- 1). Adopt a cat to be your pet, not to become a mouser. Consider your cat's hunting abilities as an advantage, if it chooses to hunt. Remember that some cats are natural hunters, while others never learn the activity. Treat your cat with love and reward it for successful hunts with affection, petting your cat and playing with it.
- 2). Start your cat out when it is still a kitten because older cats that never learned how to hunt may not be willing to start. Play with your kitten using active, mobile toys, such as toy mice on strings or yarn. Actively play with your cat, using these toys. Get your cat moving and reward it for its playfulness. For instance, you may get on the floor with your cat and use a toy mouse to get your cat moving, rewarding it with affection when it catches the mouse. Use this kind of play to teach your cat to move quickly and to attack mice on your floor.
- 3). Reward your cat when it brings back a dead mouse. Avoid punishing or discouraging your cat for killing mice. Instead, reward your cat with the kind of affection it likes when it brings you a dead mouse. As an example, you may pick your cat up and let it spend 10 or 15 minutes on your lap, while you pet it, after it brings you a killed mouse.
- 4). Breed your successful mouser and keep a few of the kittens. Mother cats train their kittens to perform many of the same tricks that the parent performs, such as being a mouser. Use this generational training to ensure that your future cats will have the same understanding. Train the kittens in the same way you trained the parent, ensuring that the young cats have the speed and skill that their parents had.
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