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Minnie Molly Mouser

We've had a problem at our new house with mice.  I killed one not long after we moved in.  At that point, we hurriedly moved our tomcat Tux to our new house.  We had intended to wait until the fence was up and ready for the dogs, but a mouse in the house changes the mind quickly! We kept Tux in the house for about a week, all that he could stand.  And since then, he has been almost nightly bringing us presents of rats and mice. Tux is also 10 years old - not exactly a young man.  So, when a friend said they were having kittens, we volunteered to get one because 1)Tux is old and 2) we were looking for an indoor/outdoor cat as well.  Tux doesn't do inside real well, although as he ages, he is more willing to stay inside. Almost 2 weeks ago, we picked up our little kitten.  We requested, if possible, to get a little girl thinking it would make the acceptance of Tux easier to acquire.  We finally decided on a name Minnie Molly Mouser.  W...