Remember this little fellow? The kitties were quite surprised to find this adorable little squeaker in the house a couple of weeks ago. But no more surprised than we were. With eight cats, we normally don’t get too many mousies venturing onto our premises. In fact, we couldn’t figure out the attraction, until Tom found the bag and a half of Purina Cat Chow I had stored in the pantry and forgotten all about. If you missed our mouse posts, click here to read Part 1 and here to read Part 2.
When Lisbeth was having her urinary problems, Dr. Neel prescribed Hill’s CD formula, which we have been feeding ever since. When we switched over, I stowed the Cat Chow in the pantry just to get it out of the way. Though we keep our dry food in sealed containers, this food was in the bags as we weren’t using it.
And so now you know why we had a mouse in the house. The mystery remains as to what happened to him.
The bags have been sealed with my extra special Hello Kitty duct tape and will be delivered tomorrow to Barn Cat Buddies (the TNR/Rescue group for which I volunteer) to either feed fosters or one of the feral colonies. I am quite sure none of those kitties will mind that a couple small holes were chewed into the bags.
ummmm…have you noticed if any of those 8 kitties has been having mousie smelling burps???…just a thought
Savvy, you need to check back with us on Sunday for Mouse in the House Part 4.
Those foods must smell pretty darn good to attract the mousie in with so many kitties!
That was one brave, or very foolish, mousie to invade your house. But he is a cute little fellow.
Fosters and ferals always appreciate mouse scented foodables.
Purrs
that explains that,but that is a great idea to help the shelter too,xx Speedy
Wair. Go back to the Helloo Kitty duct tape? MOMMY, you NEEEDZ this!
(we meant WAIT. *glares at typist*)
That’s one brave mousie!
Oh my…critters are smart!
That little mousie ate well. Fatten him up for whatever happened to him. 😉
We hope that little mousie was able to get a few kernels of Cat Chow down before the gang took notice of him! We are certain those other kittie will appreciate the food very much! 🙂
the critters in the cottage xo
Well that darn mouse! TIme to check out all the usual spots kitties!!
MOL! Any mousies that come in my house have a one way ticket.
we had a few visitors that we had to wonder about with our cat content as well. I guess the pull of cat chow was stronger than the fear of well fed cats..
Haaaa! Tell Purina their food is good for mice too 🙂
Hmmmmmm, it might show up again when you least expect it!
It’s nice that your Mom donated the bag of food to the rescued kitties. It will be even nicer if it smells like mousies. Love, Cali, Andy, Tater and Shelly (C.A.T.S)
Mystery solved! I don’t think any mouse has much of a chance in your house. Too many kitties on patrol.
The mystery has been solved! I’m sure the fosters or ferals wouldn’t mind if that mousie hitched a ride on the bag either – they could have a bit of fun with that. Though we think that mousie is pretty cute. Hope he escaped unscathed!
Mousies! Kitty Brofur Apollo brought a couple mouses to Mama at four in the morning last summer. She locks the kitty door at night now! WOL!
Mouses eating cat food is just rude (and ironic).
The REAL Maple Syrup Mob xxxxx
Hello Kitty duct tape??? I love it LOL! Nope, I’m sure the homeless and stray kitties won’t mind that a cute little mouse has nibbled on the bag a bit. 🙂
xo Catherine
I know I would really like mouse scented kibble. Unfurtunately we do not get to eat that tasty delight except for small little handouts as a treat.
We know in our house the mouses go deaded rather quickly. No one eats them. Well we are not admitting that we do… MOL
Timmy
Mousie is indeed a dill…we had six cats at one time and a fox terrier and it was the Labrador who got the mouse…they all watched….hideous….lovely to donate the food and it comes with the scent of mouse so even better for the little waifs who will get it..like two gifts in one 🙂 hugs Fozziemum x
That explains it. When we moved in our new home we had a rat in the walls that we didn’t know about. We kept our trash under the sink which let the rat eat without exposing himself to our cats. I finally caught him one morning inside the trash can. I covered it with a cutting board and carried him outside where I dumped him in the yard. I then sealed the hole under the sink and moved the trash. We have had no problems since then.
Send some of those treats over to Oscar it is his birthday today xx
We’d so be sniffing out the mouse. One year we caught three and deaded them. They were at a friends house and he was very pleased with my work. I think that makes me a little bit catty LOL. Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
She’s maybe still hidden in the dry food 😉 Purrs. Zorro
OMC meez never seen a mouse fur real. Meez don’t know ifin me wulda played wif him or eaten him. MOL Purrawlly wuldn’t hav gotten tu eat him cuz mommy wulda swooped in first. MOL
Wif Much Luv, 😀
Dezi
I bet he made a nice snack at some point!
We are shocked that this mousie was brave enough to enter your house!
Smart of you kittehz to let him fatten him up before, well, you know. MOL!
Happy Tuesday!
XOXO
Quite an expression on that mousie! In this house The Four Housecats of the Apocalypse are immediately playing evil games with mousie and they like to show me what they can do. Mousies come in the basement either on a dare or they need to be removed from the gene pool.
Oh my goodness, pretty sneaky little mousie that one!
Headbutts to all you out there.