My cat does not understand gophers.

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James A. Donald - 03 Mar 2005 20:08 GMT

As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher holes, where she
formerly wiped out the gophers, and ignoring the fresh gopher
diggings, where a new family of gophers have were digging last night.

She is a fairly obedient and respectful cat, compared to most, not
that that is saying much. Is there any way I can teach her that
gophers are best found near fresh gopher diggings? Or do I have to
wait for her to find that by herself?

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jacquie0 - 03 Mar 2005 21:26 GMT

> As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher holes, where she
> formerly wiped out the gophers, and ignoring the fresh gopher
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If showing her the new gopher holes doesn't work, then she will figure
it out on her own. Probably sooner than you think.

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Gary Stone - 03 Mar 2005 21:59 GMT

>> As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher holes, where she
>> formerly wiped out the gophers, and ignoring the fresh gopher
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> If showing her the new gopher holes doesn't work, then she will figure it
> out on her own. Probably sooner than you think.

I went out to take a broom to the van to get the snow off it, rather than
lay the broom down I stuck the handle in the snow making a little hole. Now
the cat is thoroughly convinced that there is a mouse or shrew living in
there and will sit for an hour or so waiting for a chance to pounce. I quess
I could go out and cover it up, but hey, now I know where she's at.

Stone

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Mike Z. Helm - 04 Mar 2005 02:00 GMT

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:26:04 -0500, jacquie0 <jacquie0>

>> As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher holes, where she
>> formerly wiped out the gophers, and ignoring the fresh gopher
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>If showing her the new gopher holes doesn't work, then she will figure
>it out on her own. Probably sooner than you think.

That would be my guess too.

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James A. Donald - 06 Mar 2005 23:13 GMT

James A. Donald wrote:

> > As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher holes,
> > where she formerly wiped out the gophers, and ignoring the
> > fresh gopher diggings, where a new family of gophers
> > were digging last night.

> If showing her the new gopher holes doesn't work, then she
> will figure it out on her own. Probably sooner than you
> think.

Well today my cat is finally lurking by the fresh gopher hole.

Attempting to show her the gopher hole, moving her food dish to
near the gopher hole did not work. My cat seemed to suspect I
was trying to make her become an outdoor cat, trying to move
her out of her house, and instead of hunting gophers became
resentful and hostile, but she has finally discovered the
gophers on her own.

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James A. Donald - 11 Mar 2005 06:42 GMT

> > > As I write this, my cat is lurking by the old gopher
> > > holes, where she formerly wiped out the gophers, and
> > > ignoring the fresh gopher diggings, where a new family of
> > > gophers were digging last night.

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:26:04 -0500, jacquie0 <jacquie0> wrote:

> > If showing her the new gopher holes doesn't work, then she
> > will figure it out on her own. Probably sooner than you
> > think.

On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:13:46 -0800, James A. Donald

> Well today my cat is finally lurking by the fresh gopher
> hole.

Well today my cat is *still* lurking by the
no-longer-quite-so-fresh gopher hole, though I am pretty sure
that she has already devoured any gophers.

Oh well, keeps her from raiding other people's yards. I fear,
however, that if she had to look after herself, she would starve.

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