Borrowing a cat to take care of mice

[Gibson486]

38? I thought it was bad when I lived in Boston.....you win. Do you live in a dump?

 

[CptCrunch]

38? you could make a killing selling those to your local chinese restaurant

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
38? I thought it was bad when I lived in Boston.....you win. Do you live in a dump?

the giant rats are worse you thought right

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Gibson486
38? I thought it was bad when I lived in Boston.....you win. Do you live in a dump?

the giant rats are worse you thought right

Man....they are huge (bigger than my mom's cat).

I am so happy that it was just mice in my apartmrnt. I swear....the day I left though, I saw a rat inside my apartment. I was sad to leave, but after I saw that huge thing run accross the room with this long tale, I was no longer sad.

 

[spikespiegal]

i killed them all with pine sol, my boot, a hammer and a blowgun

5-iron is also efficient at the task, although plan on cleaning your wall.

You can always borrow Garfield, my GF's fat 9yr old orange tabby. He won't have to catch the mice because they'll get trapped by his gravitational field.

Peanut butter in traps will eventually work. Just give it time.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
Sounds kind of weird. There is no telling how long it would take the cat to hunt them nor if it would just play with them like mine does. Also the cat might run away if it were let outside.

Mine brings them home and plays with them until they die. She'll toss them in the air with her mouth and bat them away only to chase it and bring it back. She'll play with them for hours and by the end the mouse is so wounded and tortured it just dies.

I think she has caught all the mice in the area around our house. For a while she was bringing them home everyday but it's been months now since she's caught one.

 

[Mr Pickles]

38 rats? And they have been in the mouth of that cat? And you still pet it? You're diseased. Move the fuck out already, what the hell is wrong with you?

 

[nanette1985]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
38? I thought it was bad when I lived in Boston.....you win. Do you live in a dump?

There's construction in the building, and yes, the landlords are working on the problem but I didn't want to wait. I figured a lot of places they were getting in and I plugged them up.

And yes, the landlords are paying for a really good cleaning. And a new stove since that was where lots of them were. I can't imagine ever cooking on it again. Ewww.

Thanks for all the suggestions. If I find more mousies I know what to do.

 

[Chiropteran]

Just leave a teflon pan on the stove too long with nothing in it, the toxic fumes will kill all the mice.

 

[funkymatt]

the smaller mouse may be stepping in the peanut butter, using the oils to escape.