Why kitties are good

[Eireann]

They're furry.
They purr.
They're cute.
They have very definite personalities.

And...

If you see a disgusting bug scuttling across the floor...

Kitty will run after it and eat the little fucker.

[dalesys]

They're furry.
They purr.
They're cute.
They have very definite personalities.

And...

If you see a disgusting bug scuttling across the floor...

Kitty will run after it and eat the little fucker.

And expect you to kiss them...

[Fire_on_High]

After giving you the saddest "Where'd my toy go?" look you can imagine.

[fireheart]

sounds like our cats.

Every summer, when crickets are a-plenty, they'll actually eat the crickets and leave the back legs behind.

[LionMan]

Kitties are good because they eat the cat food. If there weren't kitties around here, would have a lot of cat food here with nobody to eat it (although the dog does eat it).

[BookstoreEscapee]

Last night there was a centipede on my wall and before I could get it, it disappeared. My roomie still says we can't have a cat.

sounds like our cats.

Every summer, when crickets are a-plenty, they'll actually eat the crickets and leave the back legs behind.

When my cats were a few months old, I was passing their room and saw them in the doorway. He was watching her, and she had ... something. I reached down and lifted her chin to see what she had, and she looks up at me with cricket legs hanging out of her mouth. Another time they came up from the basement and deposited a cricket on the living room floor. My dad scooped it up with a paper towel and threw it out. The cats just looked at each other for a second, turned at the same time, and bolted back down the stairs. Luckily they didn't bring any more.

She's also the one who brought me a nearly-dead baby mouse one night while I was housesitting. I had ordered a pizza, and it came just after I had scooped the poor little thing onto a paper plate and was trying to figure out what to do with it (I thought it was dead at that point; I was wrong). I ended up answering the door with a plate of mouse in my hand, and had to put it down on the porch so I could pay for the pizza, because if I put it down anywhere in the house they would have come after it. Ended up putting it in the landscaping; I checked on it a couple times. The first time it squeaked and scrabbled around when I poked it gently with a stick, and the next time it was dead. So I covered it with a leaf. Poor thing.

[Soulstealer]

I ended up answering the door with a plate of mouse in my hand, and had to put it down on the porch so I could pay for the pizza, because if I put it down anywhere in the house they would have come after it.

I hope you tipped the pizza man better than that.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I hope you tipped the pizza man better than that.

Yes, I always tip the pizza guy well. He did look a bit surprised, though. Maybe he thought it was my appetizer?

[Eireann]

One of my kitties once chomped down on a daddy longlegs, leaving some of the famous legs on the floor. Still twitching. Same girl also found a spider, PICKED IT UP IN HER MOUTH, and carried it into the next room to eat it.

[RayvenQ]

She's also the one who brought me a nearly-dead baby mouse one night while I was housesitting. I had ordered a pizza, and it came just after I had scooped the poor little thing onto a paper plate and was trying to figure out what to do with it (I thought it was dead at that point; I was wrong). I ended up answering the door with a plate of mouse in my hand, and had to put it down on the porch so I could pay for the pizza, because if I put it down anywhere in the house they would have come after it. Ended up putting it in the landscaping; I checked on it a couple times. The first time it squeaked and scrabbled around when I poked it gently with a stick, and the next time it was dead. So I covered it with a leaf. Poor thing.

Something similar happened with my mums cat, except it was a small bird, my mum wanted to just put it in the garden to let it die, i didn't, I kept hold of the thing, kept it as comfortable as i could and kept on stroking it until it went.

[Severen13]

A few years ago a fellow who had gone to high school with my dad was visiting. So Arlo the cat decides that's the perfect time to bring Daddy a present---a live baby bunny.




Thankfully the little guy wasn't hurt, and has a great story to tell the grandbunnies.

[protege]

Oh, the things that Kitty would leave on my grandmother's kitchen porch Usually he'd bring back mice or even moles. As usual, if he showed Grandma his kill, she'd say he was a "good kitty," and give him a treat. Kitty was a hunter--just about anything found its way onto the porch--mice, moles, frogs from the creek, garter snakes, small birds, squirrels, and yes, rabbits. However, I wouldn't let him eat the rabbits--he'd spend quite a bit of time "playing with his food." That is, he'd torture them, so I'd let the rabbits escape. I don't mind them so much...they're not getting into the house, nor are they digging tunnels all over the lawn

[draggar]

That's great - and I'm stealing it.

[Eireann]

That's great - and I'm stealing it.

Stealing what?

[draggar]

Stealing what?

The kitten and the joke.