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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2004All hail the mighty huntress!
... *Me* Yes, I have just caught a live mouse - faster than Waffles :-D I'm sitting in the office... I hear rustling in the caorner. I look over and there it was... wandering around the floor - a very live, very un-marked by cats, mouse. I got Waffles. She looked at it. She said "Hi mouse. Kinda nice in here. Feeling at home? Would you like something to eat? Lettuce sandwich?" She made no attempt to catch it. I chased it - it ran. I chased it some more. It ran. Waffles asked if it wanted mayo on the sandwich. I chased it again. It ran again. I caught it by the tail. It dangled there and winked at me. Waffles said that as far as mice go, it's cute. It now resides in the garden. Waffles has stopped chopping the lettuce leaves :-/ Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >I got Waffles. She looked at it. She said "Hi mouse. Kinda nice in here. >Feeling at home? Would you like something to eat? Lettuce sandwich?" She made >no attempt to catch it. Easy. Waffles says it's your turn. You need to learn to feed yourself and she's tired of doing all the work. Thanks for the story, Helen. I enjoyed it! Sherry >Easy. Waffles says it's your turn. You need to learn to feed yourself and >she's >tired of doing all the work. >Thanks for the story, Helen. I enjoyed it! > >Sherry Most welcome... I think ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > Easy. Waffles says it's your turn. You need to learn to feed yourself and she's > tired of doing all the work. This sounds quite plausible to me. Waffles thinks you should have learned by now. Maybe she wanted you to return the favour of when she has brought you all those mousies to eat. Now it's your turn to start feeding her. ;o)  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >This sounds quite plausible to me. Waffles thinks you should have learned by >now. She's a tough teacher. >Maybe she wanted you to return the favour of when she has brought you >all those mousies to eat. Now it's your turn to start feeding her. ;o) Hey! I do that every day anyway! But not with mousies though ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > >This sounds quite plausible to me. Waffles thinks you should have learned by > >now. > > She's a tough teacher. Shtoopid hoomins need tough teaching. (Nikki's motto) > >Maybe she wanted you to return the favour of when she has brought you > >all those mousies to eat. Now it's your turn to start feeding her. ;o) > > Hey! I do that every day anyway! > But not with mousies though ;-) That's the point. She has shown you what she wants and how to get it. Now it is your turn to start serving it. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >That's the point. She has shown you what she wants and how to get it. Now it >is your turn to start serving it. :o) Heh ;-) I *refuse* to serve mouse everyday - she can catch her own ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > ... *Me* > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Waffles has stopped chopping the lettuce leaves :-/ =) but isn't that how you usually do it? Waffles hunt them outside and when they are in the house you take over? maybe she thought it time you graduated to previously unhunted mousies? let me her you say "meowz"! :) :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi >... *Me* > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Cheers, helen s Back while I was still living with my parents, I came home one day and noticed what I took to be a dried leaf on the floor in the living room. When I bent over to pick up the leaf, it scurried a few inches, revealing itself to be a young mouse, about half adult size. I scooped it up in my hands, carried it to the kitchen, and plopped it into an empty jar, then punched a few holes in the jar lid for ventilation. We kept it for a few days as a curiosity, and it quickly became so tame that I couldn't bring myself to give it to the cat. So, I carried the jar into the middle of a nearby park, poured the mouse out into my hand (where it sat up and washed its face), and then let it go. Since we didn't see signs of any other mice in the house for some time before or after this incident, I concluded that the cat had brought the uninjured mouse into the house, and then had it get away. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria On 30 Apr, Helen S wrote: >... *Me* > >Yes, I have just caught a live mouse - faster than Waffles :-D > No matter how much they like to play, you never know what they're going to do till they see a real mouse. Great story! Regards and Purrs, O J ". > On 30 Apr, Helen S wrote: > > >... *Me* > > > >Yes, I have just caught a live mouse - faster than Waffles :-D Wonderful story, wonderfully written. Thank you. Charleen Mr. Pumpkin Aggie Marble Victor Velcro >Wonderful story, wonderfully written. Thank you. > >Charleen >Mr. Pumpkin >Aggie Marble >Victor Velcro Thanks guys :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > No matter how much they like to play, you never know what they're >going to do till they see a real mouse. Great story! > >Regards and Purrs, >O J Thanks OJ :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > On 30 Apr, Helen S wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Persia is afraid of mice. I was walking to the kitchen one day with her rushing in front of me in case I was going to give her some exotic foodstuff or something. She came to a screeching halt and literally squeaked! There was a dead mouse on the floor; probably died of horror at the sight of my kitchen :D Persia would *not* go into the kitchen until I had disposed of the mouse-corpse. Jill Did Waffles convey honorary "catdom" on you, Helen? Congrats for saving the little one. Christine > ... *Me* > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >Did Waffles convey honorary "catdom" on you, Helen? Possibly. I should be duly honoured ;-) >Congrats for saving the >little one. Cheers, but the little one was not so little, it was a nice big, well-fed mouse... Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > Cheers, but the little one was not so little, it was a nice big, well-fed > mouse... What'd ya expect with Waffles feeding it lettuce sandwiches? Pam S. Helen once when I was about eight or so, Itoo picked up a wild mouse,and took it to my Dad, so the neighbourhood cats wouldn't get it, Dad was horrified never pick a wild mouse up he said,if it bites it will have gangrine on its teeth. But I've got it by the tail its a long way from my hand,I replied. Your lucky he told me, that mouse could easily double upand bite you. so Helen, be careful next time you play at being a cat Jean.P. > ... *Me* > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >Dad was >horrified >never pick a wild mouse up he said,if it bites it will have >gangrine on its teeth. LOL :-) Indeed a mouse will have bacteria in its mouth - just as humans or any other animal has. It's a reason to keep tetanus jabs up-to-date. If it had of bitten me, I'd have simply washed my hands thoroughly which is more than ample for keeping the wound clean and for making sure no infection sets in. Now, if I was an infirm person, with a run-down immune system, or diabetic with poor blood circulation at the extremities, or if I did not keep myself clean, then I may have something to worry about - but I'm not. I was way more danger to the mouse than it to me :-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- WellI'll be careful then as I am diabetic, Maybe Dad was just trying to impress on me the dangers of life,In triplicate, as I'd already done two of my 7 lives in,LOL Jean.P. > >Dad was > >horrified [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > ... *Me* > > Yes, I have just caught a live mouse - faster than Waffles :-D "Mooowwwssseee." You have to let her know you caught the thing. She lets you know. Pam S. who's ISP is letting her reply today >"Mooowwwssseee." > >You have to let her know you caught the thing. She lets you know. > >Pam S. who's ISP is letting her reply today Indeed. Thank you for reminding me. Next time I shall make the appropriate sound to Waffles Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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