Mine doesn’t present me with rodents, she takes them straight to the downstairs landing and starts eating them. I guess she doesn’t like to share, I don’t even get offered a drumstick.
In my yard,it’s leaving slow squirrels by the bottom step of my back deck, Unfortunately, my yard guy ran over it with my mower…yuuucch. Harder to pick squirrel parts with the plastic bag!
Our cat left us a snake that she’d chewed the head off of. Freaked us out as it looked like a coral snake but investigation showed it to be a Sonoran Shovelhead.
Well, technically, that’s not the kind of present I would want, either! What she and others don’t understand. You’re protecting their property from rodents like them. So, she should appreciate it. In a way.
Our cat brings us live mousies. Because, we think, she is concerned at how inept we are about catching them, and wants us to get more practice. And we always react in much this way (but usually livelier) to such a gift.
We have become epter mouse catchers: Bash it with a broom until stunned, then scoop it into the dust pan and out the door asap before the stun wears off.
I’d rather have the dead mouse on the porch than the live snake in the kitchen that my tiny terrorist brought me. I do have to be careful stepping into the welcome mat, though, not to tread on the remains of the prey (voles, lizards, and chipmunks, mostly).
I once had a job where the owner’s dog really liked me. I was at my desk one day and saw the pooch approaching out of the corner of my eye. When I felt a weight on my thigh, I thought it was her head and reached down to scratch her behind the ears. Felt something wet and sticky. The dog had given me a badly deteriorated (to the point of maggots) groundhog head. True love.
pschearer Premium Member over 5 years ago
Why can’t humans understand?! It’s kitty-love!! (My GF once found a neatly excised mouse liver at her front door.)
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
Maybe next time a chipmunk?
Nuliajuk over 5 years ago
Mine doesn’t present me with rodents, she takes them straight to the downstairs landing and starts eating them. I guess she doesn’t like to share, I don’t even get offered a drumstick.
DebUSNRet over 5 years ago
In my yard,it’s leaving slow squirrels by the bottom step of my back deck, Unfortunately, my yard guy ran over it with my mower…yuuucch. Harder to pick squirrel parts with the plastic bag!
Kaputnik over 5 years ago
We had a very lovable cat years ago who was unable to understand why we wouldn’t let her bring dead birds inside. To say nothing of the garden snakes.
Yes, yes, I know. Bird lovers don’t find predatory cats lovable.
joeatwork212 over 5 years ago
Had a rescue part Lab that brought my wife a bird. She didn’t like it even after I told her it takes a long time to teach a dog to retrieve like that.
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
She doesn’t complain when I catch the ones in the house.
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Our cat left us a snake that she’d chewed the head off of. Freaked us out as it looked like a coral snake but investigation showed it to be a Sonoran Shovelhead.
ajakimber425 over 5 years ago
Well, technically, that’s not the kind of present I would want, either! What she and others don’t understand. You’re protecting their property from rodents like them. So, she should appreciate it. In a way.
cuzinron47 over 5 years ago
So let’s bring her a bigger rodent.
Concretionist over 5 years ago
Our cat brings us live mousies. Because, we think, she is concerned at how inept we are about catching them, and wants us to get more practice. And we always react in much this way (but usually livelier) to such a gift.
We have become epter mouse catchers: Bash it with a broom until stunned, then scoop it into the dust pan and out the door asap before the stun wears off.
katzenbooks45 over 5 years ago
I’d rather have the dead mouse on the porch than the live snake in the kitchen that my tiny terrorist brought me. I do have to be careful stepping into the welcome mat, though, not to tread on the remains of the prey (voles, lizards, and chipmunks, mostly).
Physicsfreak over 5 years ago
Mice, kangaroo rats, BIG moths, rabbits, lizards, Black Ninja Cat is a hunter.
adrianrune over 5 years ago
I once had a job where the owner’s dog really liked me. I was at my desk one day and saw the pooch approaching out of the corner of my eye. When I felt a weight on my thigh, I thought it was her head and reached down to scratch her behind the ears. Felt something wet and sticky. The dog had given me a badly deteriorated (to the point of maggots) groundhog head. True love.