You could use a good mouser cat. Here in the city there is a cat, "Lo-li" (not that she responds to it) whose residence is the middle apt on the building across the street, but she does not like to stay on, or be cuddled (dangerous). And she had 5 litters (!) - all given away - before they put a stop to that.
But she is a predator, who catches mice, rats and birds. Thank God for her.
And eats all or most of them. Which is fine as concerns the first two, as mice get into buildings and rats eat their way thru trash barrels. .
Last week, she was playing with a mouse underneath the donation" bench on the sidewalk (where i work on bikes for free, by the grace of God) in front of our building, and it got away. I got it with my foot across the street, and with my pliers I brought is to Lo-li, who proceeded the eat the whole of it. However, she cannot deal with the raccoons, who act like they own property at night.
Thinking today about how you say to be thankful for everything. Last night at 1:30 am, we got a phone call from our son that our daughter was in a terrible accident, and that she was ok, but he wanted to let us know. She is roughly 4 months pregnant with her first child.
So we called her right away. She had spotty cell service as she lives near mountains (the Cascades). She was driving their Land Rover to pick up her husband who was nearby but stranded riding his mountain bike. She took a curve too wide and hit gravel, and then she overcorrected and went tumbling down about 30 feet, through trees and a slope before it came to rest. She should’ve been severely injured, but her Guardian Angels were clearly with her. She said her seat belt and airbags saved her life. The passenger window was broken so she crawled out through that. She also managed to find her cell phone and her little purse bag, grabbed the keys and climbed back up the slope to the road.
It was 15 minutes before another car came along, as it is a somewhat remote area. It was just past sunset so she had light for about 45 minutes after it happened. The sheriff who arrived took her to the hospital himself, because an ambulance was too far away. The ultrasound showed the baby is fine, too. What a blessing!
So today we are so grateful that she was spared, and gives thanks to God for her protection. We had a FaceTime call with the two of them, and she recounted such a harrowing ordeal, but she has been through other crises which have prepared her to handle this. She is an avid hiker so accustomed to rough terrain.
Also, it was heartwarming to hear of the Good Samaritans who stopped to assist her. Thanks be to God!