Well we’re far enough into our battle with mice that we know one thing. The cats are useless. They don’t seem to smell , hear or see the mice. We’ve decided to use mousetraps in our battle to best the tiny beasties. We decided to use some reusable plastic mousetraps. They’re a bit more expensive then the wooden ones but you don’t actually have to touch the mouse when emptying the trap. If you’ve ever had a mouse problem, what kind of mousetrap did you like best and why?
Here’s an update on the mouse situation. Basically we don’t think that our cats could find any mice, not even if they had a car gps strapped to their backs. They never so much as look at the cabinets, never mind try to get in them. Maybe they play together. So we’re using mousetraps. To date we’ve caught four mice in the kitchen cabinet. They seem to be most attracted to cookies, something we discovered when we discovered the mouse problem. We had noticed all Oreo packages were getting chewed while other packages weren’t getting touched. We’ve used peanut butter as well as the cookies. I thought we’d have caught more by now, because where there’s one surely there’s more.
Recently we discovered that a mouse had been making himself/herself right at home in the cabinet over my oven. We found droppings, and lots of chewed paper from packages in the back of the cabinet. My father told me that we’d need to empty the cabinet and set traps. I let him do the emptying, being the chicken I am. He’d take something out of the cabinet, we’d check it and then he’d hand it to me and I’d put it on the table or in the garbage. After a quick glance we noticed the paper had been chewed from around the top of a bottle of olive oil. After looking more closely, we discovered a dead mouse in the bottle. He must have gone in to eat or drink and drowned. I wonder how many more there are. And why the cats didn’t know about this.
Does your cat like tuna fish? Throughout my whole life, every cat I’ve ever had came running into the kitchen when I used the can opener to open a can of tuna fish. Then they begged for tuna fish. Until Romeo. Romeo wants nothing to do with tuna fish. Not only that, he doesn’t even want anything to do with canned cat food. Do your cats like tuna fish?
My older male cat has a very strange habit. He mouths anything soft, especially blankets. At first I thought he was humping them, but he doesn’t hump. He picks up a portion of the blanket in his mouth and gets happy feet (kneading). He can do this for hours. Besides blankets he’s also gone after the occasional piece of clothing and towels. If you try to take it from him he gives you a low half meow half growl. Has your cat done anything like this? How did you handle it?
My younger cat, whom we’ve had for a year, loves to watch me shower. It’s pretty strange. When I turn on the water the cat is nowhere to be seen. Seconds after I get into the shower and close the curtain he is right there. He usually goes to one end of the shower, stands on his hind legs and looks into the shower. If cats had jobs, this would probably be fall into the category of customer service jobs. He’s quite dedicated. I thought it was just the shower that attracted hinm, perhaps the sound of the water on the curtain or something, but this past week I found that he also peeks into the tub when my youngest son is taking a bath. I’m surprised that the cat isn’t afraid of getting wet. Does you cat watch you shower or bathe?
One of our cats licks the strangest things. We’ve seen him licking blankets, furniture, the toilet bowl, carpet and clothing. I have no idea why, it’s really one of those many times where I wish that cats could talk. I know that a cat’s tongue is rough and bumpy, covered with tiny little hair like structures, and that some of a cat’s taste buds are in/on the tongue. I know that a cat’s tongue has multiple purposes and functions – cleaning, managing liquid (like water) and managing solids (like food). But what purpose does licking a blanket have? Does your cat lick anything strange?
Do you wash your cat? I have washed my cats for years. Right now I have one cat that won’t allow me to wash him. I have another that we got last year that I’m getting ready to give his first bath. After washing my cats I’ve always towel dried them and then let them air dry. I don’t use hand dryers because I think the noise would probably frighten them. How do you dry your cat?
Did you ever wonder if cats get cold? I know cats enjoy warmth, proven by the fact that they love to lay in sunlight. but do they ever get cold? If our feet are chilld, you and I can put on socks or slippers. Cats can’t put clothing like that on. The only way that they could wear clothing is if we put it on them. I don’t have a reason to think my cats get cold. What do you think?
My cat Romeo seems to know when the time for me to get home is coming. Hubby’s been home for a while now and he’s had the opportunity to watch the cats in action. He tells me that every day at about 1:00 the cat will jump up onto the couch and look for my truck. When I walk in the door at about a quarter after the cat runs over to the door. I say hi and he meows back. He’s like my own personal greeter. I love the feeling knowing he missed me, as I adore him. After we’ve said hello he follows me from room to room until I put my things down and stop to pet him. Now that he knows how to tell time I wish that I could get him to learn how to do things like find a cheap car insurance quote.
