Years ago I had a problem really badly with field mice; especially when it rained. I got so tired of fighting the battle I went on a hunt for a cat. I didn't want a kitten and not have it trained so I got an older one. I've rarely seen a mouse in yrs.
As a side note:
Cats do not eat mice, just as mice don't normally eat cheese, they love peanut butter though. But as they use them as their play toys the end up dead. I had an old black cat when I lived in Hawaii and every Christmas morning I'd have a mouse laying outside of my lani (patio) door. I guess it was her present to me. She was about 8 when I got her and then I gave her away when I moved because I didn't want her to have to endure a different client when we were transferred to the mainland. My cat now, a calico that I got when she was 5 and she's now about 12 loves the chase. I can always tell if a mouse was brave (or dumb) enough to make it into the house because she'll set on the counter and wait until it comes out. Its the only time she gets on the counter but she never touches the food. She also does this when a water bug makes its way in; nothing crawling makes it way back out.
Last edited by romanojg; 08-04-2013 at 03:46 AM.