Leaving dead mice all over house help!

Originally Posted by curly10

Wow loads of great advice here thank you! All taken on board!

As to a natural flea deterrent, a lady in the petshop who also works in a health food shop told me to put the liquid from garlic capsules in the cats food, and residual garlic smell on the cats skin would help keep fleas away! I don't know if it works though as I haven't tried it, I don't know if a cat would eat it in the first place.

Thanks everyone

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Garlic is part of the onion family and anything in the onion family can be toxic to cats- it gives them anemia.

You should print this out and give it to the lady at the pet store so she doesn't continue telling people this!

http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/humanfood.htm

Originally Posted by curly10

Wow loads of great advice here thank you! All taken on board!

As to a natural flea deterrent, a lady in the petshop who also works in a health food shop told me to put the liquid from garlic capsules in the cats food, and residual garlic smell on the cats skin would help keep fleas away! I don't know if it works though as I haven't tried it, I don't know if a cat would eat it in the first place.

Thanks everyone

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I thought that plants in the alium family, like garlic, onions, leeks, scallions, etc. were bad for cats.

I live in the country, so of course, mice, moles, anything that can live here does. I've only had dogs in the house, but they don't put up with mice. I don't have mice anymore. Now, my barn cats have taken care of the mice problem, and that has taken care of the snake problem. They often bring me things to admire, but now that the population has gone down, they just want to eat regular cat food. So, thank heavens for my girls outside, they have made life much more enjoyable in the country. I now have an indoor cat, and she is so small I think the mice might be bigger than her.

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Well, I received my first "gift" this morning when I got out of bed. Alpine left a dead mouse on the floor next to my side of the bed at some point in the middle of the night. I scared my husband to death with my blood curdling scream when I figured out what was on the floor next to my foot. Of course we praised the cat and gave her a treat, but it sure wasn't the way I wanted to start my day!

Hey at least she's taking care of the mouse problem!

When my first ever cat caught a mouse, she brought it inside the house to show me. Then after I gently pat her head and praised her, she hunkered down and consumed the entire thing.

And it was head first so when she was finishing, the poor things tail reminded me of slurping up spaghetti noodles.

Originally Posted by Momofmany

When we lived in a rural area, mice used to get inside the house in spite of the fact that we had a feral colony living outside and 13 cats inside.


Over time I suspect that your cat's scent will drive most of them out of the house. We had less and less of them the longer we lived there.

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You would think it would work that way, but with 13 indoor cats and two big indoor/outdoor dogs we still have mice sneaking in. They do stay pretty much around the plumbing/gas connections where they enter, under the range and water heater where the cats can't get them. Every so often Mitty will catch one and bring what's left of it to me though...

This is a problem because. .. .? Humans first invited cats into their homes to kill mice, rats, and other vermin. Your cat is fulfilling his ancient function.

Cats kill mice; that is what cats are for.

I would rather see dead mice all around than knowing there are mice in my house... running around and squeaking every night.

Originally Posted by curly10

Wow loads of great advice here thank you! All taken on board!

As to a natural flea deterrent, a lady in the petshop who also works in a health food shop told me to put the liquid from garlic capsules in the cats food, and residual garlic smell on the cats skin would help keep fleas away! I don't know if it works though as I haven't tried it, I don't know if a cat would eat it in the first place.

Thanks everyone

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While it isn't as bad as onion, garlic contains the same substance that causes anemia in cats. I wouldn't think it would be a good idea to use regularly.

What a nice kitty, providing for her family! We had a similar experience when we moved to Idaho. Meeker loved chasing the mice that lived under our fridge and would bring them to me live, either trying to teach me how to kill them like she would her kittens or just bringing me a present, lol. One time she caught a baby mouse and it tried to get away once she set it down and she swatted it once with her paw and the poor thing was dead.

Why do cats present us with their kill? I've said it before, it is because we have such poor eyesight, and reflexes, and teeth, and claws that cats are sure if they don't hunt for us we'd starve to death--and then who would clean their litterboxes?

Your cat is doing its job by killing the mice. It loves you enough to want to make sure you're eating well.

We once had neighbors who had trouble telling the difference between "backyard" and "garbage dump." As a result, mice everywhere...until one of our cats went to work...then, once he got going, the neighborhood ran out of mice and rats, and he started on baby possums and eventually knocked out the local possum population too.

Keep the rabies shot current in case any of the mice are infected and put up a biting fight, and enjoy your three letter mousetrap!