My next door neighbor brought an Arabian Sand Cat home with him when he returned from a job he had in Saudi Arabia. It’s not a house cat, it’s as wild as any raccoon, it won’t go indoors, and it runs wild in his yard and mine and in any yard it wants to in the neighborhood.
I once had a snake and rat infested creek running down the edge of my property, but no more. The Sand Cat made short work of them.
I once had moles and voles tearing up lawn, but no more. The Sand Cat took care of them too.
The raccoon that enjoyed turning over my garbage can has now found some other form of entertainment.
That Sand Cat has been a welcome addition to our community.
The few neutered and feral cats out here keep the pests down, and the people who have livestock give them food, water and shelter in their barns. This house and acreage where I live is a former vacation place, and had not been occupied for a long time-full of mice, rats, etc. My cats disappeared into the return air opening of the A/C after one of them got the grille off-I assume it was the Maine Coon, who weighs 22 pounds and is huge. By the next day, the kitchen floor was littered with murdered mice of all sizes and several medium rats, being guarded by three very smug cats-haven’t seen a rodent since...