Originally posted by marianne
I'm going to start by saying that I am a big animal fan. I do what I can not to kill bugs or insects. I have two dogs and a parrot. But I don't have cats because I never understood cats. I've been around cats for a long time - my best friend growing up had cats and a family that lived with us for several months had cats. But I've never wanted a cat.
Just as much as I don't want cats is how much I don't want mice. While I can stop the cats from coming in my house by just saying "no", that doesn't seem to work with the mice! So now I have a mouse problem. I've tried sticky traps for the mice. They worked the first few days. But the mice have now outsmarted the traps.
Recently I found a dead mouse in the middle of my garage. I couldn't figure out what had happened to him for days. Then I realized that when if I leave the garage door open at night, a neighborhood cat comes in. The cat must have gotten one of the mice in the garage. There are a few more mice though and they're inside the house.
How possible is it to borrow or foster a cat that catches mice? I'm not looking to keep the cat permanently (sorry).