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Wanted: a cat who loves chasing mice (short term!)


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My housemates and I have a mouse infestation in our house in North Dulwich. We love animals so don't want to harm them, so we're on the hunt for a cat who might want to come and stay with us for a few days!


We have experience looking after cats and will shower it with love. Please let me know if your cat might be up to the task :) thank you! Alternatively we would consider adopting a cat if that is an option.


Thanks,


Shelley

Callie Wrote:

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> Having a cat will not rid the infestation. You say

> you don't want to harm them but what do you think

> a cat would do exactly :(


Oh Callie

Have you never watched the old cartoon "Tom and Jerry"

Obviously the cat will get into a whole heap of trouble chasing the mouse and getting outwitted by it including scrabbling in the air, upsetting spike or running into ironing boards.


This will result in much mirth and amusement for Shelley and housemate thus making them forget their rodent problem.


I mean it's not like Thomas Cat will actually catch Jerry Mouse or anything 😾🐁

Do not feel bad about killing Mice.


Mice are not nice.


A Cat will NOT rid your house of Mice if you have them.


There is seldom one mouse. Apart from Droppings which you can See, they are incontinent.

Mice dribble urine as they travel along. A single house mouse typically deposits several hundred tiny urine droplets in a 24 hour period.


They visit places where food is stored and Pee.


Mice caught using 'Humane' traps and released will return or infest someone else's home.


Do NOT use Poison.. They will disappear and die somewhere where you cannot find them.

They will Rot and Stink. they will get infested with Maggots. You will then be infested with Flies.

Big ones... Dozens of them.. Yuk


Set Wooden mouse traps. with Peanut Butter / Grated Chocolate as bait.


rentokill-wooden-mouse-trap-300x300.jpg


Very quick Kill.


Double Bag the mouse and put in GREEN Bin


Foxy

Do not feel bad about killing Mice.


Mice are not nice.


A Cat will NOT rid your house of Mice if you have them.


There is seldom one mouse. Apart from Droppings which you can See, they are incontinent.

Mice dribble urine as they travel along. A single house mouse typically deposits several hundred tiny urine droplets in a 24 hour period.


They visit places where food is stored and Pee.


Mice caught using 'Humane' traps and released will return or infest someone else's home.


Do NOT use Poison.. They will disappear and die somewhere where you cannot find them.

They will Rot and Stink. they will get infested with Maggots. You will then be infested with Flies.

Big ones... Dozens of them.. Yuk


Set Wooden mouse traps. with Peanut Butter / Grated Chocolate as bait.


rentokill-wooden-mouse-trap-300x300.jpg


Very quick Kill.


Double Bag the mouse and put in GREEN Bin


Foxy

Whereas a cat ripping them apart after painfully 'playing' with it's catch is not a kind option!



shelleyparry Wrote:

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> My housemates and I have a mouse infestation in

> our house in North Dulwich. We love animals so

> don't want to harm them, so we're on the hunt for

> a cat who might want to come and stay with us for

> a few days!

>

> We have experience looking after cats and will

> shower it with love. Please let me know if your

> cat might be up to the task :) thank you!

> Alternatively we would consider adopting a cat if

> that is an option.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Shelley

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