Where's the Cat At - The Rats are Not In!

Got rodents? Besides placing the covers of grain bins and sweeping up leftover pellets, you can keep undesirable rats at bay by seeking the expertise of a barn cat. A burgeoning mouse condition can be controlled in a farm by putting feral felines to patrol the structures. Practicing prober stable management is still required from you, but a barn cat can make your stable a mouse-free zone.

While it’s wonderful if your feral cat eventually ends up becoming totally tame, the older ones tend to fend for themselves. Most of them aren’t likely to become a real pet meaning, you can just simply pick them up, carry them and stroke their chins. You will simply care for and feed some in your barn but not really taking control over it – just give it the freedom it needs and voila! You will have the best mouse control!

If you happen to spot feral felines lurking your surrounding farm, you need to lure it to seek permanent shelter in your barn.  You should think about it – there could be food source for these cats, for if there wasn’t any food source, they wouldn’t have been there in the first place. You need to lure them in  using food but be careful though when luring with food – if the food you place disappeared without any cats in sight, you could be luring other animals, such as opossums or raccoons, which you definitely do not want hanging around your barn.

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 Once you have the cat in your territory, you need to capture it so it can be vaccinated and spayed or neutered. In the end, you’ll be responsible for looking after the cat and you certainly would not want to have a booming cat population in your barn. You may contact your local animal control department so they can lend you a humane trapping device. The department can also suggest affordable clinics where you can take the cat for spay and neutering.

Keep the rodents away with a barn cat.

After you have owned an official feral barn cat, be sure you can provide it shelter.  Try placing a used mattress somewhere in an empty area inside the barn or perhaps allow it to seek rest from the hay loft. Cats do enjoy owning a spot where they feel safe. You need to provide warm beddings for the cat so it can warm up during cold weather. If you want to keep the cat much longer, of course you need to feed it or else, they will wander somewhere else where there is constant food supply. It would seem natural for them to stop hunting for vermin if you go around feeding them. But you have nothing to worry because the presence of cats in the barn can already help keep the rodents away.

Once you have a barn cat, both you and your horse can enjoy the benefits. Plus, it will be a rewarding deed for you to go and provide a home for a feral feline.