I appreciate your post, and know I need food improvements. I do not like the treadle feeders - I have had two different types. I find them difficult to clean and a perfect breeding ground for mycotoxins. I am going to go with something homemade. I am going to use Tupperware containers...
Thank you to everyone for some great advice. This is a great learning discussion for me, and I hope for others as well. Since I do not want to take a chance of jumping from the frying pan into the fire; I will dismiss the cat idea. I am learning a lot about 1/2 inch hardware cloth aprons. I...
I have a mouse issue. I am trapping them and catching every evening but I don't think I am getting ahead of it. While my run is surrounded in 1/2 inch hardware cloth with aprons, the mice can actually tunnel from 18-inches away to get in.
I am not a cat person, so I know nothing about cats...