rescueblonde
Loving the herd life
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I just wanted to brag on my awesome barn cats and figured this was the place to do it!
This is Simba (left) and Nala (right). I took them in when a friend found them as stray kittens. My family is wildly allergic to cats so I couldn't bring them in the house. Instead, I kept them in the chicken coop with a group of hens. This kept them warm in the winter and prevented them from wandering off and getting pregnant or killed. Once they were fixed, they were allowed to roam.
They are hands down the best barn cats I have ever seen. They kill upwards of 30 mice, rats, birds, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, etc. every day. It's gotten to the point that I have to walk around the barn and the area outside the barn to pick all of it up because they leave things everywhere.
I have not had mice in my feed or bird droppings around my barn in the 2 years I've had them. They are so on top of it. They walk around the beams in the ceiling of the barn and get rid of bird nests. It is so nice.
They're also extremely friendly with all of the animals and even though they'll kill whatever they get their paws on, they won't touch baby chicks. They're litter trained with several litter boxes around the barn so my barn stays really clean. I really lucked out with these two! I'm not sure how I'll ever replace them.
This is Simba (left) and Nala (right). I took them in when a friend found them as stray kittens. My family is wildly allergic to cats so I couldn't bring them in the house. Instead, I kept them in the chicken coop with a group of hens. This kept them warm in the winter and prevented them from wandering off and getting pregnant or killed. Once they were fixed, they were allowed to roam.
They are hands down the best barn cats I have ever seen. They kill upwards of 30 mice, rats, birds, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, etc. every day. It's gotten to the point that I have to walk around the barn and the area outside the barn to pick all of it up because they leave things everywhere.
I have not had mice in my feed or bird droppings around my barn in the 2 years I've had them. They are so on top of it. They walk around the beams in the ceiling of the barn and get rid of bird nests. It is so nice.
They're also extremely friendly with all of the animals and even though they'll kill whatever they get their paws on, they won't touch baby chicks. They're litter trained with several litter boxes around the barn so my barn stays really clean. I really lucked out with these two! I'm not sure how I'll ever replace them.