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sibelian

(7,804 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:46 PM Aug 2012

my cat goes MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW


....brings in a mouse, drops it on the floor in the kitchen, it stares at cat, cat stares back unconcerned, mouse runs under the fridge, cat goes MEW MEW some more, paws at the fridge a bit then forgets about the mouse and goes outside. This happens constantly.

My cat is INCREASING my house's mouse population. Soon the mice will march out with signs made of toothpicks and discarded cigarette packets demanding voting rights and better living conditions under the fridge.
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my cat goes MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW (Original Post) sibelian Aug 2012 OP
It's a cat. Mice are toys. The more mice the better. And ALL cats go "Mew". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
Not like my cat. My cat's mew-box gets stuck. sibelian Aug 2012 #4
No, those are borrowers. Mice just eat shit they aren't supposed to, but DAMN they're cute. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #8
Sometimes they just swallow the mice whole... but not very often. sibelian Aug 2012 #12
Well ours havent. They just deliver their "presents". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #13
Proposed Solution: Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #2
It's pretty obvious to me that she's bringing them in now to stockpile them so she will have them Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #3
Ah, but he's a he sibelian Aug 2012 #6
Their greatest joy in life is to torture cute things arcane1 Aug 2012 #5
Yes, but... ineffectively... sibelian Sep 2012 #27
How does the cat say mew with a mouse in its mouth? marzipanni Aug 2012 #7
Yes! My cat is the same, he has a "mouse caught" mew that's different sibelian Aug 2012 #10
Whenever my cat has something in her mouth she goes sakabatou Aug 2012 #14
You'll know you're really in trouble when this happens... bluesbassman Aug 2012 #9
I can't watch your video because of the stupidness of Firefox and Youtube. sibelian Aug 2012 #11
I'm watching it through Firefox. sakabatou Aug 2012 #15
I don't either, but men with minds that understand the big calculator/typewriter thingy sibelian Aug 2012 #17
*snort* bluesbassman Aug 2012 #18
Bummer. It's the locker scene from Men in Black II. bluesbassman Aug 2012 #16
What is your cat's name? What kind is he? Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #19
comedy mousing capers!!! sibelian Aug 2012 #20
Wow! Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #21
Ginger Harry is mostly white with irregular ginger patches but has tabbyish stripes in the ginger sibelian Aug 2012 #22
The cat is trying to teach you how to catch food TrogL Aug 2012 #23
russian cats talk myau Stake Aug 2012 #24
Cyriak zombie cats go "ME-OW. ME-OW." sibelian Aug 2012 #25
cat said Stake Aug 2012 #26

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
4. Not like my cat. My cat's mew-box gets stuck.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:53 PM
Aug 2012

And mice are NOT toys. They are living beings with mouse rights like anyone else. They have their own language and mouse- culture and they live in little mouse houses with matchstick chairs and handkerchiefs for tablecloths and they drink from thimbles. It's true. You're not to say it isn't.
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
8. No, those are borrowers. Mice just eat shit they aren't supposed to, but DAMN they're cute.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:56 PM
Aug 2012

The cats in our house kill them, but mice are still cute. They still eat shit they aren't supposed to.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
12. Sometimes they just swallow the mice whole... but not very often.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:15 PM
Aug 2012

It's... icky. But reassuring that I haven't distored their little feline souls by keeping them as pets...
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
13. Well ours havent. They just deliver their "presents".
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:23 PM
Aug 2012

We just say "THANK YOU" and dispose of them in a respectable manner.

Baitball Blogger

(46,761 posts)
2. Proposed Solution:
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:51 PM
Aug 2012

If you put a hamster on a regular feeding schedule, you can easily trap it when it gets away because it will come to you when it hears the sound of the food bin being open. Ergo, since you have wayward rats under the fridge and you want to trap them...

Arkansas Granny

(31,534 posts)
3. It's pretty obvious to me that she's bringing them in now to stockpile them so she will have them
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:52 PM
Aug 2012

to play with when the weather gets bad. In short, your cat is a hoarder.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
27. Yes, but... ineffectively...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:53 AM
Sep 2012

I torture you little mouse I torture you I torture you I torture you I torture you .... uhhhh... whut? lol

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
7. How does the cat say mew with a mouse in its mouth?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:55 PM
Aug 2012

EEW EEW EEW?
My cat had a certain low meow that meant he was holding. The only time he got in with prey was when we lived in a house with a pet door, and the inner door was open. I caught that mouse in a dish towel and put it back outside.

Do you trap the mice?

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
10. Yes! My cat is the same, he has a "mouse caught" mew that's different
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:13 PM
Aug 2012

And sometimes I catch the mice and put them back outside. If they are to badly injured to live (which does happen sometimes), I have to shudder and squish the poor things, more more often they are fine.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
17. I don't either, but men with minds that understand the big calculator/typewriter thingy
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:31 PM
Aug 2012

that I'm using to tell you these things (I don't) tell me it's Firefox.

What if they're lying? I'm entirely at their mercy.

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
19. What is your cat's name? What kind is he?
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:51 PM
Aug 2012

My Harry, a gray tabby, once caught a mouse and brought it in. He was right proud of himself. He cried but his voice was muffled, of course, so he dropped it. It took off running and I'll be damned if he didn't SLAP! down on its tail like in cartoons. It worked, too. As soon as he picked it up again, I picked him up, took him outside, and patted and praised him until he dropped it again. It got away. Harry got tuna. Such a mighty hunter.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
20. comedy mousing capers!!!
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 05:02 PM
Aug 2012

Harry should have a trophy!

I have 2 cats, Hamish (a tuxedo like felix the cat) aaaaand .... HARRY (who is a ginger and white moggy)! snap.

Hamish does most of the mousing.

Once he got a mouse and chased it behind the white meter heating unit attached to the wall. Mew, mew he went, scratching and pawing and lying on his back and trying to poke his paw up behind the unit through the gap. I couldn't see how the mouse could be escaping as the surface of the unit is smooth all the way round.

I peered down the gap and the mouse was supporting himself halfway up the wall and unit like this:



I resolved that parkour mouse was too awesome to die and carefully rescued him and put him back outside...

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
22. Ginger Harry is mostly white with irregular ginger patches but has tabbyish stripes in the ginger
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 05:18 PM
Aug 2012

Hamish is a perect tux with a perfect white tipped tailed and little ankle socks and a very posh white shirt. He's VERY proud and cleans and cleans. He's like a cartoon cat! He's also very bright.

Harry's a bit thick.
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