Meet Bubbles & Suds Mackenzie
These good buds are the head of the Pest Control Team at the Mount Royal Soaps Factory. They were named Employee of the Month 11 times last year.
Bubbles & Suds came to us from the Working Cats Program at BARCS Animal Shelter
This program pairs cats that aren't suitable for traditional adoption with businesses and locations that need cats for purposes other than companionship - like pest management.
There are no adoption fees for working cats, and when we adopted Suds & Bubs they dropped them off right at our location, along with supplies to get them started!
Operating a factory in an old building in the city comes with a few challenges and one of them is - mice. It turns out they are very partial to cocoa and shea butter (who knew?) and we found we had a problem on our hands very quickly.
It seemed our options were unsanitary and ineffective traps, or nasty pesticides that pest control companies were being very cagey about the ingredients of. A friend told us about the BARCS program and, as animal lovers ourselves, it seemed like the perfect solution. We received non-toxic and effective pest control, and the kitties got a 10,000 square foot factory to roam and explore, with enough room for them to hide from people.
Look at these little buds! We knew that we wanted to adopt a pair because they weren't fond of people and we wanted them to have company.
Indeed, Bubbles and Suds did NOT like us when they arrived. We kept them in (large) cages to get them used to our presence at first, and Suds hissed every time we came by. We never expected them to be our friends, we were just happy that they had a safe and warm place to live and that our mouse problem had completely disappeared. However, our extremely patient staff managed to eventually get them to trust us and now Suds is the cuddliest boy around!
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