[quote=Fritillary]I love people from Yorkshire!!
Fritillary 
Awwww, that's really nice of you, thank you Fritillary
I was told that to deter cats from hunting, it is best to keep them inside for the first 6-9 months of their lives as that, apparently, prevents them from honing their hunting skills and stops them from developing a liking for hunting. Sadly, I am now forced to admit that is not totally correct. Living in an old property, we've never really had a mouse problem til recently. Within a week I've discovered two dead mice in the house - one was well chewed
- my money's on one of the cats being the slayer!!! Guess they will continue to be allowed supervised-only visits into the garden. They don't seem to mind being house-cats as they've got loads of toys and it's quite a big house for them to roam around.
I, too, have been busy with college assignments. We have a big project to get in next month. I do love doing all the research though - it's just fitting it all into however many words we have to submit that's the problem for me! Good luck with your thesis. What's it on?