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M.C. Mullen - 01 Nov 2003 19:06 GMT

When Mr. Tom arrived on the scene the contract was that he'd catch some of
the many mice in and around our old house.
Now what does he do today? He brings home a mouse, fine, but after it has
gone under the chest of drawers he just leaves the scene...
And I can see what I do with the rodent!! What can I do? The mouse has
magically disappeared, but I *know* it's somewhere in the house! Should I
cut down on cat food until His Majesty Tom cares to look after the problem?
Even Jack Russell is of no help and prefers to snooze away!
And now Tom just arrives purring, looking for cuddles and begging for food!
Cats, really... ;-)

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Carola

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Sherry - 02 Nov 2003 04:53 GMT

>When Mr. Tom arrived on the scene the contract was that he'd catch some of
>the many mice in and around our old house.
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>--
>Carola

Hmm. It sounds like Mr. Tom likes the thrill of the hunt, but the nasty
details, like actually killing the mousie and disposing of it bore him. I'll
put my money on the Jack Russell. My doxie has turned into the Gopher
Terminator.
Maybe it's a bachelor mousie who never wants to marry and have baby mousies
and will just live its life out in your house. He won't eat much. :-)

Sherry

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Cheryl - 03 Nov 2003 02:50 GMT

> Hmm. It sounds like Mr. Tom likes the thrill of the hunt, but the nasty
> details, like actually killing the mousie and disposing of it bore him. I'll
> put my money on the Jack Russell. My doxie has turned into the Gopher
> Terminator.
> Maybe it's a bachelor mousie who never wants to marry and have baby mousies
> and will just live its life out in your house. He won't eat much. :-)

Blech. I know that was tongue-in-cheek but the thought of his mousie turds
around the house gave me the willies even if he doesn't procreate.

This is just like my Shamrock who will glady go after moths and flies but
leaves the really big ugly spiders for me.

> Sherry

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Ted Davis - 02 Nov 2003 17:50 GMT

>When Mr. Tom arrived on the scene the contract was that he'd catch some of
>the many mice in and around our old house.
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>And now Tom just arrives purring, looking for cuddles and begging for food!
>Cats, really... ;-)

You need multiple cats - it is not unusual for a cat not to kill its
catches. It's also not unusual for cats to ignore the mice
completely. Of my 13 resident cats, about half account for almost all
the kills, and different cats kill different things, so really, it
more like a third of them provide most of the mouse control. You have
to kiss a bunch of frogs to be sure of finding even one prince
(princess - my best mouser is a tiny female).

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)

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Daz - 02 Nov 2003 22:55 GMT

> >When Mr. Tom arrived on the scene the contract was that he'd catch some of
> >the many mice in and around our old house.
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> more like a third of them provide most of the mouse control. You have
> to kiss a bunch of frogs to be sure of finding even one prince

Assuming you have any frogs left after 13 cats are allowed free reign.

Daz

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