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What is it about mousies?
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... Persia goes absolutely nuts over little toy mousies. She ignores most other toys (except for her catnipped filled "sock"). But just show her a tiny mouse toy and she goes berserk. What is it about these mousies? (She's only ever seen one real mouse in her life and it scared her!) So what's up with this particular toy that gets her going? This is just a theory, right? Cats have a hunting instinct. Even if Persia is afraid of "real mousies" this pretend one lets her be brave enough to be a real killer. Like Evelyn posted earlier, her cats loud meows are the noise they make when they have real prey. It's displaced hunting instinct. The only toy mousie Boyfie took any interest in (forget the catnipped filled and the ones that actually look like toys) was a little one that I bought that actually looked like a real one. I put in on the rug and waited until he came in. He spotted it immediately, sprang on it and flipped it into the air. When it landed, he smelled it and declared it BORING. Not a real one, you see. Tweed One fall a real mouse got into my apartment and (for whatever reason) fell dead in the kitchen... trust me, it wasn't my cooking! LOL! Boyfie offers a virtual holiday to Persia to the UK, here where the vermin are. To look at real mowsies and ratties and learn to virtually catch them To go outside without fear of traffic or predators. Fortunately the terrier men have been over today and most of the big ratties are gone. Phew. That is providing it is okay with his wink-wink, Mimi, who is his one and only love. What say you, Persia? Fancy teleporting over for a look at real mousies and ratties? I will help you. Boyfriend Um... I think Persia said meant the toy mousies have little seeds or something in them that make them rattle. Not Rats!! She'd rather not, but thanks for the invite, Boyfie! Ah, well, maybe another time. Boyfie |
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What is it about mousies?
"Irulan" wrote in message ... My Lily absolutely loves the little 1-inch mousies that come in a bunch. I will give her one at a time and after 5 minutes it disappears. I guess she shoves it down the basement stairs, under the oven, under the refrigerator, under closet doors. And unless I go hunting for them they will stay there until cleaning day which isn't often. PetSmart once had a sale on these and I bought about 10 packages of 8 mousies each, and she only gets one at a time because if I give them to her more than that the entire bunch will be gone in no time at all. Lily's mama Molly likes those when she absolutely has to stay inside. (She prefers real mousies, and bugs and anything else that moves or twitches) When we first brought her home, we kept her in for several weeks. Also it was November and we keep them both in more when its cold or wet out. In the first two weeks she must have retrieved two dozen mousies that Jake had lost and given up on. He's bigger and a bit lazy. She could go places and reach places no cat had reached before. Jo |
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What is it about mousies?
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:45:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
mlbriggs wrote: [quoted text muted] I think it's rabbit fur. Don't tell me she wants a rabbit! LOL Jill She apparently wants the "real thing"/ MLB |
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What is it about mousies?
mlbriggs wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:45:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote: mlbriggs wrote: [quoted text muted] I think it's rabbit fur. Don't tell me she wants a rabbit! LOL She apparently wants the "real thing"/ MLB But she's afraid of real mice! I'm not, but I'd rather not have them in my house, thanks. G |
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What is it about mousies?
jmcquown wrote:
Persia goes absolutely nuts over little toy mousies. She ignores most other toys (except for her catnipped filled "sock"). But just show her a tiny mouse toy and she goes berserk. What is it about these mousies? (She's only ever seen one real mouse in her life and it scared her!) So what's up with this particular toy that gets her going? One of the recent favourites here is a cable tie tied into a loop. Miranda especially likes it. It's like a string, her all-time favourite, but more durable. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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What is it about mousies?
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Persia goes absolutely nuts over little toy mousies. She ignores most other toys (except for her catnipped filled "sock"). But just show her a tiny mouse toy and she goes berserk. What is it about these mousies? (She's only ever seen one real mouse in her life and it scared her!) So what's up with this particular toy that gets her going? Jill Don't know, but Stinky's most favoritest toy was always mousies, particularly the extra-realistic ones. He loved those before he ever saw a real mouse, and became an accomplished real mousie-catcher. I always suspected he thought that the real ones were just some kind of super-upgrade of the toy ones. :P Theresa |
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What is it about mousies?
On Sep 1, 5:55 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
Persia goes absolutely nuts over little toy mousies. She ignores most other toys (except for her catnipped filled "sock"). But just show her a tiny mouse toy and she goes berserk. What is it about these mousies? (She's only ever seen one real mouse in her life and it scared her!) So what's up with this particular toy that gets her going? Jill I ran out of the mousies that Rita likes to chew up, so she's started playing with the other ones, The ones that look more fake. Those are the ones that she carefully puts into her crunchy food bowl. I also found *three* of them in my bed this morning. But by far, her favorite toy is the feathers and bell on a string on a stick. She gets the ball of feathers into her mouth and hangs on for dear life, looking around for a place to take it so I won't pull it away from her. She seems to forget that it's attached to the stick in my hand! *giggle* I've tried to take a picture of that look, but as you well know, she runs away when the camera points her way. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita |
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What is it about mousies?
jmcquown wrote:
Persia goes absolutely nuts over little toy mousies. She ignores most other toys (except for her catnipped filled "sock"). But just show her a tiny mouse toy and she goes berserk. What is it about these mousies? (She's only ever seen one real mouse in her life and it scared her!) So what's up with this particular toy that gets her going? Jill Soncek used to love his toy mousies. But now for quite a while he ignores them. Maybe I should hide them for a few weeks so that he can rediscover them? Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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