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Cat meets mouse
I mentioned a while back that we had arrived at our daughter's house and
Rosie and Cinder were confined to the spare basement bedroom while we were waiting to take possession of our apartment. During our stay, a mouse took up residence in the basement. Eventually, its explorations took it to the spare bedroom we occupied. I discovered it when I went into the room and saw Cinder staring intently at a small scratching post we had set next to a desk. A mouse tail was sticking out from under the base of the post. This is a lightweight portable sisal post. I tipped it up, and the mouse took a second to assess the situation. Cinder sat as still as a statue and watched as the mouse nearly tripped over her toes as it ran right under her nose and scampered under the bed. Then, she crouched down and cautiously peered under the bed, but made no attempt to harm the mouse. The next few nights we stayed there, I slept lightly, dreading the gruesome gift I might find on my pillow. But, my fears were for naught. Apparently Cinder and Rosie considered this cheeky creature a source of entertainment, or maybe they decided to adopt it. We made sure, however, that we did not bring it along when we moved out. Annie, slave to Cinder and Rosie |
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On Sun 17 Sep 2006 07:06:25p, Annie Wxill wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ): I mentioned a while back that we had arrived at our daughter's house and Rosie and Cinder were confined to the spare basement bedroom while we were waiting to take possession of our apartment. During our stay, a mouse took up residence in the basement. Eventually, its explorations took it to the spare bedroom we occupied. I discovered it when I went into the room and saw Cinder staring intently at a small scratching post we had set next to a desk. A mouse tail was sticking out from under the base of the post. This is a lightweight portable sisal post. I tipped it up, and the mouse took a second to assess the situation. Cinder sat as still as a statue and watched as the mouse nearly tripped over her toes as it ran right under her nose and scampered under the bed. Then, she crouched down and cautiously peered under the bed, but made no attempt to harm the mouse. The next few nights we stayed there, I slept lightly, dreading the gruesome gift I might find on my pillow. But, my fears were for naught. Apparently Cinder and Rosie considered this cheeky creature a source of entertainment, or maybe they decided to adopt it. We made sure, however, that we did not bring it along when we moved out. Annie, slave to Cinder and Rosie Sounds like your daughter and SIL need cats! LOL I wish I knew what was going on in Cinder's little head when she let the food go. heheheheh -- Cheryl |
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:06:25 -0700, Annie Wxill wrote:
I mentioned a while back that we had arrived at our daughter's house and Rosie and Cinder were confined to the spare basement bedroom while we were waiting to take possession of our apartment. During our stay, a mouse took up residence in the basement. Eventually, its explorations took it to the spare bedroom we occupied. I discovered it when I went into the room and saw Cinder staring intently at a small scratching post we had set next to a desk. A mouse tail was sticking out from under the base of the post. This is a lightweight portable sisal post. I tipped it up, and the mouse took a second to assess the situation. Cinder sat as still as a statue and watched as the mouse nearly tripped over her toes as it ran right under her nose and scampered under the bed. Then, she crouched down and cautiously peered under the bed, but made no attempt to harm the mouse. The next few nights we stayed there, I slept lightly, dreading the gruesome gift I might find on my pillow. But, my fears were for naught. Apparently Cinder and Rosie considered this cheeky creature a source of entertainment, or maybe they decided to adopt it. We made sure, however, that we did not bring it along when we moved out. Annie, slave to Cinder and Rosie That is what is so scary about mice -- they run toward you. Years ago the company where I worked (a film distributor) had a mouse. Whenever it saw a person, it would run right at them. MLB |
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Annie, I really enjoyed reading about Rosie and Cinder's adventures on
the good ship Genesis (and those of their hoomins too). I know you've stopped cruising for the next while, but have you tentatively planned on when The Great Adventure will resume? I want to make sure I don't miss any reports! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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"Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... Annie, I really enjoyed reading about Rosie and Cinder's adventures on the good ship Genesis (and those of their hoomins too). I know you've stopped cruising for the next while, but have you tentatively planned on when The Great Adventure will resume? I want to make sure I don't miss any reports! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha Hi Jeanne, Thank you for your kind remarks. We will be here in the beautiful Great Northwest doing our grandparent duties until the end of February while we figure out how we will get back to S. Carolina without getting stuck in a snow bank, It should take us a week or so if we drive. Of course, I'll let everyone know how it is going. Maybe we will be able to meet some RPCA folks along the way. The cruising updates will resume when we get back onboard Genesis. Then, we probably will have some boat conditioning (and provisioning) to do before we leave the dock. I never in my life thought I'd do so much traveling and have so many adventures. It is my pleasure and privilege to bring so many people along through the updates. Annie, temporarily aground |
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"mlbriggs" wrote in message news That is what is so scary about mice -- they run toward you. Years ago the company where I worked (a film distributor) had a mouse. Whenever it saw a person, it would run right at them. MLB Having grown up in the country, I'm not bothered by mice. In fact, I think they are cute. When I was a kid, I caught a mother mouse and her litter and put them in a cage my dad made for when we had hamsters. It was fun watching the babies grow fur and develop. The mother mouse let me handle them, and her, too. She found a way out of the cage and foraged for food while the babies stayed behind in the nest. When her babies were almost ready to leave the nest, I found my cat playing with an uninjured younger, hairless mouse baby. I put it in with the mother mouse, and she readily adopted it. Unfortunately, when her babies were ready, they all left the nest, leaving the little new one behind. I tried to hand raise it, but it died. Annie Unfortunately, when her babies were |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... Sounds like your daughter and SIL need cats! LOL I wish I knew what was going on in Cinder's little head when she let the food go. heheheheh Cheryl Hi Cheryl, Apparently they don't need our cats. Cinder has an excuse. She probably has never seen a mouse before. We got her from the Humane Society when she was 7 weeks old. She and her littermates had been there less than 24 hours, so she has never missed a meal in her life and only technically homeless less than 24 hours. Rosie, however surprised me. She was born homeless and was wild when I trapped her. At 7 to 8 months, she was plenty old to have done some hunting. Annie |
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Annie Wxill wrote: Annie, temporarily aground Hi Annie: Not aground. Sounds very much like you are just gone ashore for a while. --tension |
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"tension_on_the_wire" wrote in message ups.com... Hi Annie: Not aground. Sounds very much like you are just gone ashore for a while. --tension O.K., we are all on extended shore leave. Annie |
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