No, not the super hero. This morning, my cat finally caught one of the mice that have been plaguing our cabinets. Well, it might have been only one, but you never know. I was passing by him as he sat under the rocking chair and noticed a long, thick string. Thinking he might have been playing with a rubber band again, I checked. He had a mouse in his clutches!
Atticus wouldn’t give it up either. He was growling and snarling at it even though it was obviously dead. My mom, she hates rodents. I called her over urgently since she was the most disturbed by the “little visitor”. She was happy. I am meanwhile proud of my little boy.
It took a good long while for him to give it up though. We assume he was making sure it was good and dead. He was growling and snarling all the way. Well, when he finally let go, I scooped him up so my mom could dispose of the mouse without worry that my cat would try to run off with it again.
I find it rather interesting though… the cats I have gotten so far are the only ones who really have been mice chasers. My purebred Chinchilla Persian had been the one to chase that huge rat that my mom freaked out like mad about. Now my Siamese/Color-point made a kill. Despite that, we have to ally cats in the house and my mom’s purebreds as well. While I know one of our alley cats chased and killed mice in his younger years, he is quite old now and likely wouldn’t do such anymore. The other three… last time they cornered a mouse it was all of them together and they had no idea what to do with it. They just surrounded it out of curiosity. So yeah, I am proud of my cat. He still has instincts.
I do feel sorry for the mouse though. ‘Shame we couldn’t get rid of it and have it still possess its life… I mean, it was just hungry. Still, though… passing of parasites and it was likely full of contaminators…
Oh, well.
As for the lack of updates for a bloody long time… I’ve had nothing much to write about.
Other recent news… Eileen sent a reply email to me recently. Despite she still has problems galore, thus news about her life is not a joyful note… I am very glad to hear from her even if it should only be once a year.