Don't have time to read this whole thread, but I have never seen any mouse trap or other mouse repellent method that worked better than a good mousing cat. That said, there are some domestic cats that are dumber than rocks and catch the mouse only to play with it for a while and release it when they get bored, so you need to make sure you have a good cat.
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What happens when the mouse problem becomes a cat problem? Release Dogs? And what happens when the dogs become a problem? Will they release bears? Sharks?
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My wife, a cat lover, used to make excuses to visit that CT location so she could visit and pet the cats. She knew their names and everything (koo, koo, katchoo, I know). I went there with her once and she started petting the cat for a bit when it quickly climbed onto her back up near her shoulders and wouldn't get off. I was off by myself shopping and came back to find my wife a little freaked out walking up and down the aisles slowly, all hunched over with hair all messed up and a cat on her back asking strangers to take the cat please! lol! People were ignoring her and walking on by!! I laughed so hard, I couldn't help it!! I took the cat off, it just jumped when I tried. Lilly I think was it's name.
It was shortly after this that they had the complaint from someone and they keep the cats locked up during the day now. (was not my wife who complained though btw) My wife was not deterred in the least from visiting after the incident but never wants to go there now that the cats are no longer "free range".
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No, you just release the Chinese after everything that follows. Cats, dogs, bears, sharks, etc. They'll catch and eat them all.*
*I am Chinese therefore I claim the privilege [as demonstrated in "The Yada Yada" the 153rd episode of the American NBC sitcom Seinfeld] of becoming Chinese just for the jokes.
Just make sure to use animals whose back faces the sky.
Why? Some people don't like cats and cats aren't normally found in retail establishments. They have every right to complain.
Because the same people complaining about these cats are the same people who will complain about days being too hot in summer, and pretty well anything else they can find.
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Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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I can't imagine wasting my valuable time enough to make a formal complaint about cats being in someone's store. If you don't like cats, don't go there. These are the same people who complain about sex and profanity on TV - STFU and avoid what you dislike without forcing your preferences on everyone else.
Besides - cats are much cleaner than your average Canadian Tire staffer.
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I used to work at a place that had a major mouse problem. Everything was tried; poison, traps, some sort of foam/sticky/messy contraption. Nothing was working.
Then one day our secretary was sitting there and a mouse came and sat on her foot. She, of course, screamed and ran about.
Next day our manager went to a farmer he knew and brought back a kitten. All bills were paid by the employer, vet, food, litter, etc. The cat was not declawed or had its claws clipped.
Overnight our mouse problem disappeared. From finding mouse droppings everywhere, cables/cords chewed through, to none of that at all. Other departments were jealous, as their problem continued, but ours was gone, plus "a CAT!"
Then someone complained that having a cat roam about all the time wasn't "safe" for the cat due to the number of people about. He was left alone all weekend. And other whiny things, like he was allowed to jump up on computers and monitors and sleep there.
