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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2006Little furry fake mice
My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our kids need more toys? Anyway, wow, what a success! Although I have 3 cats, which means 1 mouse per cat, each cat wants custody of two of the mice at the same time. There's a little hissing and growling going on here. I find it highly amusing. :~) kili > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a > packet of 3 furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > kili That's so funny! Persia seems to like possession of two fuzzy mice at a time. Odd thing is, she's afraid of *real* mice. Jill >My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 >furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >kili Buy them by the dozen if you can. Cats are just crazy about them. It's Stinky's favorite toy, paws down, except for the real thing. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War Lily loves her little furry fake mice. I must have bought her over 10 packages already and every single one is lost. Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of > 3 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kili When I buy these mice I remove the eyes and tail. The eyes are usually pins that could be swallowed and the tail could be eaten like a piece of string. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') When I buy these mice I remove the eyes and tail. The eyes are usually pins that could be swallowed and the tail could be eaten like a piece of string. Don't know where you get your "mice" but the ones I get don't have eyes and have short well attached tails. Jo > When I buy these mice I remove the eyes and tail. The eyes are usually > pins that could be swallowed and the tail could be eaten like a piece of > string. > > Don't know where you get your "mice" but the ones I get don't have eyes and > have short well attached tails. Those I buy have embroidered eyes (not removeable) and feathers and strips of leather for tails. (Purely "organic", nothing that would hurt a cat if swallowed - but although I've found detached tails from time to time, SFAIK mine have NEVER swallowed them!) > Jo > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 > furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Although I have 3 cats, which means 1 mouse per cat, each cat wants custody > of two of the mice at the same time. I keep buying them, the cats seem to love them, but they keep disappearing! Cats have such talent for hiding things, even in a small apartment. (And, if it's something that could embarrass you, bringing it out again at the least acceptable moment!) However, I wish they WOULD resurrect the bottle of rather expensive prescription eye-drops they made off with a while back. Either they knocked it off the bathroom counter into the trash can without my noticing it, or they've hidden it somewhere, but I didn't really appreciate having to negotiate a refill (and pay for it) just because the little bottle proved an ideal size for a cat-toy! > > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 > > furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > just because the little bottle proved an ideal size for a > cat-toy! I know what you mean. I lost a gold hoop earring in my sleep and I haven't seen it since. I'm sure it's been batted under some piece of furniture, because it's not in the bedroom! Nothing is ever sacred when you have a cathousehold. :~) kili > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 > furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > kili It might be wise to invest in a gross or so of those mice. Most cats seem to love them, and they tend to disappear at an alarming rate - until you move the refrigerator or the couch. ;-) Joy > It might be wise to invest in a gross or so of those mice. Most cats seem > to love them, and they tend to disappear at an alarming rate - until you > move the refrigerator or the couch. ;-) > > Joy I just went to the Hartz web site and ordered 8 packages. They are on sale NOW at 2 packages for $5 plus ship/postage. These should last Lily a little while. I just gave her one new one tonight and I can't find it already. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of > 3 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Joy Isn't that the truth? This is our 4th pack in 1 1/2 years. We move the couch to vacuum and viola! Cat toys! kili >It might be wise to invest in a gross or so of those mice. Most cats seem >to love them, and they tend to disappear at an alarming rate - until you >move the refrigerator or the couch. ;-) > >Joy Tank's favorite trick is to immediately play soccer with them and under the refrigerator they go - SCORE!. They last about 20 seconds with him. Then he cries so pitifully that we dig them out for him (a long thin stick works well) and he does the same thing. I have to ration him (and ignore the pitiful cries) or I'd be pulling mice out from under the refrigerator all day. > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of > 3 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kili I found the last of ours disemboweled beside the bed this morning. Cleo has a nasty habit of destroying all the old cat toys. Losing a tooth hasn't hampered her destructive capabilities in the least. As for losing toys, we once had a twelve pack of those little neoprene golf balls. These were Cali's favourite toy once upon a time. Now were down to a couple, which is no great loss, as they've gone a little crunchy. I don't know how many of those mousies we've bought, because they mysteriously disappear. Brandy, our most intrepid hunter, is either eating them or hoarding them. I can well believe the eating; she does look rather like a rug now. I wouldn't be surprised though to go into some deep corner of a crawl space and find a mountain of mousies in a pile, like a squirrel stores his nuts. It gives me the pleassure of buying more for my spoiled kids. Incidentally, what they like even better than fuzzy mice are wiffle golf balls. You get them in a sporting goods place for maybe three bucks for twenty four of them, and the cats go ballistic. They carry them around, and wake us up playing handball in the middle of the night. These also have a golf-ball Bermuda Triangle somewhere. Blessed be, Baha > My husband went to the store for lightbulbs and came back with a packet of 3 > furry little mice. Of course I had to immediately open it; yeah, like our [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > kili >I don't know how many of those mousies we've bought, because they mysteriously >disappear. Brandy, our most intrepid hunter, is either eating them or hoarding [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Blessed be, >Baha Styrofoam ping pong balls here-- boinketty boinketty boinketty all night long. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
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