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They are essentially just grumpy, old cats at this point in their lives and definitely no longer mouser material.<\/p>\n<p>When Tina and I got married in New Mexico, Nietzsche was not yet a year old but proved to be an excellent mouser. He caught at least two in the short time that we stayed at Jan and Tom&#8217;s house and even left one on our pillow for us one night! Those days are long gone now, but they both enjoyed when I let them check out our most recently trapped mouse this morning. More on that later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A loyal reader recently wrote: Your blog said: Sunday night we got one by the cat food You mean your cats can&#8217;t catch these mice??? Do they try? Yes, it&#8217;s true &#8211; our cats have been completely ineffective in keeping our house pest free. However, it&#8217;s not really their fault. 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