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Pets & Working Animals => Cats => Topic started by: sabrina on July 09, 2011, 02:33:05 pm

Title: The Mole Catcher
Post by: sabrina on July 09, 2011, 02:33:05 pm

This week Jacs one of our cats has killed and brought home 5 large moles, no idea where she has found there run as the only mole hills we have are at the far end of the hill fields and as the ponies are up there she does not hunt. Must be somewhere in my neighbours barley field. She wakes us up during the night to let us know we have a present on the doorstep. ;D

Title: Re: The Mole Catcher
Post by: little blue on July 09, 2011, 03:03:05 pm

lovely, how kind she is to bring you presents!
we had a birds nest in the kitchen last week - I think the kittens had fetched the baby blackbirds one by one, and when they ran out, Alfie brought the feathery nest instead...
(* Remind husband he must shut the kitchen door!*  ...the number of frogs we get in the house!)

Title: Re: The Mole Catcher
Post by: Fleecewife on July 09, 2011, 04:40:41 pm

I don't know if this is the time of year when it happens, but when young moles reach their teens they leave home by the overland route to find a new territory, so your cat may have been catching those.  What a useful cat  8)

Title: Re: The Mole Catcher
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 10, 2011, 09:45:06 am

Farmers pay £3 - £5 per dead mole round here - if you can determine where she's working you may be able to get her on a payroll!

Title: Re: The Mole Catcher
Post by: BTMR on July 15, 2011, 07:40:35 pm

Congratulations to the Mole catching Cats.

We thought you may like to know of our website which helps those with a Mole problem in paddock, field, garden or smallholding to find a TRADITIONAL Molecatcher in their area.    -    Not always easy these days if your cat has not got the skills described in this forum string!!.

www.britishmolecatchers.co.uk (http://www.britishmolecatchers.co.uk)

The website contains much background information on Moles and Molecatchers and also details of our Training courses.  But we have to say no information on Cats catching Moles !!  As yet we have no Cat members - although if they use Traditional Method - no reason why they could not join !!

There is no charge for using our website and finding a Traditional Molecatcher in your area is easy.   You can, however, be sure that any Molecatcher that is on our register will use only Traditional methods of Molecatching. Any arrangements you come to with them is obviously something you have to discuss directly with that Molecatcher.

Hope this information will be helpful.
Kind regards
BTMR