Mighty Hunter

[sabotabby]

Last night, I discovered that my stack of 11x17 printer paper had a wee surprise in it. Marinetti had apparently stashed a little present in there for me, all dismembered and icky! What a good cat, except that I'd only used about a third of the paper, so it wasn't really the best place to stick it.

I suppose I should be grateful that the only two mice I have ever found in my apartment had already been dispatched by my brave cat, but I do wish he wouldn't squish them. Ugh. I screamed like a girl and threw the entire stack of paper, mouse and all, into the garbage.

I was later informed that my reaction may have been a bit...extreme.

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Comments

[jaymoh.livejournal.com]

Maybe there was lots of wool. That can be really stinky.

[sabotabby]

I used to have pet mice, so I do feel sorry for the little buggers. Fortunately, the very presence of my cat seems to discourage them from coming around, which is part of the reason he's only ever killed two.

[disi.livejournal.com]

i would scream and thow it all out. except that i'm cheap, so when my fit was done, i'd probably go back to see if i could salvage any of it.

the only time i ever had to deal with anything like this is when my dog brough home a squirrel she had killed. in retrospect it was kind of cute. she's such a provider.

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

The cat I grew up with would bring me one or two offerings a week in the summertime.

I made the mistake of thanking her the first few times and made a show of my gratitude - which backfired into "YOU LIKE IT - ME GO GET MORE NOW!!!"

I wouldn't feel too sorry for the mouses - they are of the smart.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4593682.stm

[sabotabby]

I'm cheap too, but not cheap enough that I was going to risk OMG touching any part of the dismembered mouse. Also, it's one less thing to move.

[disi.livejournal.com]

that, my dear, is an excellent point.

[sabotabby]

Haha, serves him right!

[jaymoh.livejournal.com]

OMG icon! See "mini chomp":http://www.cuteoverload.com/

Yeah, that story. I dunno, I'm on the mouse's side on this one.

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

Definitely on the mouse's side! Serves the asshat right!

the article said:

"Though no-one was injured, the house and everything in it was destroyed. "

which is bullshit - as it sounds to me like the mouse got himself a few injuries.

This is one of my favorite icons - VIVA!

[jaymoh.livejournal.com]

"Serves the asshat right!" That's basically what I said at work yesterday and everyone jumped all over my shit. I don't know why, they know I like non-human animals more than the people variety.

All of your icons are very, very awesome.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

I would probably also throw out any adjacent dented pages (because they are dented), but I would certainly keep the rest of the ream.

[sabotabby]

Some were dented and...well, stained.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

Yes, those go. Even if I were a ghoul, I wouldn't keep them. What would I use them for? Surely, they wouldn't feed properly into the printer and they would be no good for drawing on.

[y2kesha.livejournal.com]

No "Ticky box" ... What up with that eh?

"Make the cat clean it up?" HaHa, that'll be the day...that's why they have humans!

[sabotabby]

I ran out of options and got lazy.

Have you ever taunted a cat when it gets a bad case of cattitude by putting the can of food in front of it and a can opener and saying, "Make it yourself"?

[y2kesha.livejournal.com]

Cats are above such mundane tasks as opening cans, phht!

"meow!"
(Translation: "Human, open and serve my food...I know where you sleep!")

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

When my Empress Pookey kept bringing me dead rats and mice, a friend of mine suggested that Pookey was probably under the impression that I was not getting enough protein in my diet!

[sabotabby]

Perhaps I'm looking anemic these days. I certainly haven't been eating properly.

[bike4fish.livejournal.com]

When I lived on Guam, we always checked empty soda cans for geckos before throwing them out (I suspect we had some pretty hyper caffiened-up geckos). We were even more diligent about checking half empty cans that had been sitting out for a while before finishing.

[bike4fish.livejournal.com]

I always dreaded Salamander catching a mouse - considering how she attacks her toys, I expected little mousie pieces all over the place. However, the one mouse she did catch was left in a place where I was sure to see it, not where I would step on it, and was completely intact.

[uberbitsch.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Guam. I was once in Guam airport on my way from Indonesia to Canada when I was four. That's my only claim to contact with the place.

[sabotabby]

She's considerate as well as pretty.

I wonder what's going to happen in the new place...I think there might be a lot more mice, given what an old building it is.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Where's the "congratulate the cat" option?

[sabotabby]

That's a given. He always gets congratulated on his kills. I forgot to give him one of his treats, though.

[ironed_orchid]

The Nina cat brought home a rabbit the other day. She is a very fearsome hunter. Delirium is still at the grasshopper and moth stage.