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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Variations in toy-mousie-hunting technique :o)
When I brought Captain and Stanley home from the shelter, I was advised that they both love those little fur-covered mousie toys. So of course, that was my cue to run out and get some. I put two such mice in the basement, and two in the living room. Captain discovered them first, and has been playing with them pretty frequently. Last night was no exception: he has been demonstrating all the many ways that a cat has at its disposal to kill a mouse. He stuns it with his paws. He flings it through the air and then pounces on it. He delivers the killing bite. Stanley, meanwhile, opted to bring one of the toy mousies from the basement upstairs. While Captain was beating the daylights out of his mousie in the living room, Stanley set to work on HIS mousie in the dining room. Much later, Stanley had moved on to taking a nap and I went to return the mousie he'd been playing with to the basement. That's when I noticed that said mousie was soaking, wringing wet. DRENCHED is an understatement. Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING them to death. :o) Donna, Captain and Stanley >When I brought Captain and Stanley home from the shelter, I was advised >that they both love those little fur-covered mousie toys. So of course, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Donna, Captain and Stanley They feel pretty slimy when you step on them with bare feet. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING > them to death. :o) > > Donna, Captain and Stanley LOL! I hope Stanley doesn't ever find a real mousie; you might just find yourself with another (very clean) "pet" on your hands! Jill [["jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> Jan 27, 2005 at 11:41 AM Gabey8 wrote: > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING > them to death. :o) > > Donna, Captain and Stanley LOL! I hope Stanley doesn't ever find a real mousie; you might just find yourself with another (very clean) "pet" on your hands! Jill ]] Hee hee! Good point! :o) Donna To quote Snooch: "I would lick it for hours." > Much later, Stanley had moved on to taking a nap and I went to return the > mousie he'd been playing with to the basement. That's when I noticed that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Donna, Captain and Stanley Or perhaps just drowning it with drool. =o) LOL I'm glad the boys are feeling so comfortable and "at home" already. Melissa >>Much later, Stanley had moved on to taking a nap and I went to return the >>mousie he'd been playing with to the basement. That's when I noticed that [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Melissa An additional option (one that Brenna uses on occassion) is that it was "drowned" in the water dish or toilet. This is a main reason that all toilet lids are kept in the closed position when not in immediate use - or when Dad has been over. I didn't want to have to explain the cat toys to the nice plumber. Although, I'm sure they've seen it all before. - Denise Brennasmeowmy > I didn't want to have to explain the cat > toys to the nice plumber. Although, I'm sure they've seen it all before. Been there.....done that. ;o) The toilet got blocked. Tiger had only shredded the toilet roll which is reigh nect to the toilet, all the tissue had gone in, and then he had done his usual trick of jumping on the flush which is a press button on the top of the loo. The plumber didn't believe "The cat did it", until he saw Tiger flush! Helen M > The toilet got blocked. Tiger had only shredded the toilet roll > which is reigh nect to the toilet, all the tissue had gone in, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Helen M Speaking of mousie toys... we have many many different varieties of them - the squeaky ones, the ones that rattle when you shake them (one of the favorites around here), little suede ones, ones with bells on their tails (you get the picture). I had to have a pest control company in my home to treat for termites and when I walked the guys downstairs he saw a bunch of mousie toys and told me that I seem to have a rodent problem, too. ;)  SignatureCheryl >> The toilet got blocked. Tiger had only shredded the toilet roll >> which is reigh nect to the toilet, all the tissue had gone in, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > the guys downstairs he saw a bunch of mousie toys and told me that > I seem to have a rodent problem, too. ;) ROFL!!! > > Speaking of mousie toys... we have many many different varieties of > > them - the squeaky ones, the ones that rattle when you shake them [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > ROFL!!! A tad near-sighted, was he? ROFL!! Right now, my bathroom floor is decorated with a confetti made of dead toilet paper. I think NIna is jealous of the snowfall back East, and is attempting to duplicate the effect in tp. =o) She's also having a grand time 'killing' an empty toilet paper tube. Last night, she valiantly protected me from a golf pencil that was clearly thinking evil thoughts. I wonder if she thought it was capable of scribbles of mass destruction. =o) Her actual mousie toys seem to have a limited entertainment value for her. Sigh..... Melissa [["Melissa Houle" <melissa.houle@worldnet.att.net> Jan 27, 2005 at 07:34 PM > Much later, Stanley had moved on to taking a nap and I went to return the > mousie he'd been playing with to the basement. That's when I noticed that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Donna, Captain and Stanley Or perhaps just drowning it with drool. =o) LOL I'm glad the boys are feeling so comfortable and "at home" already. Melissa ]] Could be! I'll have to keep an eye on him the next time he's playing with a mousie, to see if I can figure out just why it was that wet. Thanks, BTW. I'm amazed at how quickly the little guys settled in. They NEVER hid or behaved fearfully of anything. That's definitely a new experience for me. I'm used to seeing new cats -- both my own and those of family/friends -- going into hiding for a while until they decide that their new home is OK. Not this pair! They started exploring from the moment they arrived, and they haven't stopped yet. Except to eat, nap, and get doted on. :o) Donna, Captain, and Stanley > [["Melissa Houle" <melissa.houle@worldnet.att.net> Jan 27, 2005 at 07:34 > PM SNIP > Or perhaps just drowning it with drool. =o) LOL I'm glad the boys are > feeling so comfortable and "at home" already. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Donna, Captain, and Stanley Probably, their confidence is greatly enhanced through having been adopted together rather than having been separated. "As long as my bro is here, things must be okay. This place is nicer than the shelter and we don't have to stay in a cage. Let's explore!" Melissa > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING them to > death. :o) LOL! That's too funny. Might have taken a bath on the water dish too, ours like dropping mousies there. In our house, the first step in killing toy mice involves eating the tail of said mouse. Issa usually does this, but lately I've noticed Rufous doing the same thing. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING them to > > death. :o) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Copy cats? (Ducking) Bob On Thu 27 Jan 2005 12:13:27p, Gabey8 wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:d3f3b410ff4d93bf0ca4f82f2afafe4f@localhost.talkaboutpets.com) > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves > GROOMING them to death. :o) Cute story! I have one I've been meaning to share. About Bonnie. I've written about her almost manic obsession with her play-n- squeak mousy toys previously. I still usually find them all (4) lined up, or more likely, 3 all together and the 4th that doesn't squeak anymore, I find in the kitchen. I always wonder if she thinks its sick and is bringing it to the food. Who knows. hehe She's always been the only one who plays with these mousies ... until now. The other night there was only one under the dining room table. She spotted it, looked around and started yowling! Being the mind-reader that I am, I told her we'd go find her other mousies. I found one downstairs (with her following me supervising), another in the kittens room (again she followed me) but the 4th was no where to be found. I put the 3 together under the table and hoped she'd be satisfied with just the 3 and not worry about the missing one (the one with the broken squeaker). She apparently was, she settled down with her mousies and seemed happy. The next day I came home from work and all 4 mousies were under the table. Today, the one with the broken squeaker was (you might have guessed this) in the kitchen; the other 3 still under the table. :) SignatureCheryl I have a bunch of mousies for Mischief, but God knows where they are. In the morning and before bed, Mischief will get a case of the zoomies. She'll zoom onto my bed and hunker down like she's trying to hunt a greebling. That's normally my cue to pick up a mouse and throw it to her for her to bat around and kill. Well, if there are no mousies around, apparently that's a PROBLEM. So now I have to go to the living room and go looking behind the couch and underneath the cat tree to find a (^&%$* mouse. And God forbid that the mouse she's playing with gets knocked out of reach, because then yours truly has to retrieve it for her. Every now and then I'll find one that's been eviscerated and it's paper innard all over the living room floor. When I give her a new one I have to cut the tail off first because Mischief will eat it. IT was cute the first time, but I'm just afraid after so many mice tails she'll get a have a problem. And since I am a vet tech, I KNOW how much the surgery will cost. Kristi Talking about mice I was looking for Wilson today, 'he hides so well', when I'd searched the house I tried the veranda, not there . I was just bringing my head back inside when I espied what looked to me like a dead mouse by the far end of the veranda if I still had Henri RB it well might have been one, as he used to go out a lot and he once jumped up to the veranda with a live mouse, which he promptly dropped on the floor when I picked him upand caused my visitors to panic, but Wilson no! never! He never goes out I went cautiously all the better to see this mouse with its tail stuck straight out behind it, only to find it was a dead leaf and the tail was the stalky part,relief flooded through me as I turned to go back in with the leaf in my hand, to find Wilson leering at me, those are the sort of games HE likes to play with mice. Jean.P. > I have a bunch of mousies for Mischief, but God knows where they are. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > And since I am a vet tech, I KNOW how much the surgery will cost. > Kristi > On Thu 27 Jan 2005 12:13:27p, Gabey8 wrote in > rec.pets.cats.anecdotes [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > one with the broken squeaker was (you might have guessed this) in > the kitchen; the other 3 still under the table. :) Don't you love their little eccentricities! > Cute story! I have one I've been meaning to share. About Bonnie. > I've written about her almost manic obsession with her play-n- > squeak mousy toys previously. What a good Mummy she is. Aww. Cute story. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki [[I told her we'd go find her other mousies. I found one downstairs (with her following me supervising), another in the kittens room (again she followed me) but the 4th was no where to be found. I put the 3 together under the table and hoped she'd be satisfied with just the 3 and not worry about the missing one (the one with the broken squeaker). She apparently was, she settled down with her mousies and seemed happy. The next day I came home from work and all 4 mousies were under the table. Today, the one with the broken squeaker was (you might have guessed this) in the kitchen; the other 3 still under the table. :) ]] LOL! She sounds like she's treating the mousies like they're her kittens. It reminds me of a segment I saw on Animal Planet, where there was a d*g who took it into her head that the ringing phones were her puppies. Every time a phone rang, and there were a few different cordless phones in that house because the husband and wife both ran businesses out of the home, said d*g would collect the ringing receiver and bring it back to her "nest" on the sofa. Look at the bright side: at least Bonnie's obsession with squeaky mice won't cause you to miss any phone calls. :o) Donna, Captain and Stanley On Fri 28 Jan 2005 09:28:04a, Gabey8 wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:e2563df7f7e28f37f4b17f8076738068@localhost.talkaboutpets.com) > Look at the bright side: at least Bonnie's obsession with > squeaky mice won't cause you to miss any phone calls. :o) Heh, true. I thought it was mothering behavior too. That's why I decided to get a kitten after my Shadow died. Then there were the littermates, so I ended up with two. But it took Bonnie a while to accept the kittens. Even now, she's very rough with them. I didn't call that one right. Oh well. It seems ok now. The kittens were a good match with Shamrock. SignatureCheryl > Apparently, Stanley's method of killing toy mice involves GROOMING them to > death. :o) Frank has been known to do this on occasion. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki I'm afraid Wilson only bats his a couple of times, picks rhe big black one up shakes it and thats enough of the already dead mouse for him thank you, Jean.P. > When I brought Captain and Stanley home from the shelter, I was advised > that they both love those little fur-covered mousie toys. So of course, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Donna, Captain and Stanley |
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