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Meep The Great Black Hunter (NOT!)
So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs.
It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I think, Oh, a bug, and go to look. Not a bug at all - it's a Carolina wren that Meep is completely failing to catch! I grabbed a towel, gently caught the poor thing - looked completely unharmed - and let it go out on the deck. Given Meep's lack of prowess at catching a bird in a less than 2' square space, I'm guessing it flew in the cracked door and tried to exit through Meep's window. I'm actually fairly happy that Meep is a hopeless bird hunter, we have quite a few avian friends out on our deck (I put out feeders). They have learned to ignore the "sleek black hunter" hanging out below them :-D Embarassing for her though - especially since at one place I lived, I witnessed a smallish bird chase Meep into the house... jmc |
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Meep The Great Black Hunter (NOT!)
"jmc" wrote in message ... So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs. It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I could have written the same thing, except I am typing downstairs in our basement, and our five cats are upstairs....I frequently hear things crashing about when my wife is gone, and I have to go upstairs to investigate....I usually find nothing, and one or more cats are sleeping away as if nothing had happened..... |
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Meep The Great Black Hunter (NOT!)
Suddenly, without warning, Bill Graham exclaimed (9/18/2010 10:36 PM):
"jmc" wrote in message ... So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs. It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I could have written the same thing, except I am typing downstairs in our basement, and our five cats are upstairs....I frequently hear things crashing about when my wife is gone, and I have to go upstairs to investigate....I usually find nothing, and one or more cats are sleeping away as if nothing had happened..... You know one of those 5 cats is on lookout, and when you get up from the chair that one's like "Hey! He's coming! Everybody, Innocent Positions now!" jmc |
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Meep The Great Black Hunter (NOT!)
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:42:32 -0400, jmc
wrote: So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs. It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I think, Oh, a bug, and go to look. Not a bug at all - it's a Carolina wren that Meep is completely failing to catch! I grabbed a towel, gently caught the poor thing - looked completely unharmed - and let it go out on the deck. Given Meep's lack of prowess at catching a bird in a less than 2' square space, I'm guessing it flew in the cracked door and tried to exit through Meep's window. I'm actually fairly happy that Meep is a hopeless bird hunter, we have quite a few avian friends out on our deck (I put out feeders). They have learned to ignore the "sleek black hunter" hanging out below them :-D Embarassing for her though - especially since at one place I lived, I witnessed a smallish bird chase Meep into the house... jmc LOL! I'm picturing poor Meep trying to catch the bird. How is she doing? I have followed her health problems, but have had no useful advice to give, I'm sorry to say --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100919-1, 09/19/2010 Tested on: 9/19/2010 11:46:17 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Meep The Great Black Hunter (NOT!)
Suddenly, without warning, Gandalf exclaimed (9/20/2010 12:46 AM):
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:42:32 -0400, wrote: So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs. It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I think, Oh, a bug, and go to look. Not a bug at all - it's a Carolina wren that Meep is completely failing to catch! I grabbed a towel, gently caught the poor thing - looked completely unharmed - and let it go out on the deck. Given Meep's lack of prowess at catching a bird in a less than 2' square space, I'm guessing it flew in the cracked door and tried to exit through Meep's window. I'm actually fairly happy that Meep is a hopeless bird hunter, we have quite a few avian friends out on our deck (I put out feeders). They have learned to ignore the "sleek black hunter" hanging out below them :-D Embarassing for her though - especially since at one place I lived, I witnessed a smallish bird chase Meep into the house... jmc LOL! I'm picturing poor Meep trying to catch the bird. How is she doing? I have followed her health problems, but have had no useful advice to give, I'm sorry to say She's better. Putting on weight like nobody's business, almost back to full weight. Resigned to the Tramadol, hates it but it works *sooo* well. Started using the box for #2 as soon as I took Benefiber out of the mix. Her eye got better, then worse, I used an eyewash and that seems to have helped. Must have had something in there. Or else the L-Lysine is doing it's job. So, back to status quo for now, thanks for asking! jmc |
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:26:03 -0400, jmc
wrote: Suddenly, without warning, Gandalf exclaimed (9/20/2010 12:46 AM): On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:42:32 -0400, wrote: So I'm quietly typing away up here, and I hear a racket downstairs. It's only Meep and I, so I go downstairs to investigate. Nothing untowards at first, then I see Meep's shadow chasing something around in her window (curtain is mostly closed, her window bed behind it.) I think, Oh, a bug, and go to look. Not a bug at all - it's a Carolina wren that Meep is completely failing to catch! I grabbed a towel, gently caught the poor thing - looked completely unharmed - and let it go out on the deck. Given Meep's lack of prowess at catching a bird in a less than 2' square space, I'm guessing it flew in the cracked door and tried to exit through Meep's window. I'm actually fairly happy that Meep is a hopeless bird hunter, we have quite a few avian friends out on our deck (I put out feeders). They have learned to ignore the "sleek black hunter" hanging out below them :-D Embarassing for her though - especially since at one place I lived, I witnessed a smallish bird chase Meep into the house... jmc LOL! I'm picturing poor Meep trying to catch the bird. How is she doing? I have followed her health problems, but have had no useful advice to give, I'm sorry to say She's better. Putting on weight like nobody's business, almost back to full weight. Resigned to the Tramadol, hates it but it works *sooo* well. Started using the box for #2 as soon as I took Benefiber out of the mix. Her eye got better, then worse, I used an eyewash and that seems to have helped. Must have had something in there. Or else the L-Lysine is doing it's job. So, back to status quo for now, thanks for asking! jmc I'm so glad to hear she is so much better! I have an elderly cat with several chronic health problems, including liver failure, so I know all about the 'ups and downs' that a cat like Meep has, unfortunately. I hope Meep continues to improve! --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100920-1, 09/20/2010 Tested on: 9/21/2010 12:15:39 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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