It seems that Cat is here to stay and I sure with he had a name other than Cat but Vince thinks naming him means vet bills. What Vince doesn’t understand is . . catching him means vet bills. Someday I am going to catch him . . when I figure out how to work the trap, and then he/she is going to the vet to get neutered/spayed. The last thing I want is a million cats hanging around . . though from the number of mice I surprised in the shop just before daylight this morning . . a million cats may be just what we need. I told Vince . . you’ve been complaining about how much money you’re spending on chicken feed . . dude . . you’re spending more on mouse feed because they are chomping down on the chicken feed Vince leaves in open buckets in the shop. I know . . but Vince doesn’t seem to know . . that any open container of any kind of grain is like a mouse magnet. I wish I had gotten a picture of those mice scurrying off when I turned that light on because I don’t think believed me when I told him how many I saw.
Anyway . . Cat is like a clock. Every morning he’s out waiting by his food bowl. If I’m a few minutes late getting out there, he just sits and waits patiently for me. He eats and then goes and does whatever he does all day. Sometimes we catch a glimpse of him late in the evening but mostly just early in the mornings.
He hung around a bit later this morning. He was on the pipe fence when I went out to clean the coop.
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If you see him from one side, he just looks like a fairly unattractive cat.
But .. if you see him from the other side . .
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He’s downright unattractive! Poor kitty. I wish he would let me pet him. His coat is looking smoother and shiny now that he’s getting decent food and water. He’s just never going to be a pretty cat but we do appreciate his efforts to rid us of rodents.
I left the shop door open til I had to go run some errands, hoping he’d find the mother lode of mice in there but I don’t think he ever went back that direction.
Lois Doucet says
Cat is a good name for your cat. That is what Audrey Hepburn called her cat in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was a good movie.
Linda in NE says
Vince needs to keep the chicken feed in metal garbage cans with tight fitting lids. That should deter the mice and most other creatures that want to steal the feed….unless a grizzly breaks into the shop determined to have a chicken feed snack. 🙂
Angie says
We have a “cat” too. She or he is beautiful Siamese. We feed “Kitty” early in the morning and evenings. We found a dead gopher on the lawn the other day—I think it might have been Kitty who did the deed. But, then we have other feral cats around here too. Sometimes I see them at Kitty’s feeding dish. One of our country neighbors feeds and has spayed most of the feral cats. We used to have more of them roaming the property. Now that she is spaying them, we have less—Less feral cats means more mice and rats. I actually wish for more cats around here to keep the rodents away. I think the Siamese must belong to someone. Who lets a Siamese become a feral cat?
Theresa says
I think Cat is beautiful. You could feed Cat a little closer to the shop every day until she eats in the shop and adds fresh mouse to the menu.
Evelyn says
The safest mouse trap in your situation are the glue ones. The animals could get snapped in a snap trap and the cat could eat a poisoned mouse, or Rita could eat the poison, that would be horrible! But I would try the glue traps…and metal cans/covers for the food! You do not want mice eating all the wiring, etc for things in the shop! If they get into a mower or extra car it will be a real mess!