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Thumping and banging in the kitchen
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Christina Websell - 21 May 2007 20:47 GMT Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around very proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak to him he always drops it, still alive and now he is rushing around trying to recapture it. Kitty sez, oh just get on with it, let me snooze! <sigh>
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Ketzl's Dad - 21 May 2007 20:57 GMT > Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around very > proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak to him [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tweed Ketzl would give his eye teeth for a live, real mouse! He's even tired of the fake fuzzy one on a string/stick now.
(Ok, maybe he wouldn't give his eye teeth, but I'm positive he'd give his canines. :-)
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Christina Websell - 21 May 2007 21:32 GMT >> Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around >> very [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> Kitty sez, oh just get on with it, let me snooze! >> <sigh>
> Ketzl would give his eye teeth for a live, real mouse! He's even tired of > the > fake fuzzy one on a string/stick now. > > (Ok, maybe he wouldn't give his eye teeth, but I'm positive he'd give his > canines. :-) Do you think he would know what to do with it? Boyfriend's mum must have been sadly lacking in the "teach my kittens what to with prey" department. Kitty used to try and teach him her clever ways and he got the gist of it, but now she is too old to bother. He does fine if I am not there. I found a deceased mousie on the lounge carpet only yesterday. If I am there, though and I look at him he is so proud that he opens his mouth to meow and then..away it goes. He hasn't quite got the immediately deadly crunch right yet.
Another night with the back door open I guess.
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Ketzl's Dad - 21 May 2007 23:01 GMT >>> Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around >>> very [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Tweed LOL. Kind of like, "Hey, mummy, look what I ... OOPS!"
But actually, no, I don't know if Ketzl know what to do with it. I'd like to think he's enough of a man-cat that he'd instinctively hunt to kill (but only small, unwanted critters, of course.)
You may be right, though. My perception is that he either lost his mum or was taken from her early on, so she probably didn't get much of a chance to raise him.
Someone did, though, and just right. He's really a peach. Big softie. Here's something that happens regularly. When I work at home, now that I have a notebook computer, I sit on the couch a good part of the day when working. During that time, Ketzl stretches across the back of the sofa, occasionally changing from an east-to-west orientation to a west-to-east, and then vice-versa.
Every couple of turns. however, he jumps down, sits looking at me long enough for me to realize it, and when I say "Hello" then he crawls onto my lap and buries his face in my right armpit, and kneads, very gently, purring, for about 10 to 15 minutes, keeping his head buried.
When the time is up (i.e., when whatever it is he's seeking has been met with) he jumps off and goes back up topside and back to sleep. There are occasional forages in the kitchen for kibble and outside to the litter box, but then back he comes.
This nuzzling and kneading happens several times, with no announcements, no fanfares nor any expressions of thanks or whatever when they finish.
I like to think that he's looking out for me and wants to remind me that it's time for a break from the work routine.
Like I said: He's a peach!
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Kreisleriana - 21 May 2007 23:17 GMT >>>> Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around >>>> very [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > >Like I said: He's a peach! Aww, what a sweetie! Boyfie, too. Stinky is a sweetie-boy like that. He's also a proficient catcher of rodents, less good at dispatching them. He basically considers them the coolest toy ever. When he kills them, he's frankly disappointed. He usually puts them in my shoe, and I'm not sure if it's a trophy, of he's just saying, "Well, this is no darn good anymore." ;)
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Ketzl's Dad - 21 May 2007 23:57 GMT > Aww, what a sweetie! Boyfie, too. Stinky is a sweetie-boy like that. > He's also a proficient catcher of rodents, less good at dispatching > them. He basically considers them the coolest toy ever. When he > kills them, he's frankly disappointed. He usually puts them in my > shoe, and I'm not sure if it's a trophy, of he's just saying, "Well, > this is no darn good anymore." ;) Here's my take on it: If they had to, they'd hunt to kill for food. They don't, but they still have the urge to hunt, only they hunt to play, for the most part.
(Have you thought about getting Odor-Eaters for your shoes? Is he telling you something? Sorry. I hadda ask. 8-0 )
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Kreisleriana - 22 May 2007 18:07 GMT >> Aww, what a sweetie! Boyfie, too. Stinky is a sweetie-boy like that. >> He's also a proficient catcher of rodents, less good at dispatching [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >(Have you thought about getting Odor-Eaters for your shoes? Is he telling you >something? Sorry. I hadda ask. 8-0 ) Not unless he's using them as little gas chambers. :P
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Marina - 22 May 2007 04:31 GMT > Do you think he would know what to do with it? > Boyfriend's mum must have been sadly lacking in the "teach my kittens what [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > proud that he opens his mouth to meow and then..away it goes. > He hasn't quite got the immediately deadly crunch right yet. If his mum didn't teach him, it may take some time for him to learn. Nikki worked hard for ten years to teach Frank, but then he finally got it. He never became the prolific hunter Nikki was, though. He'd bring me a vole every two or three days, while Nikki would bring me 4-5 voles per day (in good vole summers).
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Christina Websell - 26 May 2007 01:04 GMT >> Do you think he would know what to do with it? >> Boyfriend's mum must have been sadly lacking in the "teach my kittens [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > every two or three days, while Nikki would bring me 4-5 voles per day (in > good vole summers). Oh, he can catch them all right, my problem is that he rushes back to show me so proudly and then lets them go, alive, if I acknowledge him. He did it again yesterday - more thumping and banging in the kitchen. Another night of back door open. Fortunately it's safe here to do that. although I would prefer not to. He *must* learn somehow that he has to crunch hard when he catches them. KFC did try to teach him for a couple of years but she has lost interest now. She is too old to worry about it like she used to. All she cares about now is a comfortable bed, nice foodies, and a little sunshine to bask in. Oh, and her litter box, that is *very* important to her now. Or should I say her two litter boxes. She pees in the downstairs one and poos in the upstairs one. Never the twain shall meet apparently.
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Nik Simpson - 21 May 2007 20:59 GMT > Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around very > proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak to him > he always drops it, still alive and now he is rushing around trying to > recapture it. Ah, the joys of a feline catch & release scheme. I actually include time spent chasing terrified rabbits/squirrels/chipmunks around the house as part of my weekly exercise regime :-)
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Christina Websell - 21 May 2007 21:17 GMT >> Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around >> very proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > spent chasing terrified rabbits/squirrels/chipmunks around the house as > part of my weekly exercise regime :-) LOL! At least it's not a rat, like his last one that went behind the freezer.
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Nik Simpson - 21 May 2007 23:17 GMT >>> Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around >>> very proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > LOL! At least it's not a rat, like his last one that went behind the > freezer. Oh they've had their share of Siberian Hamsters, I recall being woken up a 2am to round up one that they'd brought to the bedroom. To be fair, all three of them lined up at the door to make sure it didn't escape!
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Ginger-lyn - 23 May 2007 18:52 GMT > Boyfie just strolled in with a mousie in his mouth and paraded around very > proudly. Why don't I learn to ignore it? because the moment I speak to him [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tweed I've got myself on video (not on it; just my voice) taping my kitties playing tag with a mousie. The sound effects go something like "Oh, God! Sabra, don't drop it on my foot! Oh, my God, EEEEEEEKKKKK."
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