• ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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    1083 months ago

    People always say they look cute and yea sure,

    But did y’all forget the fact that they can literally get rid of all your mice problems?

    I got a cat because for companionship and one month later, all those filthy mice are gone.

    Being soft and warm to pet, and the beautiful meows, are just the cherry on top of their lovely companionship.

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        3 months ago

        I was hoping my cat can get rid of the roaches too but her paws aren’t very effective at that, and theres just wayyy to many. 😕 Welp, at least my cat has some roach toys to squish (or at least, try to).

    • Apathy Tree
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      353 months ago

      They -can- do that yes. Whether or not they will choose to, however, is anyone’s guess.

      • @peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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        123 months ago

        They will have a joyous time with it. And you might find eviscerated mice under your couch one day. But my two dumbass fur balls just thought they were awesome toys.

        Never figured out quite when they stopped coming in. The only really humane way to kill em is snap traps. I probably went through a couple dozen of them before they stopped showing up.

        I was against using poisoned food traps because the last thing I wanted was my cat consuming a poisoned mouse. But, since our whole neighborhood had a problem with the mice, I wouldn’t be too surprised if a neighbor did it.

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          53 months ago

          Snap traps in a brown paper bag baited with peanut butter.

          When you catch something, curl up the top of the bag and throw it all in the trash.

          • @peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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            43 months ago

            Ooooh that paper bag idea is nifty.

            We actually discovered something that worked far better than peanut butter - Reese’s peanut butter cups. You break off a little piece, squish it into a ball, and place it on the bait lever. Not a single trap misfired once we switched to that.

    • Fonzie!
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      03 months ago

      How do you have so many mice?

      Sounds like your apartment smells like leftovers; we had mice sometimes until we started to do dishes religiously and take out trash religiously. Or well, about as frequently as our parents do it.