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<blockquote data-quote="Irishred" data-source="post: 583759" data-attributes="member: 1368"><p>Congrats on getting a couple cats. Most can make great mousers and yes even as tame indoor pets. </p><p></p><p>Our little story about letting kittens outside to hunt. We have had 7 cats over the past 4 years that we have lived on a farm in the country. The cats never really leave the area of the house/yard/barn with the exception of one. We moved in with 2, Satin a 3yr solid gray and Ginger a 4yr orange rex tabby. There are owls, you can hear them in the evening. We also have occasional foxes and such. Ginger started going out the first summer and we slowly saw her farther and farther from the house. One day she just didn't come home. We were given an orange tabby kitten whose mother got run over. Named him Eggnog (don't ask) and he was good until he started going out in the summer when he was about 6 months old. One day we heard a cat screech and never saw him again. We found a kitten in our yard and live far enough out that he would have had to been dropped not just lost. He was white with tabby patches and was named Patches. Again about 6 months old he was outside and we heard a screech and he was gone. We now have 3 cats. Still Have Satin, she is the best hunter we have ever had and is indoor/outdoor. Follows us when we take walks and such. Only goes a short ways out of the yard into the corn/hay field and orchard. The other 2 cats were given to us last year by a friend that moved to a no pets apartment. Neither go outside and if they happen to get out they panic. Both mouse inside. </p><p></p><p>There is also a black tomcat that stalks the barn. Don't know where he came from and he hides when we go in there. Personally if I were to go out to get a cat for outdoor mousing, I would only get gray, brown, black or tabby in those colors. Anything else makes them owl bait at least until they are older. </p><p></p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irishred, post: 583759, member: 1368"] Congrats on getting a couple cats. Most can make great mousers and yes even as tame indoor pets. Our little story about letting kittens outside to hunt. We have had 7 cats over the past 4 years that we have lived on a farm in the country. The cats never really leave the area of the house/yard/barn with the exception of one. We moved in with 2, Satin a 3yr solid gray and Ginger a 4yr orange rex tabby. There are owls, you can hear them in the evening. We also have occasional foxes and such. Ginger started going out the first summer and we slowly saw her farther and farther from the house. One day she just didn't come home. We were given an orange tabby kitten whose mother got run over. Named him Eggnog (don't ask) and he was good until he started going out in the summer when he was about 6 months old. One day we heard a cat screech and never saw him again. We found a kitten in our yard and live far enough out that he would have had to been dropped not just lost. He was white with tabby patches and was named Patches. Again about 6 months old he was outside and we heard a screech and he was gone. We now have 3 cats. Still Have Satin, she is the best hunter we have ever had and is indoor/outdoor. Follows us when we take walks and such. Only goes a short ways out of the yard into the corn/hay field and orchard. The other 2 cats were given to us last year by a friend that moved to a no pets apartment. Neither go outside and if they happen to get out they panic. Both mouse inside. There is also a black tomcat that stalks the barn. Don't know where he came from and he hides when we go in there. Personally if I were to go out to get a cat for outdoor mousing, I would only get gray, brown, black or tabby in those colors. Anything else makes them owl bait at least until they are older. JMO [/QUOTE]
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