oh whee... a mouse

[Dookus]

My oldest cat just came in meowing. I looked up and he had a mouse in his mouth. I chased him, he dropped it, it ran behind a stereo speaker and I couldn't find it. He just caught it again, ran through the house, and I tried to get him to go out the back door with it, and he dropped it again. Now it's in my kitchen.

I love my cats, I love my cats, I love my cats.... but leave the vermin outside!

[Dookus]

1. oh super-whee

I have three over-excited cats on the job now.

[Dookus]

2. oh mega-whee

they seem to have given up. There's blood in the kitchen, the mouse is still hiding and Punk now thinks his scratching post is more interesting.

I hear mice are dangerous when they're wounded.... pray for me.

[Bunny]

3. Get out the napalm and the flame thrower,

and blast the little F-er! God I hate mice! :evilgrin:

[slutticus]

4. Dookus...i think we're the only people up right now...

let's have a beer

:toast: :beer:

[Dookus]

5. I just made a margarita

but I used up the last of the limes, and not a beer in sight. I'm fucked.

Unless you can think of a cocktail consisting of Cointreau, Grand Marnier, week-old plums and leftover pizza.

[slutticus]

7. I could make a plum wine....

...yum....plum wine.

[Dookus]

8. I found a great drink at a local sushi bar...

unfiltered sake, plum wine and pineapple juice. I've almost perfected it at home, but I think I still have the wrong brand of plum wine. I'm gonna go soon and sit at the sake bar and take notes.

[Dookus]

6. What pisses me off

is that having cats is supposed to PREVENT mice from coming in your house. My guys (well, Punk) brings 'em TO me!

Last week he brought one into the bedroom at 5:00am. Much slapstick fun was had while my bf tried to catch it.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I posted about having a mouse in my kitchen a few months ago

What happened to the poor mouse?:shrug:

[Dookus]

10. Beats me...

I gave up long before the cats did. It's either a new resident in my house or one of the little pricks took it outside.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I used to have a pet mouse. He meant a lot to me

His name was Franklin, after FDR, so I tend to think of mice more as pets than as vermin.:shrug:

[Dookus]

14. well...

as I say elsewhere in the thread: I'm not a mouse fan. But I don't begrudge any sort of mousephilia others may feel. I happen to think they're smelly nasty little critters, but they do have a certain cuteness about them. But when it comes to rodent pets, rats rule.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Cute photo!

I have had both a mouse and a rat as pets and have to say that I preferred the mouse. I wasn't thrilled with the rat's tail, but also, he was very skittish. He had been my lab rat in college, for experimental psych, and there was no way that I was going to let them "recycle" him to the biology department. He was always a little nervous, because of this, but he had a good home with me. My mouse, however, I knew recognized me and loved me. His name was Franklin, after FDR; my rat's name was Barnaby. He was smart enough that he earned me a solid B, in a very tough course.
:loveya:

[goju]

I had a blue heeler that used to do that

Couldnt take him for a walk without him pouncing on field mice, and he wouldnt let them go. I probably have a dozen mice carcasses in my yard some where.

[underseasurveyor]

11. Aw....he just wanted to "share" his prize with you

:evilgrin: Is that so wrong :shrug:

heh, but really I know what it's like. I had one cat many years ago that enjoyed sharing so much, one time as I was getting out of bed, I pulled the covers back and there was a dead mouse lying right next to me. EEEWWWWWWWW:puke: But his absolute favorite thing was to bring live unharmed baby bunnies in and let them go in the house.

Last week one of my kitties brought in a big, huge, nasty, thank GAWD it was dead, big brown rat. I hate rats. Well wild rats anyway. Pet rats are cool.

[Dookus]

12. Yes

pet rats are way cool. I've had a few in my life, and I honestly can't say anything bad about rats. They rock.

Mice, however, suck. I understand my cats are programmed to hunt them... but goddammit, don't bring 'em in alive.

Many's the day when I walk into the bathroom to find a mole-head and an intestine. I can deal with that. It sucks, but I understand it. But bringing me a live mouse? He's done it a few times recently and it's just so... well, I dunno... Amish.

Kick the mofo and let me sleep.

[underseasurveyor]

16. Isn't that the way too. More often than not.......

they bring the darn things home at 3 in the #*@%*#& morning meowing relentlessly until you get up to go see.

Right now the best mouser I've ever had is my cairn terrier, Quigley. He is instant death on any mouse in the house. It's great too. He doesn't play with their dead bodies or leave pieces or leave them injured and half dead. Nope. He's on em like a bolt of lightning and in one or two (ugh) crunches, they're history.

I can't say anything bad about "pet" rats either as I too have had many pet rats. But wild rats are another story. They are vicious and their chattering bared teeth creep me out to the bone :scared:

[LynneSin]

15. You wanna borrow my cat Evita?

She'll clean up that mess in 24 hours or your money back.

Evita is the batkiller

[LWolf]

17. I caught a mouse last week

That my tomcat set free two months ago. Once he set something free, he never attempted to catch it again.

This mouse was one of his last "gifts" before I lost him. The gift that kept on giving after he was gone. :-(