Mouse-capades!!

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 16:27:38 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

cathyxyz wrote:
Guess Sox is feeling better.....

www.cathy.co.za/mouse.html

I must say, that is one pretty stupid mouse. Why didn't it flee?

Superglue on its paws? Looks like the poor mousey was going for a
Darwin Award...

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~Karen aka Kajikit
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"cathyxyz" wrote in message
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Lumpy wrote:
"cathyxyz" wrote

I won't put anymore "snuff" pics up. Promise.




Thank you, Cathy. The pics you posted upset me all day.
My cats eat cat food and I use other means to keep mice
out of my house. (I like mice--alive-- too.)



No problem. Had no intention of "upsetting" people. Well, now I know.

I know I shouldn't be upset to see it, when it is natural and goes on all
the time, and I eat meat which means animals are killed for my "prey"
all the time. I don't feel "right" for getting upset by it. I actually feel
like a wuss. Thanks for understanding.



However, I will say this: Mice may look "cute" and all that - but I have
had some problems with them in the past (before we had cats). They can
be real pests. Just one can cause quite a bit of damage to foodstuffs
and furnishings. My MIL was telling me that a mouse got into the back of
her piano years ago, and had its babies there. That must have been
"fun". The mice chewed up all that felt "lining" - cost her a bit to
have it repaired. They are rather clever and are very good at "breaking
and entering", avoiding traps, and are good at hiding, etc. And trapping
or poisoning them is not really "humane" either, if you think about it -
but sometimes one has no choice.

Agreed. In fact, my cats got a mouse a little while back. I did not see the
kill,
just found the mouse. I just keep thinking of the terror the little creature
has as the
cat teases it etc. But at the same time, I did not enjoy finding mouse poop
in
my cabinet!!

cathyxyz wrote:
Guess Sox is feeling better.....

www.cathy.co.za/mouse.html


I don't mind seeing dead mice (gods know I've cleaned enough mouse
traps in my time) but I have friends who keep rats and spiny mice as
pets and I can see why they'd be disturbed by the image of a pet that
looks like mine devouring something that looks like THEIR pet

--Fil