I have never, personally, owned a cat, but I lived w/ one for a few months in Korea, when we shared a house w/ another couple. Cats & dogs were useful in keeping the rat population down. I learned to wear shoes at all times, after stumbling on a mouse tail in the hallway at night. The cat's human was gifted w/ a lovely mouse head on her pillow one morning. The best was the live mouse left in the empty bathtub, presumably to be played w/ later! I continue to limit myself to a couple of hearty houseplants!

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