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Old November 29th 06, 08:28 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
223rem
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Once a cat is let out of the bag (house) it's impossible to make them
indoor cats again. They'd go completely nuts.

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Old November 29th 06, 08:34 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"223rem" wrote in message
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Once a cat is let out of the bag (house) it's impossible to make them
indoor cats again. They'd go completely nuts.



Not always true


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Old November 29th 06, 10:24 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"223rem" wrote in message
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My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside,
and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house.
Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up
listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the
house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd be
mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything
so stupid?!


The stupid thing, dickhead, is that you let the cats roam.

HTH.


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Old November 29th 06, 10:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

223rem wrote:

My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside,
and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house.
Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up
listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the
house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd
be mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of
anything so stupid?!



What's stupid is you let them outside in the first place since you
know they do this.


Please, Jill, let's not start up the old indoor/outdoor
controversy again! Opinions seem to be quite evenly divided
here, and neither side is likely to convince the other.


My apologies, Evelyn. But I'd killfiled this person a while back... did you
read the newer post about leaving his cats alone, unattended for 4
weeks????? Sheesh.


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Old November 29th 06, 11:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
William Hamblen
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:32:10 -0600, "Pat"
wrote:

Sure have! When mine were able to go out, they brought in every kind of
small critter, almost always unharmed. Some of them got loose, some I took
away and released outdoors, and some they killed and ate. The ones that got
away on their own didn't stick around long with seven cats roaming the
premises.


A long time ago I heard a commotion at the front door and when I
opened the door to see what it was the cat chased a mouse into the
upright piano. I left the front door open and closed the other doors
to the living room. Eventually the mouse left. At least I never saw
or smelled any more evidence of mouse, living or dead.

Bud
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The night is just the shadow of the Earth.
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Old November 30th 06, 01:30 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:31 -0800, 223rem wrote:

My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside,
and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house.
Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up
listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the
house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd be
mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything
so stupid?!



Yeh: it's people going away for a month and leaving a window open so the
cats can go in and out and bring in more mice. MLB
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Old November 30th 06, 03:40 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Kreisleriana
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:53:53 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
yodeled:



223rem wrote:

My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside,
and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house.
Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up
listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the
house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd be
mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything
so stupid?!


I had a couple who specialized in "bringing 'em back alive",
too - only they chose those little grey California fruit
rats - mice are smaller. I once had one living in my
portable dishwasher (surviving happily on catfood) for
MONTHS, until I moved and the disturbance of having the
dishwasher carried from the house flushed out the rat!



Stinky pretty much has a catch-and release policy, too. They simply
are not as much fun dead as alive.




Theresa
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Old December 1st 06, 12:18 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Nik Simpson
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223rem wrote:
My idiot cats bring live, unharmed mice into the house from outside,
and promptly lose them to the many small hiding places in the house.
Every now and then, I notice one of my cats getting all tensed up
listening intently by the fridge or other nooks and cranies in the
house. So thanks to my cats, now I have mice living in my house! I'd be
mouse-free if it wasnt for the damn cats! Has anybody heard of anything
so stupid?!

Let's see, my cat's catch & release scheme has treated me to:

Rabbits
Chipmunks
Mice
Squirrels
Lizards
Toads
Slow worms
Siberian Hamsters (AKA rats
Various birds
....

Of these, chipmunks are the trickiest little suckers to recapture, and I
swear I can the cats laughing at my feeble hunting skills :-)


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Nik Simpson
 




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