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Originally Posted by AlexisSoftTouch
Seriously get a couple of cats to get rid of your rodent problems.. I have two cats that are indoors/outdoors and both are neutered males,, they kick ass and take numbers within a 2 house radius on my side of the block... I do not have any kind of varmint problems (Warf Rats/Norwegian Rats/ Sewer Rats) either. The only problem I have with growing vegetables or fruits/ berries or tomatoes is because of the birds or the intense heat we get here……
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There's a raging debate right now about cats being allowed to roam around and no matter what side of the argument you reside, it is inescapable that domestic cats are NOT native to any state and with some research, you can find many examples of the damage domestic cats do well beyond the claims of "controlling rodents".
http://birds.suite101.com/article.cf...ats_kill_birds
Look what happened in a closed environment where feral cats nearly wiped out all the birds:
http://birds.suite101.com/article.cf...cension_island
If I were to allow my dog to go around hunting and killing other animals, including those cats that are allowed to roam, I'd have neighbors pounding on my door screaming to high heaven. One of my neighbors has a dog that escapes every now and then and never returns without a dead cat in its mouth and every cat person in the area screams and wants to call the police on the owner but the moment the animal control shows up and sees the unlicensed cats all over the place she just leaves.
I can't even hang a bird feeder anymore to enjoy the songbirds or other birds that were plentiful when I bought my house almost 20 years ago. I haven't seen a cardinal or bluebird in many years because the cats, both feral and domestic, whether allowed to roam or free ranging, aren't looking for food, they just kill shit.
I have neighbors on both sides of me who put out bowls of food for the cats and that attracts many other things that the cats don't get near such as raccoons and possums. The various rats also scavenge for the cat food when the cats are off away from the food bowls which are left with food 24/7.
I like cats. IF they are properly kept and not let out to rein destruction on the beneficial aspects of my area. But when they spray all around my house, scratch my cars when they try to jump onto the roof, or sit there on the top of the fence teasing my smaller dog, enough is enough.
