Animal rescuers in California shared security camera stills capturing the moment a foster kitten spiced up her human family's dinner with a special ingredient: a dead mouse.
My favorite cat offering story is my Aunts. She had a cat that could not only tell the differences between species of rodents and small animals, but could also reliably count up to seven.
You see, every day it would leave an offering in front of her door. One white-footed field mouse. If she picked it up and tossed it, the next day it would be two white-footed field mice. And then three, etc. until she got confused at seven and left 7 to 9 of them.
But if she picked it up, petted her and told her she was a good kitty, the next day she'd switch to a different species. Shrews, a different type of mouse, rats, etc. So with a bit of management she was able to target her cat's pest elimination efforts towards the most troublesome types.
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She was just grateful to be there and making her contribution.
ReplyDelete"As you can guess, it was takeout for dinner that night,"
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She was contributing to the meal, good kitty...
ReplyDeleteOnce had an adopted cat that would leave dead squirrels at our backdoor for us...
JD
That Security camera sure is mounted low. Looks more like it is from a phone camera.
ReplyDeleteMaybe kitty will deliver a plump bluejay for Thanksgiving
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cat offering story is my Aunts. She had a cat that could not only tell the differences between species of rodents and small animals, but could also reliably count up to seven.
ReplyDeleteYou see, every day it would leave an offering in front of her door. One white-footed field mouse. If she picked it up and tossed it, the next day it would be two white-footed field mice. And then three, etc. until she got confused at seven and left 7 to 9 of them.
But if she picked it up, petted her and told her she was a good kitty, the next day she'd switch to a different species. Shrews, a different type of mouse, rats, etc. So with a bit of management she was able to target her cat's pest elimination efforts towards the most troublesome types.
John g.
Rat-atouille's secret ingredient.
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