Recently, I commented in someone’s journal (probably![[info]](https://www.allisonstein.com/wp-thestuff/themes/zoom-lite/assets/images/misc/placeholder/ajax-loader.gif){kind=small}
dragonet2 or bevhale) that I was so glad the Trouble Twins don’t hide recently deceased critters in the basement the way they hide their toys down there. I spoke too soon. Apparently, one or both of my little monsters acquired a mouse today, unfortunately for the mouse. Fortunately for me (actually, for my Sweetie, who discovered and disposed of the evidence), the mouse was intact and only recently deceased.
Edit 11:30 pm: The cats cornered a garter snake on the screen porch this evening. It apparently kept the Trouble Twins entertained for several hours before I rescued it from them. … That’s it. We’re keeping the front door closed from now on. If the cats want back in, they’ll have to knock… and submit to a strip search.
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theresamather
July 10, 2008 at 12:12amI found a dried mouse head under the fridge when I lived in California. I have no idea which cat put it there or what happened to the body.
allisonstein
July 10, 2008 at 1:00amUmmm… you don’t want to know…
dragonet2
July 10, 2008 at 2:14amI’m glad
Badb Catha is so proud of her work. I find the carcasses in the doorway to my bedroom.
Though I did find a dead very small mouse on top of the steps to the basement, desiccated enough that we may have walked past it–it did look like a shlog of dust and as very very small. It may have died on its own en route to the upstairs…
My sympathy for your sweetie, I’m pest control around here.
allisonstein
July 10, 2008 at 4:33amRe: I’m glad
Edit 11:30 pm: The cats cornered a garter snake on the screen porch this evening. It apparently kept them entertained for several hours before I rescued it from them. … That’s it. We’re keeping the front door closed from now on. If the cats want back in, they’ll have to knock… and submit to a strip search.
dragonet2
July 10, 2008 at 4:40amRe: I’m glad
that ‘ought’ to work… (the strip search)
I loved that Cheezburger about the squirrel.