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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 88443" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Someone did some research, can't remember who, and found that we are only aware of a fraction of our cats' kills. So let him eat the mouse - he's probably eating a lot of other mice (and lizards) that you don't know about. </p><p></p><p>Regularly worming the cat is a small price to pay for a happy mouser.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to look up - what sort of tapeworm can a cat get from eating a mouse? You've got me with that one. Different country, different beasties...</p><p></p><p>My parents had two cats when they lived up in banana-growing country. The old Queenslander house on stilts, timber with wooden shutters. Mum heard a muffled "mmrrw" at the back door, said, "Sounds like Scruffy's caught another rat, he won't shut up until we let him in to do his parade of honour," and opened the back door for the cat.</p><p>Scruffy stood there on the back step with a very much alive and annoyed Eastern Brown Snake in his jaws, snake about 4' long. Yes, they are venomous. Mum stood at the door, pointing and shrieking, "S-N-A-K-E!!!"</p><p>Dad headed for the back door, found it blocked by Mum and headed out the front and down the long flight of stairs, grabbing his spade along the way. Scruffy, meanwhile, had momentarily let go the snake which promptly began to slither through the stairs and under the house. Dad just missed it.</p><p>We didn't worry about the snake possibly hiding under the house - Scruffy would have just caught it again, so we knew it would be well gone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 88443, member: 1991"] Someone did some research, can't remember who, and found that we are only aware of a fraction of our cats' kills. So let him eat the mouse - he's probably eating a lot of other mice (and lizards) that you don't know about. Regularly worming the cat is a small price to pay for a happy mouser. I'll have to look up - what sort of tapeworm can a cat get from eating a mouse? You've got me with that one. Different country, different beasties... My parents had two cats when they lived up in banana-growing country. The old Queenslander house on stilts, timber with wooden shutters. Mum heard a muffled "mmrrw" at the back door, said, "Sounds like Scruffy's caught another rat, he won't shut up until we let him in to do his parade of honour," and opened the back door for the cat. Scruffy stood there on the back step with a very much alive and annoyed Eastern Brown Snake in his jaws, snake about 4' long. Yes, they are venomous. Mum stood at the door, pointing and shrieking, "S-N-A-K-E!!!" Dad headed for the back door, found it blocked by Mum and headed out the front and down the long flight of stairs, grabbing his spade along the way. Scruffy, meanwhile, had momentarily let go the snake which promptly began to slither through the stairs and under the house. Dad just missed it. We didn't worry about the snake possibly hiding under the house - Scruffy would have just caught it again, so we knew it would be well gone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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