? Here - "Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life"
We'll see how it go with our situation - Thanks for your feedback!
I grew up in suburbs and we had a Mouse problem until we got Cats, then we almost never saw Mice. We did find evidence of them for a while after my Dad built storage cabinets for dry and canned food in the basement, but after we started leaving the doors on the cabinets open so the Cats could get in the signs of Mice went away again.Hmm
Here - "Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life"
We'll see how it go with our situation - Thanks for your feedback!
I know I am double quote responding to this one but..... Just yesterday I woke up to a dead rat in the kitchen. All three cats looking at me expectingly because it was time for breakfast and their toy broke. The rat was 7 inches long not including it's tail (yes, I measured it before disposing of it just for this thread).
I certainly hope you heaped praises on their furry little heads! Better dead on the kitchen floor than living and breeding in your walls!
Since they (likely) we're the ones to bring it in the house they got a quick "good kitty" before being fed.
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Ok well please disregard my generalization/misinformation. I have seen rats go unattended by the cat residents in neighborhood and wrongly assumed cats just aren't going after rats. My cat doesn't pay attention to kill animals larger than a chipmunk from what I have seen as well.
Sorry if it came across wrong. I am sure a lot of house cats won't mess with rats. My crew is a little special and cooperative hunt.
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Indeed they are. I was impressed reading about the massive kill.
