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Chickie · 07-29-2025, 01:50 PM

To have caught nine mice this past week seemed like a huge amount to me, but using a “mouse scorecard,” WinterHarborGuy, I cannot compete with you and have to concede and declare you the winner of this game. Wow, 30 to 40 is a tremendous number! May I ask the time frame involved in your estimated amount?

If more hawks are being seen in the area, perhaps Mother Nature is trying to even out the ratio by providing those birds with an ample supply of fast food, takeout meals. I have never been able to find all the places they can get in, as it is an old house with a stone foundation and they have a knack for squeezing through a very tiny space. I have plugged up the holes with steel wool in the places found..

I agree that there is nothing like a cat to deter them, but at this stage of my life, I am unable to care for a cat any longer. My old faithful calico passed away several years ago, but towards the end, she was not too interested in hunting mice anymore.
Thanks to everyone for your responses to my post.

07-29-2025, 01:50 PM	#8
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 371 Thanks: 0 Thanked 68 Times in 39 Posts	Mouse Issue To have caught nine mice this past week seemed like a huge amount to me, but using a “mouse scorecard,” WinterHarborGuy, I cannot compete with you and have to concede and declare you the winner of this game. Wow, 30 to 40 is a tremendous number! May I ask the time frame involved in your estimated amount? If more hawks are being seen in the area, perhaps Mother Nature is trying to even out the ratio by providing those birds with an ample supply of fast food, takeout meals. I have never been able to find all the places they can get in, as it is an old house with a stone foundation and they have a knack for squeezing through a very tiny space. I have plugged up the holes with steel wool in the places found.. I agree that there is nothing like a cat to deter them, but at this stage of my life, I am unable to care for a cat any longer. My old faithful calico passed away several years ago, but towards the end, she was not too interested in hunting mice anymore. Thanks to everyone for your responses to my post.