Conference misery::feline_v1

230.0. "Amazing Cat stories..." by DSSDEV::COLLINS () Wed Apr 09 1986 09:29

	Well I noticed (maybe incorrectly) that there don't seem to be many 
"cat stories" in these notes. Being the owner of 3 frisky felines I feel it is 
my duty to relate the happenings of my household.

	Now I'm no stranger to cats, I grew up with varying numbers - no less 
than 2 and no more than 4. All outdoor cats (we only lost 1 to a car in about 
20 years). My present cats are of the outdoor variety. Well on with the story.

	As we all know cats are predators by nature. I've been having this 
problem with field mice in my garage so I set a "hav-a-hart" trap to capture 
the culprits. Every night for about 8 days I succeeded in catching a mouse, 
which I deposited in a 10 gal fish tank for later disposal. By "disposal" I 
don't mean I was going to destroy them, I relocated them instead (very far
away...). Anyway the cats provided a most fascinated audience whenever I was 
adding a mouse to the aquarium. In fact they would stare at the tank for 
hours, pawing at the sides. I can only venture to guess how the mice felt 
about this.

	One day, when the tank was full of mice, I decided to transfer them to 
a cardboard box for relocation. All three cats were present and accounted for. 
This made me feel at ease since I figured that any "escaping" mice would not 
get far. While picking up one of the mice by the tail, one of our cats, "Minki" 
by name, swatted the dangling mouse from my hand. Instantly all three cats were 
prowling the floor for the escapee, but he got away. During the confusion 
another mouse made a break for it, instantly the larger cat "Pooki" was upon 
him. Did you know a small field mouse will fight a cat ?? They get nasty when 
cornered. Since all our cats were young this befuddled them. But through their 
efforts we managed to recapture the mouse and safely relocate him.

	Any one else have cat stories??

	/harry & regina 
	( & Minki & Pooki & Uggie)

ps.	The names of our cats are of lithuanian origin:

	Minki - Mink (he's black with long hair)
	Pookie - Fluff (he's got fluffy hair)
	Uggie  - Fire (the U is pronounced like the 'oo' in book)