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A battle of wills with Tasha
Last night, Tasha and I engaged in a battle of wills. She wanted to eat
her freshly caught mouse in the comfort of a warm house, I want to take it away from her. She tried to sneak it in four times in 30 minutes, without succeeding and promptly went back outside. On the fifth occasion I won, sadly the mouse wasn't so fortunate. If you want to see a picture of Tasha... http://www.flickr.com/photos/96111650@N07/11423836165/ -- Nik Simpson |
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A battle of wills with Tasha
"Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... Last night, Tasha and I engaged in a battle of wills. She wanted to eat her freshly caught mouse in the comfort of a warm house, I want to take it away from her. She tried to sneak it in four times in 30 minutes, without succeeding and promptly went back outside. On the fifth occasion I won, sadly the mouse wasn't so fortunate. If you want to see a picture of Tasha... http://www.flickr.com/photos/96111650@N07/11423836165/ -- I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed |
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On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Nik Simpson |
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"Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Ah, she hasn't been taught the "killing bite" Boyfie was useless at it at first, used to catch and release mice and baby rats in the house. KFC told him "this is what you do, crunch on the neck" Worked. Boyfie would have died without KFC. She hated other cats in her garden but she allowed him in, hence Kitty's Boyfriend. She led him to the house, he was a young boycat starving and lost with his hormones. But he was very afraid to come inside |
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A battle of wills with Tasha
On 12/19/2013 2:06 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Ah, she hasn't been taught the "killing bite" Boyfie was useless at it at first, used to catch and release mice and baby rats in the house. Oh no, she can kill them when she wants to, she just likes to save them for a rainy day sometimes ;-) -- Nik Simpson |
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On 12/19/2013 5:18 PM, Nik Simpson wrote:
On 12/19/2013 2:06 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Ah, she hasn't been taught the "killing bite" Boyfie was useless at it at first, used to catch and release mice and baby rats in the house. Oh no, she can kill them when she wants to, she just likes to save them for a rainy day sometimes ;-) -- Nik Simpson Fortunately I haven't had any mice in my house in a long time. I guarantee you Persia wouldn't know what to do with them. She wasn't taught how to hunt by a mother cat and not by any other cat, either. I certainly don't want a mouse infestation in my house. So I'm glad she doesn't get a chance to bring them inside. Jill |
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"Nik Simpson" wrote in message
... On 12/19/2013 2:06 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Ah, she hasn't been taught the "killing bite" Boyfie was useless at it at first, used to catch and release mice and baby rats in the house. Oh no, she can kill them when she wants to, she just likes to save them for a rainy day sometimes ;-) -- Nik Simpson That's the way Lindy was. She liked to play with her food, and always brought it inside so it would have a harder time escaping. I used to keep a "critter box" handy - a shoe box which I used to try to rescue whatever she brought it. Most of the birds flew away when I released them. Often the rodents didn't make it. Joy |
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"Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/19/2013 2:06 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... On 12/17/2013 4:00 PM, Christina Websell wrote: I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed Trouble is she operates a catch-n-release scheme which has led to mice living in the house ;-) -- Ah, she hasn't been taught the "killing bite" Boyfie was useless at it at first, used to catch and release mice and baby rats in the house. Oh no, she can kill them when she wants to, she just likes to save them for a rainy day sometimes ;-) LOL! Check her mouth when she wants in, but you should know by her mowling noise that she has prey. Boyfie always kills his prey before it gets to the house now phew but when he was younger that was not always the case. He used to rush home with what he'd caught and a few times he released a young rat or mouse alive which immediately legged it under the freezer. He doesn't do it now. He does bring his prey back to me but it is deceased. I would like to program him not to catch birds, but I can't. He's 11 now so only the birdies who can't take off from the ground in time to get up high enough to avoid him are likely to to be caught, this is mainly pigeon-type birds like collared doves. Boyfie can still spring 4 feet into the air after them and he is often faster than they can take off. It's not like I want him to do it, but he's a cat and *he* wants to do it. Tweed |
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A battle of wills with Tasha
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Nik Simpson" wrote in message ... Last night, Tasha and I engaged in a battle of wills. She wanted to eat her freshly caught mouse in the comfort of a warm house, I want to take it away from her. She tried to sneak it in four times in 30 minutes, without succeeding and promptly went back outside. On the fifth occasion I won, sadly the mouse wasn't so fortunate. If you want to see a picture of Tasha... http://www.flickr.com/photos/96111650@N07/11423836165/ -- I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. Tweed You're lucky about the mice. Lindy (RB) used to eviscerate them and leave a bloody mess. I know what you mean about the birds, though. Joy |
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A battle of wills with Tasha
Christina Websell wrote:
"Nik Simpson" wrote in message Last night, Tasha and I engaged in a battle of wills. She wanted to eat her freshly caught mouse in the comfort of a warm house, I want to take it away from her. She tried to sneak it in four times in 30 minutes, without succeeding and promptly went back outside. On the fifth occasion I won, sadly the mouse wasn't so fortunate. If you want to see a picture of Tasha... http://www.flickr.com/photos/96111650@N07/11423836165/ I allow Boyfie to eat his freshly caught mice in the house. No reason not to, there's never any mess. OTOH, if he gets a collared dove, that's an outside job because of the feathers, he plucks them, eats them, and leaves the wings and tail. Even though he brings them back to eat in comfort, not in my house.. I certainly understand not wanting live mice running around the house (or in the case where Smudge brought a live mouse in, it ran behind the couch and died there, and I didn't find it for a few weeks). But I don't have a strong need to rescue the mice, cute as they are. Cats have been catching, killing and eating rodents for longer than human beings have been in existence. Who am I to mess with that? If a cat seemed to be torturing the mouse as a game, then I would probably try to rescue it, but I haven't had to deal with that (so far!). It probably wasn't just comfort she was after, by bringing the mouse inside. I think cats have an instinct to bring their catch into their cave or other hiding place, where other predators would be less likely to try to take it away from them. Oh, the irony - she brings the kill to the safety of home, only to have her human take it away from her. And you're not even in competition with her for the prey! Tasha is very colorful, sleek and pretty. And her eyes look really wild in some of the shots. -- Joyce A clean house is a sign of a broken computer. |
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