Comments on: Should I Get a Barn Cat? https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/ Simple living, homesteading, & making real food, conveniently Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michelle https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-57825 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:29:41 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-57825 In reply to Kechke.

That’s sad. We’ve had many wonderful, very friendly barn cats. You do have to make an effort to make sure they’re around people and socialized as young kittens

]]> By: Kechke https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-57824 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:08:34 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-57824 All the barn cats I’ve ever seen were so wild you could never get near them.
They also actively hunted song birds. They were very prolific and had to cull them occasionally.

]]> By: Michelle https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-57742 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:32:15 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-57742 In reply to Josh.

Our barn cats have free reign, to come and go as they please, all day and night.

]]> By: Josh https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-57735 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:31:18 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-57735 Do the cats get locked up in the barn at night for their protection, or do they roam free? It seems most rodents on my homestead are active at night, so I’m not sure how much the cats will help if they’re only out during the day.

]]> By: Michelle https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-13208 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:40:33 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-13208 In reply to Katie adams.

Nope, that’s never been an issue. They find the coolest spots or lay in the shade in the tall grass. Of course here in New England we typically have amazing summers, not often too hot or humid.

]]> By: Katie adams https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-12876 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:03:52 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-12876 Hello, does it get to hot in the summers in the barn for the cats/kittens?

]]> By: Michelle https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-7194 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:27:11 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-7194 In reply to Debbie.

Our cats have the barn to themselves (well, except for the mice that become meals) but they fend for themselves when they roam our 14 wooded acres and beyond, so they “meet up” with all of the above here on our homestead and do just fine.

]]> By: Debbie https://soulyrested.com/should-i-get-a-barn-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-7182 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:21:57 +0000 https://soulyrested.com/?p=14976#comment-7182 Can barn cats live and be safe with ground hogs, fox, and possums that live in the barn or at least wander in and around the barn?

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