cisono Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 My automatic mouse trap caught another mouse (YUCK!). First one this year, but third year running... Always this time of the year (end of March- until end of April). Does anyone else experience this spring annoyance? Does anyone have a cat I can borrow? (Big/aggressive one, needs to be able to defend itself against the rats and foxes outside).
Bellend Sebastian Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 If you're ever troubled by baby blue tits, let me know. That's the only thing my cat can catch. Mind you, it did get three in about 10 minutes one year
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 In my garden to fork over the veg patch last week, stuck the fork in for the first dig and heard this almighty shreik, turned the soil over to find a mouse impaled on one of the forks !! It wiggled a couple of times then expired. On the ground were about 10 pink, bald, wriggling babies. My kids loved it !! The wife not so keen. ( especially after chasing her around the house with kebabed mouse!! )
lou Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 My automatic mouse trap caught another mouse (YUCK!). First one this year, but third year running... Always this time of the year (end of March- until end of April). Does anyone else experience this spring annoyance? Does anyone have a cat I can borrow? (Big/aggressive one, needs to be able to defend itself against the rats and foxes outside). You can borrow my dog........... shes bred for ratting but mice will do and she'll take on anything else that moves
stez Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 you wanna live in the countryside; it's not just a march/april thing then!
AoWW Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 you wanna live in the countryside; it's not just a march/april thing then! That's just what I was thinking.
lavrentis Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 you wanna live in the countryside; it's not just a march/april thing then! Exactly. Its awful. Makes it twice as worse as the cat brings bats/birds in as well.
AoWW Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 Exactly.Its awful. Makes it twice as worse as the cat brings bats/birds in as well. My previous cat used to bring tonnes of mice in - and bats as well... hated them. Her most impressive 'offering' though was a live stoat which she helpfully deposited under my bed before getting a bit worried about what she was then gonna do with it and buggering off!
lavrentis Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 My previous cat used to bring tonnes of mice in - and bats as well... hated them. Her most impressive 'offering' though was a live stoat which she helpfully deposited under my bed before getting a bit worried about what she was then gonna do with it and buggering off! A live stoat :laugh: Worst my cat has probably done is bring in a wabbit or bring in 3 bats, 2 in one day and 1 on another. When the cat brought one first in, she let go and started playing with it so we nabbed it of her and put it outside as it died. Then as we were watching TV, my dad saw another bat, so he tried to not make me know because I would have flipped. When I saw it though, I ran out the room, into the conservatory watching. We got rid of it in the end by using a massive Sombrero hat, we sorta caught it in mid air, we put a biscuit tin on the back so it couldnt get out the back and we let it go. Apparently the cats bring these in as a present to you, so its a way of telling you your cats love you.
AoWW Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 A live stoat :laugh:Worst my cat has probably done is bring in a wabbit or bring in 3 bats, 2 in one day and 1 on another. When the cat brought one first in, she let go and started playing with it so we nabbed it of her and put it outside as it died. Then as we were watching TV, my dad saw another bat, so he tried to not make me know because I would have flipped. When I saw it though, I ran out the room, into the conservatory watching. We got rid of it in the end by using a massive Sombrero hat, we sorta caught it in mid air, we put a biscuit tin on the back so it couldnt get out the back and we let it go. Apparently the cats bring these in as a present to you, so its a way of telling you your cats love you. Hmm, so kind of 'em. She had a revolting habit with mice too - she'd bring them in alive, wouldn't bother to kill 'em to begin with but would keep hold of them. Then she'd pin it to the ground with one paw, hold the other end of the mouse in her mouth and pull back so the skin stretched - with the mouse still wiggling - and it literally split apart. It was one of the most freakish things I've ever seen.
lavrentis Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 Hmm, so kind of 'em. She had a revolting habit with mice too - she'd bring them in alive, wouldn't bother to kill 'em to begin with but would keep hold of them. Then she'd pin it to the ground with one paw, hold the other end of the mouse in her mouth and pull back so the skin stretched - with the mouse still wiggling - and it literally split apart. It was one of the most freakish things I've ever seen. :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: I dread to hear the cat flap now, everytime it makes a noise I get prepared for the quickest escape. Does yours ever bring mice in, pick it up with its mouth and fling it? The weird thing is though, she never eats the mice, just leaves the poor thing on the floor waiting to be cleaned out.
AoWW Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:I dread to hear the cat flap now, everytime it makes a noise I get prepared for the quickest escape. Does yours ever bring mice in, pick it up with its mouth and fling it? The weird thing is though, she never eats the mice, just leaves the poor thing on the floor waiting to be cleaned out. No, never had the 'flinging' thing, fortunately. She rarely ate them though - she used to leave them - and their split skin - waiting for you to remove them. Rabbits were sometimes bought in alive - she'd get bored of them though and just wait for me to go and pick it up and carry it outside. Problem with rabbits when you do that is they then tend to sit in the same place for hours, so I used to have to go miles with it so the cat didn't find it straight away and bring it back. Sadly, I don't have that cat anymore (no, I didn't murder her, I promise!). I now have a house cat, no cat-flap, and far less traumas!
lavrentis Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 No, never had the 'flinging' thing, fortunately. She rarely ate them though - she used to leave them - and their split skin - waiting for you to remove them. Rabbits were sometimes bought in alive - she'd get bored of them though and just wait for me to go and pick it up and carry it outside. Problem with rabbits when you do that is they then tend to sit in the same place for hours, so I used to have to go miles with it so the cat didn't find it straight away and bring it back. Sadly, I don't have that cat anymore (no, I didn't murder her, I promise!). I now have a house cat, no cat-flap, and far less traumas! Lucky you. Want another cat? I don't know why we feed them. We spend Endless amounts of money each year on food for them and they can purfectly go outside and catch food for themselves, which they don't even eat!
lou Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 We were all sat watching tv and eating dinner in the living room one evening last summer when our cat came in and dropped a dead blackbird right in the middle of my youngest daughters dinner plate........ like "here you are have a bit of that!" He looked totally offended when she had the scream ad-dabs and we shouted at him! I know it means they love you and all that but eeeewwww!
lavrentis Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 Jesus wept Lav, I thought you had a bird. Quiet you <_< And yes I do, the cat brought it in
Nationwider Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 I saw a mouse. Where? There on the stair, right there.
AoWW Posted 13 April 2009 Posted 13 April 2009 I saw a mouse.Where? There on the stair, right there. Don't tell Cisono!!
BoneDog Posted 14 April 2009 Posted 14 April 2009 I love Mice. They got as much right to eat my cheese as I got to eat chickens. I leave them scraps every night in me shed just like I leave the local foxes some Bonios and half a tin of Pedigree Chum. Respect to the local creatures. Keep it real brothers (and sisters)
JakeShingler Posted 14 April 2009 Posted 14 April 2009 Quiet you <_< And yes I do, the cat brought it in What about th dog?? Why cats eats humans.
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