So do cats really catch mice or is that just a fairy tale? I've never had a cat. My wife has never had a cat. I'm not really a fan of cats. But we have a mouse problem. We moved in here last summer and noticed we had mice showing up. I killed I think 4 last summer and fall. We went several months without seeing any. Now we saw another one last night. And I've heard it in the kitchen late at night over the past 2 weeks. We live next to a large horse pasture and the guy behind us has a big lot with a huge pond on it. It's country enough that I think mice are just going to be around, but I don't want them in the house. So if we bought a cat, would it actaully do any good?