Part of our weekend plans will involve setting mouse traps in the house. We have four cats, yet we still have mice in the house. I find this disappointing. I have accepted that they will never do the dishes, vacuum, get a job or even pick up after themselves, but to not fulfill a role that is so clearly theirs seems like a violation of our social contract.
Two of our cats are outdoor kitties - Fingers and Friendly. Fingers is a Hemingway cat and has massive thumbs on his front paws and Friendly is, well, really friendly. One of these two regularly kills mice outside, eats the head and top half of the torso, and leaves the bottom half as a gift for us on the edge of the driveway. As G's mom says, it's nice that they leave the part with a handle. It is nice.
G and I guess that the outdoor hunter is Fingers. We may be wrong - if we were guessing between the indoor kitties, Stripe and Morgana, we'd guess Stripe and we'd be wrong. I've seen Stripe help in the hunt, but to my knowledge, only Morgana caught the three or four bats that came in at one house, and Morgana's brought me a mouse before. But not Stripe.
Of course, having seen the mouse in the laundry room the other day and then seeing Morgana stalking in there, I assumed I'd soon be dealing with indoor kitty gifts any time now.
No. Yesterday afternoon I stepped into the kitchen and had clear site into the laundry room, where Morgana lay comfortably in the doorway, watching the mouse scurry around on the laundry floor. She watched, but made no effort to attack it. Only once it had disappeared into it's hiding spot did she get up and look around, appearing somewhat dejected that the toy was gone.
If that had happened in the basement, where the outdoor kitties have access, I'm betting I'd have a dead mouse or two.
And Stripe? Stripe still hasn't shown any signs of even noticing a mouse in the laundry room. She's too busy lounging in front of the fire these days.
And hence, the need for mouse traps in a house with four cats.
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G points out that were there mice in the basement, I'd have half a mouse or two. Quite right, darling.
ReplyDeleteHe also points out that Strip is "power lounging" in front of the fire.