Terrible experience last friday week....

I think you know I have a phobia of mice -

well last Friday morning - my cat woke me at 5.30am - playing on my bed - with a live mouse.

It was 2.10pm - when it finally emerged from under the door in a bid for freedom out the side of the front door -

my elderly friend says that must have been the way it came in - as I sometimes leave my door ajar.

I still feel traumatized 

 Yes , I know the cure for that, put 4 drops of sun light in a glass of liquid summer breeze ,drink that than stand on one foot than hop three times.
After that you will not even remember ever seeing a mouse.

 Oh dear me phobia of mice    ok Mrs P you may look at this in the light that this mouse was defiantly more afraid of  you and your cat than you were of it   and if you go leaving your doors open other things can  gain entrance to, not a good idea in these present times that   I lock my door in the evening as an extra security measure to deter opportunist sneaking in while im watching the TV or on my laptop   did the mouse gain its freedom and live for another day then, they don't live for very long so every day is precious to them. 

my friend said it leapt through the side of the front door - and bounded across the road.

Unless they die of shock merlin won't kill them - how can a creature with razor sharp claws - not hurt one hair of them  

I swept my front "garden" this morning - the chap downstairs seems to have an easy access for them under his front room window - with a good sized gap between the tile and the wall.  I've used 4 tubes of filler blocking up anything that could accommodate a relative - also have a broom - a biscuit tin and a hoover tube at the ready 

 Sounds like your landlord needs to have a little work done to the building if you got gaps like  that Mrs P    as for the mouse don't fret as even I have seen them out side in the garden not many just the odd one, well they got to live some were don't they, you know what they say if you have mice around then you know that there are no rats about, but if you see a rat you will not find any mice about    so there you have it at least you have no rats so think of this mouse as a friend just like you cat Mrs P.    

Its kind of you to try to alleviate my horrors - but at my first H Assn flat - there were BOTH - the R's appeared when next door had a major house "refit" - plus it dos'nt help when the neighbours keep rice and such in outhouses -

the mice - would come out in the garden - fine sport for Tc (RIP)

My friend (RIP) would come down with a hammer and sack - as both my cats would attack one R - mind you - they were kittens then.

I think those are wise words from Beaver   I have at least 6 at any given time in my garage and sheds. I'm not scared of them at all, even though I can't store any food or drink stuffs out there anymore. I went to open up a parasol for the garden table  yesterday and the little critters had scoffed half of that as well !!!!
Not keen on Rats mind, I see enough of them not to be scared, but they give me the creeps  Oh the joys of the countryside. A good cat will earn its keep.

 Well I like to go fishing some time's and some time's I go night fishing, and I get rats all around me shuffling about in the undergrowth, I some times put pieces of my sandwich on the toe of my boot and  they come out quite unafraid and take it, some even just sit there and give me the eye as if to say thank you, mind you if I get up take a quick walk around I first have to make sure my bait lids are tight shut and my lunch box is put away or they will have both away  by the time I get back to my chair    

           


they don't tell you that on the fishing programmes with Matt

 Oh you watch go fishing then with Mat Hayes and the Bearded piker Mr Brown   I use to watch him myself years ago, I have met him a couple of times in person once while fishing on the river Wenson  and once on the river seven afew years ago now I also bumped into Chris Tarrant once to and many years ago as a teenager I met old Charlie Drake if you remember him on the river Avon infact iv seen quite afew well known people while out and about fishing   as for the rats well they are just a fishermans bank side friend you might say like the robins and chaffinchs that like to perch on your rods as they rest on the rod rests Quite unafraid of you     infact I recon an angler could do a nature program from were they are sitting as all around them natures life go's on and they take no notice of you sitting there being all quite like,,,loverly that's my kind of peace looking at the stars and then the wildlife of the day time oh yeah im  gone fishing oh yeah I left a note upon the door yeah im a gone fishing Honey and iv closed my door    

After seeing what those pesky Mice did to my Parasol yesterday, I would take your fishing chair with you as well 

 Nar that's ok its my sleeping bag they like, I have to knock on the zipper to see if its got any uninvited guests at home  

Now that's scary stuff  

 I watched a wild mink one morning running along the opposite bank then disappearing into the undergrowth only to return carrying a small animal a mouse, shrew, I don't know small though, it continued this run back and forth for over an hour all ways returning  with some thing in its mouth, I can only summarise it had young of its own and was feeding them with the young or residents of some mouse colony which it had found further along the bank side, was fascinating to watch not so fascinating for the mice though, think I could do with borrowing Mrs P Cat one night for protection.   

HUH  


At 12 - merlin just gently plays with them -

me - I have claw marks

 

 Merlin is about the same age if maybe a little younger than one of my Daughters cats Felix she is a black and white one just like the one in the Felix cat food advert   she and I get on she likes me to stroke her from head to tip of her tail which she sticks straight up in the air    she would have me doing that all day, once she see's me she is there looking at me, iv not ever had a cat iv all ways had a dog, but now I don't have any as my old Zack he died a year or two back now  

Our animals stay on in our hearts.


A cat is as companionable as a dog - as any GOOD cat owner would tell you.

The most intelligent is the Siamese.....but every cat has its own unique personality. 

one person and their cat is a special bond.

 

 Yes Mrs P I totally agree with you a bond can and dose grow between Human and animal when you live with each other, I do so miss my Zac  he was the last in a long line stretching back to my childhood, they all had a home and love from birth to death but Zac was my last one, still my Girls have cats or dogs so I will not be with out a fury ear to scratch   

I have to agree with you regarding the companionship of a pet. They don't judge you. They don't care what you look like. Always happy to see you. Don't mind if you put a bit of weight on. Just Un-conditional love. I have a dog, its as mad as me! My sis has a Cat, its as daft as her. Happy Days.  

sending you a huge hug MrB

 

 Thank you Mrs P   a walk in the woods just not the same with out my old flea bag zac  darting about he use to like to go in the shallows of the local pond and just stand there lapping at the water the daft so and so,the ducks did not mind him they got use to him but the swans did not like him in their pond so I had to fend them of while he enjoyed himself then came out again, of course I use to get a soaking when he shuck himself as for my Daughters cat's well old Felix likes to go head to head with me and we look at each other eye to eye   
 funny that because my old Zac and I use to do the same thing usually ending in a big wet tong lick yuk  

Had the "man" in this morning to set a little box in my upper hallway.

 

I wouldnt mind a cat, but im not allowed to have pets where i live, i havent seen a rat or mouse in ages