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May 21, 2012, 08:59 AM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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Originally Posted by lynn P.
Better watch out Pachy - there may be some mouse fans here lol. I can hear the stampede coming.  
When I was a kid we had this black Persian cat who was an outdoor cat. We used to call him Killer because he would hunt and bring back his prey. One summer we had to put a bell on him because he was raiding all the birds nests. He used to bring them still alive to show us. One time he had a mouse and when he put it down it got lost in the grass. I felt sorry for my cat, so I preceded to sweep the grass with my foot...trying to find the mouse. Next thing I know, I felt this furry thing climbing up the inside of my pants.  I started shaking my leg and doing the most ridiculous running on the front lawn...trying to get the mouse out of my pants lol. |
LOL Lynn. I know some do keep mice as pets and love them very much. When I was a kid, my friend would take her pet mouse to school with her and keep it in the desk.
Mice that come into the house from outside are a different story. My (previous) cat was a great hunter, so they didn't last long in the house. He never ate them, but he did kill them. I don't like using traps, so I'd just let him do his thing and take it out to the garbage afterward.
I was at the computer one day when I noticed him toying with a mouse right next to me. The mouse appeared unharmed, but my cat was not allowing it to move. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just sat there. My (previous) dog came into the room and noticed the mouse. She kept looking at me with a very puzzled look, occasionally letting out a whimper to get my attention focused on the mouse.
My dog waited until my cat took his eyes off the mouse. At that moment, she scooped up the mouse into her mouth and walked to the back door - whining to go outside, the mouse's tail sticking out of her mouth.
I let her outside and ran to the window to watch as she gently set the mouse down onto the ground and he ran off to freedom.....or maybe into the mouth of Pachyderms cat, lol.
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