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KT2000

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4. I took in a female stray cat
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 01:32 AM
Oct 2021

I came to call the working girl. Before she arrived, three of us neighbor had serious mouse problems - getting in the house, getting in the car engines, staring down my neighbor in her living room! The first day I let her in, she brought into the house 3 dead things as a gift. She took care of the mice in the 3 houses and even the moles in those yards. She would sit over a mole hill for hours because she could hear them underground. She kept the house free of visible insects too. She left the house first thing in the morning and would come back in at about 8 PM - every day. She was amazing to watch because she was really serious about her work.

One of my current cats catches mice in a neighbor's yard and brings it to my yard to let it go. Oh well.

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There's a train of thought which says that house cats weren't really ever domesticated RockRaven Oct 2021 #1
Perhaps my word "tame" goes too far. I have near zero contact. But have seen much UTUSN Oct 2021 #2
My current cat, adopted last summer, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #3
One of my cats was an 18-month to 2-year-old feral when I captured and adopted him. He's a tblue37 Oct 2021 #13
I took in a female stray cat KT2000 Oct 2021 #4
I think the value of that wnylib Oct 2021 #7
The cat just says, "It's what I do". LudwigPastorius Oct 2021 #5
I really enjoyed that. zanana1 Oct 2021 #9
Cats should not be allowed to murder IbogaProject Oct 2021 #6
Farmers will still keep outdoor cats wnylib Oct 2021 #8
I'm 71, so when my senior cats are gone, I would replace them with senior cats, if I am tblue37 Oct 2021 #14
I'm also 71. I considered getting a senior wnylib Oct 2021 #15
There are always a few senior cats at our local Humane Society csziggy Oct 2021 #16
I wish that I could get more than one, wnylib Oct 2021 #17
Yeah, but a lot of the senior cats are happier in a one cat household csziggy Oct 2021 #18
Well, I have one now and she is only 6 years old, wnylib Oct 2021 #19
Oh, she will be around for a long time! csziggy Oct 2021 #24
Anti-kitty propaganda! zanana1 Oct 2021 #10
There have been multiple extinctions IbogaProject Oct 2021 #12
I know. zanana1 Oct 2021 #23
so are ours IbogaProject Oct 2021 #25
Haters gonna hate. My cat stays indoors for her own safety, Ocelot II Oct 2021 #11
,, Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #22
that's so mean.. "when it dies do not replace it" Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #21
cats have a 25% success rate on the pounce. i read somewhere Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #20
I was just watching the cat who lives on my porch stalking something - Ocelot II Oct 2021 #26
I learn something new everyday thanks to DU. Totally Tunsie Oct 2021 #27
HAH!1 Well, you're welcome, although I don't even now whether it's a word and I've been UTUSN Oct 2021 #28
It's definitely a word... Totally Tunsie Oct 2021 #29
"in this case" - Hah, I'll *take* it!1 UTUSN Oct 2021 #30
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