Two dogs and three cats in the house...

[charmed one]

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I can picture this.......as this is what happens at my house. My mouser is an outdoor cat we call baby kitty. (Her nickname is Killer). Almost daily, she will catch a mouse, decapitate it and leave the carcus on the rug by the door for me to see. (She tried to get me to use a rubber stamp on the door, a mouse with X's for eyes, to keep track of her kills, but I told her "No way!) One day I hear a ruckus on the porch and a loud CHEAP! CHEAP! I go running out there to find Baby Kitty with a little bird. She has it by one leg and the rest of the bird is flopping and flying trying to get away. I am running after them yelling BABY KITTY! BABY KITTY! And trust me....it's hard to yell at something named Baby Kitty......Grab her...pry the birds leg out of her mouth and proceed back into the house. My DH looks up from the TV about that time..."Don't you dare let that bird go in the house." I just stared at him, being as traumatized as the bird, then looked down and said "Oh yeah"......well I took the poor little guy and let him out the front door. "A SAVE", I exclaim! Redhen....I'm thinking you and I ought to videotape some of these antics. I'm sure there is some money there somewhere!

 

[redhen]

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I can picture this.......as this is what happens at my house. My mouser is an outdoor cat we call baby kitty. (Her nickname is Killer). Almost daily, she will catch a mouse, decapitate it and leave the carcus on the rug by the door for me to see. (She tried to get me to use a rubber stamp on the door, a mouse with X's for eyes, to keep track of her kills, but I told her "No way!) One day I hear a ruckus on the porch and a loud CHEAP! CHEAP! I go running out there to find Baby Kitty with a little bird. She has it by one leg and the rest of the bird is flopping and flying trying to get away. I am running after them yelling BABY KITTY! BABY KITTY! And trust me....it's hard to yell at something named Baby Kitty......Grab her...pry the birds leg out of her mouth and proceed back into the house. My DH looks up from the TV about that time..."Don't you dare let that bird go in the house." I just stared at him, being as traumatized as the bird, then looked down and said "Oh yeah"......well I took the poor little guy and let him out the front door. "A SAVE", I exclaim! Redhen....I'm thinking you and I ought to videotape some of these antics. I'm sure there is some money there somewhere!

Money... or the video proof they need for them to send us to the nut house...

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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Experience has proven that I am not that adept with the shop vac. Great concept, bad implementation.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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The problem is that the rotten little beasties won't stay out of the kitchen. I am tired of emptying all the cabinets, running everything through the atomic cycle on the dishwasher and bleaching the ookiness off the shelves. Rotten little mice. I have given them a lovely chicken coop to play in. The house is mine!!!!

 

[teach1rusl]

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Genius!!! I've been threatening to set mouse traps on my counter to keep the danged cats from sneaking up there, but my son gripes, saying it will hurt them really badly. I never thought about placing them up-side down!!! Or covered with paper.... Cool....

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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Does she give lessons? Perhaps she can come teach Mouse Camp for my FOUR, count them FOUR, rotten little freeloaders!!! They knew it was there. They had it cornered. They had their little paws on the thing. Did they kill it? Nooooooooooooo... they swatted it around like a dang toy. It was squeaking and squealing and carrying on. I kept saying "Just KILL it already!!!" and yet they insisted on playing with it. Rotten little cats. I know they have it in them. Two of the four were barn cats. One of the four is currently living outside. The last is the only one that has any excuse to be a mouse killing slacker. He imprinted on Lily the boxer mutt early on and truly thinks he is a dog. The rest of them though are trained killers. Why why WHY have we all written peace treaties with the rodent population. This ain't the UN, my friends!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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I'm hoping he'll go back and tell his little mousie friends to stay out of the house. I'm hoping the word will get out and they'll all go back to the cat free pasture behind me.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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I can picture this.......as this is what happens at my house. My mouser is an outdoor cat we call baby kitty. (Her nickname is Killer). Almost daily, she will catch a mouse, decapitate it and leave the carcus on the rug by the door for me to see. (She tried to get me to use a rubber stamp on the door, a mouse with X's for eyes, to keep track of her kills, but I told her "No way!) One day I hear a ruckus on the porch and a loud CHEAP! CHEAP! I go running out there to find Baby Kitty with a little bird. She has it by one leg and the rest of the bird is flopping and flying trying to get away. I am running after them yelling BABY KITTY! BABY KITTY! And trust me....it's hard to yell at something named Baby Kitty......Grab her...pry the birds leg out of her mouth and proceed back into the house. My DH looks up from the TV about that time..."Don't you dare let that bird go in the house." I just stared at him, being as traumatized as the bird, then looked down and said "Oh yeah"......well I took the poor little guy and let him out the front door. "A SAVE", I exclaim! Redhen....I'm thinking you and I ought to videotape some of these antics. I'm sure there is some money there somewhere!

Money... or the video proof they need for them to send us to the nut house...

That's actually why the mousie got released. I can't stand the squealing. Poor mouse. I'm okay if the cats just kill them straight off. Circle of life and all that. I just don't want them tortured. That's pretty horrid.

Thank heavens I'm the only one in the house or I'm pretty sure some of our antics would have ended up on YouTube by now. The shop vac incident alone would have pretty much guaranteed it.