[Mr. K]

mostly scare them away

Cats are very helpful to have- as I found out when I moved to the country.

field mice and spiders and all kinds of un-wanted critters seem to dissappear when you get a cat.

[Peter from Rutland]

Absolutely. Also invaluable for chipmunk control. No more holes in my lawn.

Cats are a must have around my farm, such as it is.

[ZX12R]

field mice and spiders and all kinds of un-wanted critters seem to dissappear when you get a cat.

That makes logical sense. Cats eat the mice, snakes go elsewhere to hunt.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“field mice and spiders and all kinds of un-wanted critters seem to dissappear when you get a cat.”

We don’t have any mice to speak of where we live, but our cat does like to go after spiders.

I suspect we probably don’t have mice in the neighborhood because we have at least three or four strays about...