Things my cat has caught...

17 Mar 2004

KitKat wrote:

How closely did you look Dan? - I mean - in all the confusion, could it perhaps have been something else that LOOKED very much like a white mouse?

Yes I am sure it was a white mouse. Deffo. a white mouse.
I have held many battles with the two cats on numerous occasions and with the presents that they have dragged home!!
The list reads thus:
Frogs (of differing sizes)
Many birds (again, of differing sizes)
Chocolate bar wrappers ?? Only by one cat though!! (never been able to work that one out dunno

)
Pieces of string ( tends to be a Summer favourite that one!! )
Cat collars ( 3 now, must be fight trophies!! )
I could go on but will not bore you any further.
Dan wink

17 Mar 2004

One half of a pair of gardening gloves...
Numerous newts, frogs, birds...
Several hundred cat eating spiders...
A rotting aubergine...
A memorial service book for someone called David Thatcher...
A size 36B Marks & Spencer bra...

17 Mar 2004

my cat has caught.....
errr.. fleas!!!!!
think thats about it!!!!!

17 Mar 2004

Recent trophies have included :-
A packet of 8 lowfat sausages
Banana skins
Chappatis
Condoms
CD cover
??????? What are they on???????

17 Mar 2004

We have two cats and it's blatantly obvious which has caught what, as one has a head fetish and removes them and hides. (We still have to find the stash - what a glorious day that will be) The other, bless his heart, believes in bringing his gifts in alive!!!
Alive:
Bat - late on a Fri night, for the bat protection to come and recover it.
Frog - 5am on Thur night/Fri mon. I learnt that frogs can jump sideways from this experience.
Variety of birds at different times, but usually when we have a lie in, I think it's to alert us to the empty breakfast bowls.
Worms in his youth.
Mice - the joys of chasing a live mouse round a half built kitchen are endless.
Dead and headless:
Frogs
Bats
Birds, including two of neighbours racing pigeons.
Mice
His stash also includes a rabbit head with attached skin, and a variety of game bird heads, but he steals these from his Dad as he's preparing them.
I used to have a cat that kindly bought in a parrot one day, and yes it was dead.
I love 'em to bits. biggrin

17 Mar 2004

Here is a classic !! lol

I have two cats and they have both got catflap keys attached to their collars !!
Let me explain for non cat admirers amongst you. The catflap has a lever that prevents entrance by any other user except my two. The lever is activated with a small magnet attached to the collar ' a catflap key ' clever I thought ??
Well so far I have had:
2 teaspoons ( sorry but how funny was that!! To see him come strolling in with a teaspoon dangling from his collar!! TWICE !!)
A medium sized piece of rust ( green in colour, next doors car I think !! )
A thimble
Drawing pins (not rusty, so is he on his mouse manouvres in someones house and picking these up inadvertantly off a desk?? dunno

)
Paperclips ( again the theory above comes into play )
Rusty nails ( not drinks the gen. articles )
Oh well I could go on, but no doubt you get the picture. I think you have to appreciate the endless talents of cats to see the funny side of this one.
Dan wink

17 Mar 2004

Well my cats have never once brought back a dead animal-as yet, but have brought back the following
Several cigarette packets
crisp packets
hair bobbles
sponges-including one of those huge ones to clean the car with which my neighbour asked for redface

a rabbit at the back door-brought back as a friend wanting to be fed!When I lived in Leeds they did this now they seem to do the same with my neighbours rabbits
One of my ex-girlfriends used to have a cat who just brought home skulls?Not human before you ask rolleyes

And the old favourite I get a fresh leaf every day at 8 AM mad

17 Mar 2004

My cats bring home all-sorts but the one that scared me the most was when I walked into my living room and there was a grey squirrel sitting on the sofa!
I've also had a rabbit, countless mice and birds and a couple of moles.
My smallest cat prefers just to bring me in rubbish like cigarette packets etc, I can cope with that very easily compared to all the living things the other two bring home.
Worst of all though, they all seem to bring their mates in. I thought cats were supposed to hate other cats??? Not my lot, they seem to think it is a non-stop cat party in my house! :shock:

17 Mar 2004

BlueEyes
even your cats are swingers
i hope you had there bits done and you gave them the talk about safe sex etc.
not sure where you would buy cat condoms though?

17 Mar 2004

Among the usual mice, voles, birds etc the most enjoyment my cat gets is when she catches, plays with and eventually kills ............the elastic band that the postman drops. rolleyes

I know it is natural but I could kill her when she brings home the birds. She has killed one of my precious little Robins and after watching a bird box for weeks, our baby blue tit emerged from it's nest on it's maiden flight, only to meet.... you guessed it...my loveable pussycat who had great fun terrorising the poor thing and worst of all didn't even eat it.
There is a great childrens book called The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. My kids find this hillarious.
It starts like this.......
OKAY, OKAY. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat. It's practically my job to go creeping around the garden after sweet little eensy-weensy birdy-pies that can hardly fly from one hedge to another. So what am I supposed to do when one of the poor feathery little flutterballs just about throws itself into my mouth? I mean, it practically landed on my paws. It could have hurt me.
OKAY, OKAY. So I biffed it.............
and so the story goes on. It is an absolute scream and I would recommend adults to read it too.
Love
Wilma
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