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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2006Cats causin mouse infestation
My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd be mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything so stupid?! > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! Sure have! When mine were able to go out, they brought in every kind of small critter, almost always unharmed. Some of them got loose, some I took away and released outdoors, and some they killed and ate. The ones that got away on their own didn't stick around long with seven cats roaming the premises. >Sure have! When mine were able to go out, they brought in every kind of >small critter, almost always unharmed. Some of them got loose, some I took >away and released outdoors, and some they killed and ate. The ones that got >away on their own didn't stick around long with seven cats roaming the >premises. A long time ago I heard a commotion at the front door and when I opened the door to see what it was the cat chased a mouse into the upright piano. I left the front door open and closed the other doors to the living room. Eventually the mouse left. At least I never saw or smelled any more evidence of mouse, living or dead. Bud  SignatureThe night is just the shadow of the Earth. > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > be mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of > anything so stupid?! What's stupid is you let them outside in the first place since you know they do this. > > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What's stupid is you let them outside in the first place since you know they > do this. I love my cats., I'd never keep them prisoner in the house. >>> My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, >>> and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I love my cats., I'd never keep them prisoner in the house. Okay, I won't get into this debate with you. Suffice to say you'll just have to live with a rodent infestation. Once a cat is let out of the bag (house) it's impossible to make them indoor cats again. They'd go completely nuts. > Once a cat is let out of the bag (house) it's impossible to make them > indoor cats again. They'd go completely nuts. Not always true >>My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, >>and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What's stupid is you let them outside in the first place since you know they > do this. Please, Jill, let's not start up the old indoor/outdoor controversy again! Opinions seem to be quite evenly divided here, and neither side is likely to convince the other. >>> My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, >>> and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > controversy again! Opinions seem to be quite evenly divided > here, and neither side is likely to convince the other. My apologies, Evelyn. But I'd killfiled this person a while back... did you read the newer post about leaving his cats alone, unattended for 4 weeks????? Sheesh. > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! Live angry birds. Lizards. Et al. Birds would be delivered to my bed if I wasn't up yet. Jo >>My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, >>and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Birds would be delivered to my bed if I wasn't up yet. Ah yes! How well I recall the early morning a cat jumped up on the bet, but instead of cuddling, I was treated to a loud "squawk!" in my ear, as the captive bird escaped. (Took me nearly an hour of chasing it from light fixture to drapes to window, before I was able to shoo it out the door.) > Jo > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! Yoda brought a small rabbit inside back in his younger days. Oddly enough, the rabbit was completely unharmed. He was carrying it by the scruff, exactly like a mama cat carries her kittens. We about never caught it. If it gets to be a real problem, you can always close your kitty flap and make them check their prey at the door. You can tell when they've got something in their mouth trying to bring it it. They have their head bowed down at a weird angle. Sherry > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! I had a couple who specialized in "bringing 'em back alive", too - only they chose those little grey California fruit rats - mice are smaller. I once had one living in my portable dishwasher (surviving happily on catfood) for MONTHS, until I moved and the disturbance of having the dishwasher carried from the house flushed out the rat! >> My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, >> and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >MONTHS, until I moved and the disturbance of having the >dishwasher carried from the house flushed out the rat! Stinky pretty much has a catch-and release policy, too. They simply are not as much fun dead as alive. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! The stupid thing, dickhead, is that you let the cats roam. HTH. > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! Yeh: it's people going away for a month and leaving a window open so the cats can go in and out and bring in more mice. MLB > My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside, > and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything > so stupid?! Let's see, my cat's catch & release scheme has treated me to: Rabbits Chipmunks Mice Squirrels Lizards Toads Slow worms Siberian Hamsters (AKA rats :) Various birds ... Of these, chipmunks are the trickiest little suckers to recapture, and I swear I can the cats laughing at my feeble hunting skills :-) SignatureNik Simpson
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