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12-04-2023, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by tbwinner
Have an indoor cat but shes useless. Maybe though that's why they're staying out of the house. If nothing else works I would seriously get an outdoor cat to control if this issue is persistent.
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most pet cats on full diet just play with mice
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12-04-2023, 10:13 AM
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For me, it was one of my cats being chased by a wild manx. She jumped up on the car and let go directly into the defroster vent!
The insurance company paid to have the dealer do everything one step at a time.
After they'd spent $3k+ over the course of almost a year , they said, "We're done."
They literally replaced everything in the ventilation system except the actual air conditioner. Every bet of ducting.
Really couldn't blame them.
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Your experience was much worse than mine!
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12-04-2023, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tbwinner
Have an indoor cat but shes useless. Maybe though that's why they're staying out of the house. If nothing else works I would seriously get an outdoor cat to control if this issue is persistent.
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The female cat I had before the current male cat originally started killing the mice but after she got older she just started playing with them, then it was team work, she would flush them out and I would scoop them up and toss them outside. I wonder if any of them came back in.
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12-04-2023, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
The female cat I had before the current male cat originally started killing the mice but after she got older she just started playing with them, then it was team work, she would flush them out and I would scoop them up and toss them outside. I wonder if any of them came back in.
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They did, they were playing with you!
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12-04-2023, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
The female cat I had before the current male cat originally started killing the mice but after she got older she just started playing with them, then it was team work, she would flush them out and I would scoop them up and toss them outside. I wonder if any of them came back in.
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They did, they were playing with you!
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I was almost tempted to drop some layout dye on them to see if we were catching the same mouse multiple times, if I had something non toxic handy I would have started dying them. No issues with my current cat he kills everything. He even killed a 4 foot black racer, I hope I finally got the area he got in closed up, don't need any copper heads in the house. Juvenile snakes can get in easy until I replace the exterior doors, they were all poorly hung.
Pinball probably has a half dozen snake kills under his belt. I found that dead 4 footer in the middle of the night when I got up to use the restroom. In the morning I thought I had a weird dream till I saw all the blood streaks on the floor.
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12-04-2023, 03:48 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
Last edited by Tom; 12-04-2023 at 03:50 PM.
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12-04-2023, 06:08 PM
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most pet cats on full diet just play with mice
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Absolutely. I had a big tom when I had the mice issue. He'd bat one aside, then go to another and do the same. After a few days, he ignored the whole group.
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12-05-2023, 09:10 AM
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Caught two little f**kers last night. Guess just needed some time and moving them around to catch em. Gonna set again tonight and then start setting peppermint oil and deterrent spray around. One of the active ingredients in the spray is peppermint oil and as mentioned here looks to be a good deterrent.
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12-05-2023, 09:23 AM
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12-05-2023, 07:09 PM
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Here's your solution!
This guy has a YouTube channel called Mousetrap Monday. Every week he demonstrates a trap, new or antique. He has hundreds of mice-catching videos. I bought this setup for my barn. It works.
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12-05-2023, 07:11 PM
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xtb - Beat me to it, lol.
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