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15 Feb ’12
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With all the recent rat activity I am seeing at the barn I am thinking we need a barn cat, my wife is against the idea. How much does your feline wander?
12 Oct ’12
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I don't have one now, but we always had 1 or 2 around when I was growing up. They pretty much just stick to themselves and nap/hunt/leave mouse guts on your porch. 
25 Oct ’12
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Ya go get a few feral cats they catch and give away and your mouse/rat issues will be history. Just throw them water and food and let them do the rest. There almost wild so no they are more of a tool than a pet so no vet bills ect ect.
15 Feb ’12
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Thinking a Maine coon, downside is my daughter will want it in the house
18 Feb ’12
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Outdoor cats have always been a love-hate issue for me. Barn cats will decimate an area's small game population. I remember going to my great uncle's farm to walk fencerows and hunt pheasants and then one year they got 3 barn cats and that was the end of pheasant hunting.
On the other hand, we have two cats now and no problems with mice. One of the cats spends 80% of her time outside mingling with the neighbor cats, and the other one keeps the house clean of mice.
15 Feb ’12
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Yeah, I personally don't like outdoor cats for the most part, we have a few that wander the neighborhood and I get tired of waking up to paw prints on my car
3 Nov ’12
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My neighbor has one. Im actually watching it right now while they're away. It's an awesome cat and it prowls the neighborhood looking for prey. It probably has a couple square acre area that it hunts. I see it often in my garden where it gets the voles that move in to get all my plants. Im not a cat person, but for that Im happy to take care of him when they go away for a couple of days. All I do is put down food in the morning and pick up the empty bowl at night. Make sure she has water. That's about all the care she needs.
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