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18-09-2007, 01:13 PM
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| | | Saving mice from the cat
I have found a way of saving most of the mice that our cat brings into the house.
She normally brings them into the hall and puts them down by the front door during the night , then of course if we wake up we have to come to the rescue which can take ages especially when you've been asleep.
When we bought some new kitchen blinds that came in a long cardboard tube I cut it into lengths and laid it along the skirting board near the front door.
The mice immediately take shelter in a tube and the cat makes such a noise scrabbling about trying to reach them that we are woken quite quickly. Its then easy to pick up the tube covering the ends and slide the mouse gently out onto the lawn. (Having locked the cat in another room).
Fortunately the cat is too stupid to have realised what is going on and its quite funny to watch her peering down the tubes hopefully. 
I wish I could find a better way of protecting them in the garden, any ideas would be welcome. Other than killing the cat of course! |
18-09-2007, 01:55 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
Well the cardboard tube is a great idea and a safe haven for the poor things until you can rescue them! At least your's are coming in alive and you can let them go again 
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18-09-2007, 10:10 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
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Originally Posted by Cazzie  Well the cardboard tube is a great idea and a safe haven for the poor things until you can rescue them! At least your's are coming in alive and you can let them go again | It may only help the mice a little, but how about some plastic tubing in the garden??
You can always hide part of it in a bush etc for a quick escape point.
Either that or put your cat on a lead
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18-09-2007, 10:14 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
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Originally Posted by Run rabbit I have found a way of saving most of the mice that our cat brings into the house.
She normally brings them into the hall and puts them down by the front door during the night , then of course if we wake up we have to come to the rescue which can take ages especially when you've been asleep.
When we bought some new kitchen blinds that came in a long cardboard tube I cut it into lengths and laid it along the skirting board near the front door.
The mice immediately take shelter in a tube and the cat makes such a noise scrabbling about trying to reach them that we are woken quite quickly. Its then easy to pick up the tube covering the ends and slide the mouse gently out onto the lawn. (Having locked the cat in another room).
Fortunately the cat is too stupid to have realised what is going on and its quite funny to watch her peering down the tubes hopefully.
I wish I could find a better way of protecting them in the garden, any ideas would be welcome. Other than killing the cat of course! | Might be an obvious question but does your cat have a bell on it`s collar?As with birds it would help alert the mice to the cat`s presence...
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18-09-2007, 10:17 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
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Originally Posted by mh68 Might be an obvious question but does your cat have a bell on it`s collar?As with birds it would help alert the mice to the cat`s presence...
Mark H | A good suggestion 
would the bell still sound if the cat is in a stalking mode?? (by this i mean barely moving)
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18-09-2007, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Meles meles A good suggestion
would the bell still sound if the cat is in a stalking mode?? (by this i mean barely moving) | The bell one of our neighbourhood cats wears does Meles.Much to it`s dismay
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18-09-2007, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mh68 The bell one of our neighbourhood cats wears does Meles.Much to it`s dismay
Mark H |
that proves it then, every cat in the country needs to wear a bell, another one on the tail should their owners enjoy the wildlife. 
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18-09-2007, 10:24 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
love your idea very cleaver.i bet your cat gets cross and i can just picture him or her peeping down the empty cardboard tube ha ha. |
18-09-2007, 10:30 PM
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Bells dont always work.. had a little moggie who had three bells on her collar.. and still went out the window turned round and came back in with a bird!!!!!
jaki
PS.. she ignored the meece!!
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18-09-2007, 10:31 PM
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| | | Re: Saving mice from the cat
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Originally Posted by Meles meles that proves it then, every cat in the country needs to wear a bell, another one on the tail should their owners enjoy the wildlife. | How about a cow bell That would slow them down a bit. I'm only joking as I have 4 cats, all to lazy to catch anything.
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