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Deer in the lion's den
Cheryl wrote:
"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/11/2009 3:46 PM): "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/10/2009 9:21 PM): "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Cheryl" wrote in message ... I'm sure a lot of you have already read about this Man, I haven't and I can't watch it. I'm too much of a softie I guess. Here on the local news they had it on video. All of the details. I was rooting for the lions. Environmental enrichment and all that. Nothing really against deer (I'm on friendly terms with some where I walk regularly), but I found it kind of sad that a couple of mountain lions couldn't manage to catch one small deer (well caught it once, then let it get away). Hopefully they just weren't hungry, otherwise they're pretty sad specimens. I've seen housecats that are better hunters than that They were African lions in the National zoo. Oh, sorry. Don't know why I said Mountain. I blame age It makes it worse, doesn't it. That the king of the jungle couldn't catch a small deer that seemed to have a death wish. Oh, but they did. The caught the critter not once, but twice. If they had been hungry, it would have been eaten. As it stands, they were just play hunting, the deer an exciting new toy. Too bad it was so easily damaged. |
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Deer in the lion's den
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:09:56 -0500, Dragoman
wrote: Cheryl wrote: "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/11/2009 3:46 PM): "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/10/2009 9:21 PM): "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Cheryl" wrote in message ... I'm sure a lot of you have already read about this Man, I haven't and I can't watch it. I'm too much of a softie I guess. Here on the local news they had it on video. All of the details. I was rooting for the lions. Environmental enrichment and all that. Nothing really against deer (I'm on friendly terms with some where I walk regularly), but I found it kind of sad that a couple of mountain lions couldn't manage to catch one small deer (well caught it once, then let it get away). Hopefully they just weren't hungry, otherwise they're pretty sad specimens. I've seen housecats that are better hunters than that They were African lions in the National zoo. Oh, sorry. Don't know why I said Mountain. I blame age It makes it worse, doesn't it. That the king of the jungle couldn't catch a small deer that seemed to have a death wish. Oh, but they did. The caught the critter not once, but twice. If they had been hungry, it would have been eaten. As it stands, they were just play hunting, the deer an exciting new toy. Too bad it was so easily damaged. At least twice a week, when I'm reading before going to sleep, Marlo let's out this continuous yowling while walking into the bedroom, and there is always something in her mouth. It is sometimes a big yucky waterbug. I figure those just come up from the pipes in the shower when it gets dark. But she sometimes brings in a grasshopper-like thing. I can't figure out where she gets those from. I've never seen one in the house unless she brings it to me. I do sometimes leave the kitchen door open so the cats go into the backyard, but I've never even seen one of those things in the backyard. Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. But the instinct to play with her prey is undeniable. Only rarely is the creature dead when I see it; and I live in fear that she will jump onto the bed with a live waterbug and start chasing it around. Ugh. |
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"dgk" wrote Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. This is sooo cute. I remember when you got Marlo, I wanted you to name her something else. Or, rather, you asked for name suggestions and did not pick mine. :P My Gracie does this with her favorite rubber snake, and nothing else. And she is offering her kill to you, you know. Get those big roach traps for your waterbugs, and for Marlo, a big toy one. Then you can praise her when she jumps up on the bed with it. |
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Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/12/2009 8:43 AM):
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:09:56 -0500, Dragoman wrote: Cheryl wrote: "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/11/2009 3:46 PM): "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/10/2009 9:21 PM): "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Cheryl" wrote in message ... I'm sure a lot of you have already read about this Man, I haven't and I can't watch it. I'm too much of a softie I guess. Here on the local news they had it on video. All of the details. I was rooting for the lions. Environmental enrichment and all that. Nothing really against deer (I'm on friendly terms with some where I walk regularly), but I found it kind of sad that a couple of mountain lions couldn't manage to catch one small deer (well caught it once, then let it get away). Hopefully they just weren't hungry, otherwise they're pretty sad specimens. I've seen housecats that are better hunters than that They were African lions in the National zoo. Oh, sorry. Don't know why I said Mountain. I blame age It makes it worse, doesn't it. That the king of the jungle couldn't catch a small deer that seemed to have a death wish. Oh, but they did. The caught the critter not once, but twice. If they had been hungry, it would have been eaten. As it stands, they were just play hunting, the deer an exciting new toy. Too bad it was so easily damaged. At least twice a week, when I'm reading before going to sleep, Marlo let's out this continuous yowling while walking into the bedroom, and there is always something in her mouth. It is sometimes a big yucky waterbug. I figure those just come up from the pipes in the shower when it gets dark. But she sometimes brings in a grasshopper-like thing. I can't figure out where she gets those from. I've never seen one in the house unless she brings it to me. I do sometimes leave the kitchen door open so the cats go into the backyard, but I've never even seen one of those things in the backyard. Is it a bright green grasshopper like thing, or an oversized cricket looking thing? Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. Too Cute But the instinct to play with her prey is undeniable. Only rarely is the creature dead when I see it; and I live in fear that she will jump onto the bed with a live waterbug and start chasing it around. Ugh. Speaking of playing with their prey... A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I shared a house with a couple of roomies and a Siamese named Cleo. My cat at the time was a gigantic Maine Coon mix named Mouse. I came out to the living room one morning to a very odd scene: Mouse and Cleo facing each other, perhaps 6 or 7 feet apart, with a field mouse cowering in the middle between them. Curious, I did nothing but watched. Eventually, the mouse made a run for it, heading towards Mouse and freedom. Mouse casually reached out a paw and swatted it into the center... mousie broke the other way, and Cleo did the same, swatted it into the center.. Yes, Boys and Girls, Mouse and Cleo were playing tennis with the poor terrified mouse! Man, I wish video cameras existed in those days! Yes, cats are cruel predators, but it was still one of the most interesting things I've ever seen two cats do together (usually they despised each other). At any rate, I've always had a rule: If a cat has the mouse, the mouse is prey, and belongs to the cat. I watched them for a while, then went off to work, leaving the cats to their entertainment. One of my roomies took care of the mouse when the poor thing eventually died. jmc |
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"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (11/12/2009 8:43 AM): On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:09:56 -0500, Dragoman wrote: Cheryl wrote: "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/11/2009 3:46 PM): "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Cheryl exclaimed (11/10/2009 9:21 PM): "cybercat" wrote in message ... "Cheryl" wrote in message ... I'm sure a lot of you have already read about this Man, I haven't and I can't watch it. I'm too much of a softie I guess. Here on the local news they had it on video. All of the details. I was rooting for the lions. Environmental enrichment and all that. Nothing really against deer (I'm on friendly terms with some where I walk regularly), but I found it kind of sad that a couple of mountain lions couldn't manage to catch one small deer (well caught it once, then let it get away). Hopefully they just weren't hungry, otherwise they're pretty sad specimens. I've seen housecats that are better hunters than that They were African lions in the National zoo. Oh, sorry. Don't know why I said Mountain. I blame age It makes it worse, doesn't it. That the king of the jungle couldn't catch a small deer that seemed to have a death wish. Oh, but they did. The caught the critter not once, but twice. If they had been hungry, it would have been eaten. As it stands, they were just play hunting, the deer an exciting new toy. Too bad it was so easily damaged. At least twice a week, when I'm reading before going to sleep, Marlo let's out this continuous yowling while walking into the bedroom, and there is always something in her mouth. It is sometimes a big yucky waterbug. I figure those just come up from the pipes in the shower when it gets dark. But she sometimes brings in a grasshopper-like thing. I can't figure out where she gets those from. I've never seen one in the house unless she brings it to me. I do sometimes leave the kitchen door open so the cats go into the backyard, but I've never even seen one of those things in the backyard. Is it a bright green grasshopper like thing, or an oversized cricket looking thing? Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. Too Cute But the instinct to play with her prey is undeniable. Only rarely is the creature dead when I see it; and I live in fear that she will jump onto the bed with a live waterbug and start chasing it around. Ugh. Speaking of playing with their prey... A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I shared a house with a couple of roomies and a Siamese named Cleo. My cat at the time was a gigantic Maine Coon mix named Mouse. I came out to the living room one morning to a very odd scene: Mouse and Cleo facing each other, perhaps 6 or 7 feet apart, with a field mouse cowering in the middle between them. Curious, I did nothing but watched. Eventually, the mouse made a run for it, heading towards Mouse and freedom. Mouse casually reached out a paw and swatted it into the center... mousie broke the other way, and Cleo did the same, swatted it into the center.. Yes, Boys and Girls, Mouse and Cleo were playing tennis with the poor terrified mouse! Man, I wish video cameras existed in those days! Yes, cats are cruel predators, but it was still one of the most interesting things I've ever seen two cats do together (usually they despised each other). At any rate, I've always had a rule: If a cat has the mouse, the mouse is prey, and belongs to the cat. I watched them for a while, then went off to work, leaving the cats to their entertainment. One of my roomies took care of the mouse when the poor thing eventually died. I could never watch this. I think a lot less of you after reading this. |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:44:39 -0500, "cybercat"
wrote: "jmc" wrote in message ... But the instinct to play with her prey is undeniable. Only rarely is the creature dead when I see it; and I live in fear that she will jump onto the bed with a live waterbug and start chasing it around. Ugh. Speaking of playing with their prey... A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I shared a house with a couple of roomies and a Siamese named Cleo. My cat at the time was a gigantic Maine Coon mix named Mouse. I came out to the living room one morning to a very odd scene: Mouse and Cleo facing each other, perhaps 6 or 7 feet apart, with a field mouse cowering in the middle between them. Curious, I did nothing but watched. Eventually, the mouse made a run for it, heading towards Mouse and freedom. Mouse casually reached out a paw and swatted it into the center... mousie broke the other way, and Cleo did the same, swatted it into the center.. Yes, Boys and Girls, Mouse and Cleo were playing tennis with the poor terrified mouse! Man, I wish video cameras existed in those days! Yes, cats are cruel predators, but it was still one of the most interesting things I've ever seen two cats do together (usually they despised each other). At any rate, I've always had a rule: If a cat has the mouse, the mouse is prey, and belongs to the cat. I watched them for a while, then went off to work, leaving the cats to their entertainment. One of my roomies took care of the mouse when the poor thing eventually died. I could never watch this. I think a lot less of you after reading this. That's one reason I could never own a snake. How could I ever feed it live mice? Or even crickets. Still, mice do really exist for one purpose (outside of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and that is to be food for birds and sometimes cats. In HGTTG, mice are the three dimentional representation of pan-galactic beings that actually run the universe. I've rescued a few mice and birds from my cats, plus the occasional oPossum baby. But I draw the line at waterbugs. If Marlo wants to off a waterbug, I will not try to rescue it. I just found a wingless waterbug body this morning. I'm sure the wings will turn up shortly. |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:46 -0500, "cybercat"
wrote: "dgk" wrote Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. This is sooo cute. I remember when you got Marlo, I wanted you to name her something else. Or, rather, you asked for name suggestions and did not pick mine. :P My Gracie does this with her favorite rubber snake, and nothing else. And she is offering her kill to you, you know. Get those big roach traps for your waterbugs, and for Marlo, a big toy one. Then you can praise her when she jumps up on the bed with it. Oh no, I wouldn't deny her the excitement of catching those things. Besides, she is pretty plump and needs the exercise. Living in fear of a live waterbug on the bed is a small price to pay. |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:52:00 -0500, jmc
wrote: At least twice a week, when I'm reading before going to sleep, Marlo let's out this continuous yowling while walking into the bedroom, and there is always something in her mouth. It is sometimes a big yucky waterbug. I figure those just come up from the pipes in the shower when it gets dark. But she sometimes brings in a grasshopper-like thing. I can't figure out where she gets those from. I've never seen one in the house unless she brings it to me. I do sometimes leave the kitchen door open so the cats go into the backyard, but I've never even seen one of those things in the backyard. Is it a bright green grasshopper like thing, or an oversized cricket looking thing? No, not bright green. More a dull greyish color - maybe even a cricket. It's only an inch long or so. I am absolutely mystified as to where she gets them. Maybe this is just the season or something since she's probably had three in the last three weeks. |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... That's one reason I could never own a snake. How could I ever feed it live mice? Or even crickets. Still, mice do really exist for one purpose (outside of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and that is to be food for birds and sometimes cats. In HGTTG, mice are the three dimentional representation of pan-galactic beings that actually run the universe. Mice also make nice pets. I have 3 now. There were 4 but one got a tumor, and I thought she had a broken leg and took her to the ER vet. Vet told me it wasn't a broken leg but a tumor interfering with her walking. I had to have them put her to sleep. |
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"dgk" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:46 -0500, "cybercat" wrote: "dgk" wrote Anyway, of my three cats, she is far and away the best hunter. Last night I already had the light off when she came in yowling. I could make out something pretty big in her mouth, so turned on the light fearing some disaster. Luckily it turned out to be a toy mouse. I guess the grasshopper supply ran low. This is sooo cute. I remember when you got Marlo, I wanted you to name her something else. Or, rather, you asked for name suggestions and did not pick mine. :P My Gracie does this with her favorite rubber snake, and nothing else. And she is offering her kill to you, you know. Get those big roach traps for your waterbugs, and for Marlo, a big toy one. Then you can praise her when she jumps up on the bed with it. Oh no, I wouldn't deny her the excitement of catching those things. Besides, she is pretty plump and needs the exercise. Living in fear of a live waterbug on the bed is a small price to pay. Makes sense. |
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