Mojo the cat overwhelmed by rural mouse plague doesn't flinch when a rodent is placed on his head after already vomiting up three of the vermin in one evening

 

Mojo the cat overwhelmed by rural mouse plague doesn't flinch when a rodent is placed on his head after already vomiting up three of the vermin in one evening

The scale of the mouse plague gripping regional Australian towns has been laid bare by footage of 

a rodent clinging to the fur of a sunbathing cat

The mouse was pictured perching on the cat's forehead as he laid down on a ledge in Coonabarabran in New South Wales' central west on April 25.

Quick look up - he's on your head. Get the mouse,' a voice can be heard urging the cat from behind the camera.

Farmers in northern parts of the state and southern Queensland have battled plagues of mice in recent months, complaining that they are ravaging crops and spread potentially fatal bacterial diseases.

The owner of the cat said the feline had been chasing mice endlessly in recent weeks and vomited up three whole mice in a single evening.

Australia's regional mouse plague is so widespread even the nation's cats have been overrun by the tiny creatures. Pictured a cat with a mouse on his head in Coonabarabran in NSW's central west

Mojo recently vomited up three whole mice in a single evening, his owner said

'This day he was enjoying the sunshine on the front step when my partner hung a mouse in front of his face for a reaction, but nothing,' the owner said.

'Then he dragged it in front of him waiting for a playful strike, and nothing.'

The owner told how Mojo seemed undisturbed even when the mouse was placed on his head.

'He couldn't care less,' the owner said. 'Obviously, he had a big night and was completely over them by this point.'

Countless rural properties have become overrun with mice in the wake of heavy floods and record-breaking rainfall across Australia's east coast.