the mighty hunter

[cellio]

Earlier this afternoon, Dani came up from the laundry room and told me there was a dead cat toy. We have assorted cat toys all over the place (you know, ones made out of cloth and stuffing and the like), and every now and then one will be so chewed/ripped up that it's time to toss it, so I figured that's what he meant.

Not so.

That was the largest mouse I have ever seen -- which means it probably wasn't a mouse, but I am steadfastly refusing to consider that option. (I mean, our house is clean, we live in a good neighborhood, we take the trash out... what have we done to earn critters?) It was all self-contained -- no insides on the outside and so on -- which is some comfort. But... ew. I've cleaned up mouse-sized mice before and only been a little squeamish, but this was different.

So at least one of my cats is still a hunter, though I don't know which one(s). Fortunately, whoever it was enjoys the hunt more than the idea of dining on the results. Thanks for small miracles.

I just hope this was a singleton.

Comments

of Mice and Moles

[queenmabwords.livejournal.com]

Cliche, the cat in my userpic, caught and killed 5 mice or moles in our house this winter. It was amazing.

[steven.livejournal.com]

Ew, ew, ewwww.

Mice freak me out. I hope yours was a singleton, too!

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Good cat!

Hope it was a singleton.

Even great neighborhoods

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

occasionally attract rats. We had some in one of our houses here, alas, and the dog got excited but being a golden and not a terrier didn't actually do anything. ;-) We figured they hid in the houses to escape the coyotes.

This is sort of like how even middle and high class neighborhood schools have head lice on a regular basis.

But I do hope it was a singleton. The details for trapping are just not pretty.