As winter is fast approaching this is a great topic. I used to dislike cats immensly. However I finally got tired of constantly removing the nests and fecal matter from my machinery so I asked a friend for some of his farm kittens. Best move I EVER made. I have zero squirrels, mice, rats, voles, moles, rabbits or anything else smaller than a cat. They follow me around like dogs. Sometimes they can be a pain like when they jump on the bench and get between me and what I'm working on and footprints on the vehicle. Overall they are great and wouldn't trade them for the world. They stay outside and I have had zero issue with mice and their associated damage since, nor do I have to empty traps or smell dead mice that got in the walls from poison.
