He probably has a special hiding place, and he will eventually bring
them back out again.

When Kira was a kitten, she stole my socks. I found myself down to
only 3 pairs of socks. I couldn't find them anywhere. I searched my
bedroom, the laundry room, behind the couch, etc. Never found any. I
finally bought a bunch more.

Then, several months later, I awoke to find socks everywhere. On the
bed next to me, on the floor, on the stairway, on the living room
couch, on the cat tree, in the bathroom, etc. She must have spent the
whole night carrying socks all over the house.

As far as I know, she never took them again. And I never found any
hiding place.

Chase also hides his toys. I have no idea where, but they disappear
and reappear.

Mr. Bonkers stashes them everywhere. They usually do not reappear. Theres
about 7 dozen feather tail mice floating around the house right now. Every
once in awhile we will move a piece of furnature and there will be 2 or 3
but where the heck did he put 84 of them? They're pretty cheap at the local
Menards ($3/dozen) so when he runs out we just buy another pack. And this
doesn't even get into the missing scrunchi balls.

One would think they do eat them the way they disappear! But I
think you will find that the toys, along with anything shiny and fun
to play with like pens and earrings, wind up in the strangest places
now that you have George. That said, if you ever do think he has
eaten something that may harm him you will certainly take him to
the vet.

Do you have floor heat vents?

I don't know what it is about those mice, but cats seem to stuff them
away so well, they're never found again. Have you checked other oddball
areas--like between couch cushions, near heat vents, under the
fridge/washer/dryer? They are small enough to hide easily.

Rene

They'll probably show up again - in maybe 2 years.  Really. ;-)  They could
be under the refrigerator, just about *anywhere*.  But eventually you'll see
one that you had thought was lost forever.  Or once you find one, you may
find all of the others, too - he may have a whole cache of them some place
you've yet to discover.

Cathy

If you find the answer, let me know!

I buy the sisal mice with the feathers. I have no idea how many I've
purchased over the last year. I can only find one today.

Once in awhile I find them behind some furniture. I think the cats toss
them up in the air and they land a strange place.

One semi-feral kitten we had used to hide toys behind a door, or under a
couch (all in a row.)

Rhonda

Hi all:
           I decided to take a really good look in my utility room, I
found a flock of 7 mice under the washer. There's not much space
between the bottom of the washer and the floor. George would have
really had to push hard to get them under, I had a heck of a time
getting them out. The washer was one of the first spots where I
thought the mice might be except I didn't think he could fit anything
under their. Well, I was wrong. Thanks for help.

P.S- As we speak 5 of the 7 mice are missing again, he he he.

                      On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:07:24 GMT, GrapplerGurl
<girlzrock@here.com> wrote:

My guys are forever hiding their mice. I've found them in shoes, boots,
boxes, under the refrigerator, stove, my dresser,  in the hall closet,
behind the entertainment center, under the couch, in the litter box, under
living room chairs .... if there is an under to something then I've found a
mouse there. That said the majority of them disappear to someplace I haven't
discovered yet and sometimes turn up later sometimes not.

Losing 16 mice over the last 5 months sounds about right to me.

W

Somewhere in my apartment, there are many DOZENS of missing mice & puffy
balls.  I have a lot of furniture that is very low to the ground and I'm
assuming most of them are underneath.  I'm just too lazy to pull the
furniture out and find out for sure.  I also know plenty of them are under
my stove.  No way to pull that out away from the wall, but I have used the
plastic wand from the Cat Charmer to fish some out.  Once a year or so I
will move the dresser, armoire etc and pick up all the dusty toys.  Then I
put them all in a bag or drawer and Otto will get one a day until they've
all gone missing again.  He no longer gets the relatively expensive Rosie
The Flat Rat ($3 each) because those go missing almost immediately.

Same thing happens at work, but there are a million places for the toys to
disappear.  Most of those places are not accessible, so they're gone
forever.  Stinky no longer gets any Rosies, or Folkmanis mice finger puppets
(her absolute favorite) because they're pricey.

--
Liz

I do have another question I'd like to ask,

These things happen. I have a sneaking suspicion that all cats have a
sort of hyperspace locker....

Many years ago when Fugazi and Isis were about 3-4 years old, I saw a
red catnip mouse in a petshop which I took home for them. Fugazi loved
it she was a real catnip fan (Isis being a lady stood there and looked
as if to say "My sister is a junkie! Oh the shame!")but once the
catnip was gone she got bored of it and it vanished.

Fast forward 12 years. Fugazi had crossed the bridge 4 years before
and now Isis went after her. Enter Redunzel and Sarrasine.....

And Sarrasine who is seriously into toys came in one day and we were
like "What the Hell has she got there?"

"Wait a minute that's Gaz-Gaz's old mouse!"

And it was, some 11-12 years after we had last seen it, Sarrasine was
playing with it! She also found the balls that we assumed were long
lost (indeed they were)under a cupboard

Honest I do tidy up around the place sometimes!!!!!!

Lesley

Slave to the Fabulous Furballs