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27-01-2010, 11:19 PM   #11

Re: how to stop cats bringing in mice - dead and alive??


And even if you do keep them in, if you get mice coming in in the Autumn they will catch them ... and sometimes play the "catch and release" game", as all of my indoor cats have done.



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27-01-2010, 11:34 PM   #12

Re: how to stop cats bringing in mice - dead and alive??


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And even if you do keep them in, if you get mice coming in in the Autumn they will catch them ... and sometimes play the "catch and release" game", as all of my indoor cats have done.
So there you go you see even keeping them in may not work either



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27-01-2010, 11:49 PM   #13

Re: how to stop cats bringing in mice - dead and alive??


I wonder if there is such a thing as "mouse aversion therapy"?



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27-01-2010, 11:57 PM   #14

Re: how to stop cats bringing in mice - dead and alive??


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I wonder if there is such a thing as "mouse aversion therapy"?
I could just imagine the queue for that , it would be endless



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27-01-2010, 11:58 PM   #15

Re: how to stop cats bringing in mice - dead and alive??


Yes, with their mums and dads all lining up to get them into rehab!



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