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Clinging on tightly
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Cats and their presents
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
The local wildlife have had the run of the house before now.
The last time @hopless500 and Mr Hop came to stay young Henry bought a mouse in. I heard him playing with it at 4am in the kitchen so went to investigate. The cat and I managed to corner in behind a small bookcase but the cat got bored and buggered off out. I sat there for 2hrs until it stirred but it defeated me and made it across the room to the dresser.
It remained there for the whole day whilst the Hops and I went off on the CC Cinque Ports ride. Finally I went off to bed leaving the Hops downstairs during which time the cat managed to ferret the mouse out and catch it. @hopless500 then caught them both
The last time @hopless500 and Mr Hop came to stay young Henry bought a mouse in. I heard him playing with it at 4am in the kitchen so went to investigate. The cat and I managed to corner in behind a small bookcase but the cat got bored and buggered off out. I sat there for 2hrs until it stirred but it defeated me and made it across the room to the dresser.
It remained there for the whole day whilst the Hops and I went off on the CC Cinque Ports ride. Finally I went off to bed leaving the Hops downstairs during which time the cat managed to ferret the mouse out and catch it. @hopless500 then caught them both
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
With a crisp Chenin Blanc to wash it downThe @Cycling Naturalist would probably suggest shallots, lots of pepper and a bechamel sauce...
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
More like a nice ChiantiWith a crisp Chenin Blanc to wash it down
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
You are very much welcome here next time @hopless500The local wildlife have had the run of the house before now.
The last time @hopless500 and Mr Hop came to stay young Henry bought a mouse in. I heard him playing with it at 4am in the kitchen so went to investigate. The cat and I managed to corner in behind a small bookcase but the cat got bored and buggered off out. I sat there for 2hrs until it stirred but it defeated me and made it across the room to the dresser.
It remained there for the whole day whilst the Hops and I went off on the CC Cinque Ports ride. Finally I went off to bed leaving the Hops downstairs during which time the cat managed to ferret the mouse out and catch it. @hopless500 then caught them both
jefmcg
Guru
In my experience , even cats with a strong sense of play don't fark around when it comes to rats. Clean, quick death bite and generally leave the corpse unmolested . A live wild rat is not a toy, and I gather a dead one is not very appetising to well fed moggie.
I once trapped a London sewer rat in my toilet . It literally screamed and threw itself around the tiny room, finally digging its way out straight through the wall. A cat would only get one chance with a beast like that
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Yes mine turn their noses up at food that's been in the plate for 1/2 hour and demand fresh. Muggins or Moggins?
Starchivore
I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
- Location
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
Once, as a young boy, I was off to school and I saw our cat under the bench outside eating a quite large rat. It was part way through. When I got back from school there was just scraps of rodent left under the bench.
That evening we were sat in the lounge and the cat was sat on the sofa with me. Suddenly it sat up very straight, and without much more warning it regurgitated most of the unfortunate rat. It didn't looked to have chewed it up very thoroughly and the smell was quite something. Dad had to clean it up and was non too pleased as he and the cat are enemies anyway. Mum got back off shift but refused to believe that the cat would have done such a terrible thing.
I thought I'd share that.
But in general they don't do disgusting things like that. I've never known her to eat anything like that before or since. And bells on their collars are supposed to help quite a bit.
That evening we were sat in the lounge and the cat was sat on the sofa with me. Suddenly it sat up very straight, and without much more warning it regurgitated most of the unfortunate rat. It didn't looked to have chewed it up very thoroughly and the smell was quite something. Dad had to clean it up and was non too pleased as he and the cat are enemies anyway. Mum got back off shift but refused to believe that the cat would have done such a terrible thing.
I thought I'd share that.
But in general they don't do disgusting things like that. I've never known her to eat anything like that before or since. And bells on their collars are supposed to help quite a bit.
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Nope! I'd have to move house. Immediately!
Mrs M
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Ours often brings live guests home through the open bedroom window at night.
Trying to recapture a mouse at 3.30am on a work night is not much fun.
He did catch and kill a very large rat and left it in the garden for us, followed by a smaller one next day
Trying to recapture a mouse at 3.30am on a work night is not much fun.
He did catch and kill a very large rat and left it in the garden for us, followed by a smaller one next day
jefmcg
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Blimey! Do you live in a cardboard box?
vickster
Squire
Mine is a devil, or goes through devilish phases...often at 4am or similar
Mice (I probably rescue half), then birds (tits, robins
Mrs blackbird, starling ), frogs, toads, and disgustingly in the past, worms which he batted around the lounge
Came home one day to find a live (possibly injured) squirrel on the landing, released but not sure it would have survived the night
A serial killer for sure...
Mice (I probably rescue half), then birds (tits, robins
Mrs blackbird, starling ), frogs, toads, and disgustingly in the past, worms which he batted around the loungeCame home one day to find a live (possibly injured) squirrel on the landing, released but not sure it would have survived the night
A serial killer for sure...
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Our friends had a rather fat cat. It had apparently caught a rabbit and broken the poor things neck. Probably sat on it by accident than catch it.
