It happens occasionally.
We have a fruit rat in the garage.
I thought I heard it chewing on something near the car-parts shelf, but couldn't flush it out.
Tonight we saw the cat food container was well chewed.
Poisons on order.
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You are just feeding your cat too much. Turn that useless bastard into a killing machine.
ReplyDeleteMilton
Fun fact! A well fed housecat is often a more effective killer than one hunting to feed.
DeleteNope, cats are natural killers who have a fetish for playing with their food. And warm laps on the porch in the evening. I've been around them most of my life. Feed them enough kibble to keep body and soul together twice a day. No auto feeders and no snacks. They don't understand socialism but they understand killing their dinner very well. If you motivate them with a little hunger...
ReplyDeleteTrue story: Wife #2 had cats when we got together. We added another cat for her daughter at 8 years old. To help teach her responsibility... Anyway, wife had all the cats fat and lazy. We rented a house in the country and she started seeing mouse poo in the silverware drawer. I told her to cut the cat food down to half rations and the mouse would disappear. She lost her mind! We'd been married long enough that I had learned how to choose my battles wisely so I didn't argue I just started washing everything that my food touched. Discretely... After a week she was having an emotional meltdown over the mouse poop and I gently reminded her of my suggestion. She looked at me with teary eyes and asked if I really thought it would work. I offered to bet with her and give her odds, which she declined (by this time we'd been married long enough that she was wise to my wicked ways). So she allowed me to adjust the cats dietary intake. After a couple of days of 3 grouchy cats fussing with each other we suddenly STOPPED seeing mouse poop in the silverware drawer.
Now we live halfway across the country and we have a small barn. And three outdoor cats that get high quality kibble twice a day in moderation and access to the barn. I rarely see mice, rats or snakes, and never in the same place twice. It's almost like it's a hostile environment for vermin... Life is good on the farm.
The barn cats had ample dry food available on Grampa's farm. A 20 lb bag of food went in the pan everytime it was empty.
DeleteThere were no rats, mice, voles, shrews, or birds in the barns.
And once or twice we found a dead raccoon and once we caught the big tom dragging the corpse of the fox he'd bested around.
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