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Harriet - 12 Jun 2004 15:57 GMT

I have a cabin the mountains. through the years i have brought my kitties
with me from time to time, not to kill mice but just for a change and they
seemed to enjoy going up and down the stairs as I live in an apartment, it's
a novelty. anyway, a by product of these kitty visits is that their
instincts come out and they have killed several mice in their day.
I now have one kitty where I brought her up to the cabin. and of course she
found a mouse (not going to go into the gorey details) and had it in and out
of her mouth and i guess killed it. I never found it.

The question regards: in the fall I put mice snacks out around on the first
floor bec that's where I have noticed them (their essence). Although I
don't poisen during the spring / summer season, should I not bring the cat
up to the cabin when I do poisen. Will she be poisened if she kills
poisened mice. Do mice die right away after ingesting the poisen and do
cats actually eat mice or just kill them?

Regards, Harriet

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Ted Davis - 12 Jun 2004 17:10 GMT

>I have a cabin the mountains. through the years i have brought my kitties
>with me from time to time, not to kill mice but just for a change and they
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>poisened mice. Do mice die right away after ingesting the poisen and do
>cats actually eat mice or just kill them?

This question was asked at Vetinfo and received a 'yes, probably'
answer: <http://www.vetinfo.com/ctoxin.html#Mouse%20Poison>.

Other sources indicate that it takes six to ten days of feeding
poisoned bait to kill the mice. The same source (and my personal
experience) indicates that the mice tend to die where you can't get at
them and stink for days.

I live in the country where mice infestation is almost universal. I
deal with it by having cats: if you have cats and mice, before long
you just have cats (and no stinking mouse remains in the walls).
T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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curlyQlink - 12 Jun 2004 23:30 GMT

> if you have cats and mice, before long
> you just have cats

If my cat could speak, that would be her motto.

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Harriet - 14 Jun 2004 17:40 GMT

thank you for the information. that was very helpful.

> >I have a cabin the mountains. through the years i have brought my kitties
> >with me from time to time, not to kill mice but just for a change and they
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> you just have cats (and no stinking mouse remains in the walls).
> T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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M.C. Mullen - 12 Jun 2004 19:32 GMT

| I have a cabin the mountains. through the years i have brought my kitties
| with me from time to time, not to kill mice but just for a change and they
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|
| Regards, Harriet

My cats * e a t * the mice!

Carola

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Harriet - 15 Jun 2004 20:26 GMT

> | I have a cabin the mountains. through the years i have brought my kitties
> | with me from time to time, not to kill mice but just for a change and they
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> | Regards, Harriet
> My cats * e a t * the mice! > Carola

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Yuck!

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Ted Davis - 15 Jun 2004 21:36 GMT

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>> My cats * e a t * the mice! > Carola
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>Yuck!

Why? Cats *like* raw mouse snacks. Most of them anyway. Some of
mine even squabble over who gets to eat the one that one of them
caught. It's not always the one who did the work that gets the reward
- sometimes it's a smaller, quicker one.

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu)
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Harriet - 16 Jun 2004 23:23 GMT

so i guess that bringing cats within claws reach after poisen is out in the
Fall would be dangerous.
and....Thanx Ted, now i can picture one of them over a stove, breading and
frying mice.

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> >> My cats * e a t * the mice! > Carola
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Laura R. - 16 Jun 2004 23:52 GMT

circa Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:23:34 GMT, in alt.cats, Harriet
(none@nowhere.com) said,

> .Thanx Ted, now i can picture one of them over a stove, breading and
> frying mice.

Nah, they prefer 'em lightly poached. :-)

Laura

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