I have been inspired by Smudge's last comment to tackle the question of where is the best place to leave a dead mouse - in order to delight or horrify our humans. I suggest the following possibilities:
1. At the side of the bed, where the human foot will land on it as a human gets up in the morning.
2. Floating in the lavatory.
3. In a bedroom slipper, concealed so that it will only be discovered when toe meets mouse.
4. Under the human's pillow near the nightdress.
5. On the pillow at night just near the human nose.
6. In the shower
7. In a handbag.
8. In an envelope file on the desk.
9. Inside a filing cabinet.
10. In the toaster. Only one mouse at a time. If you have a human who only toasts one piece of bread this has the possibility of toasted mouse first thing in the morning.
Any more you can think of? The aim is maximum surprise and human emotional reaction. All contributions in comments please.
Well, I usually just leave the dead mice on my human's walkway between the back door and the car. That way they can't miss my "gift" to them.
ReplyDeleteHow about inside the human's closet. That really makes them excited. Once a chipmunk got inside the house and was under the bed, but ran to the closet. Unfortunately, my human had just had hip replacement surgery and was having a bit of trouble getting around. She put my late sister, Sweet Pea inside the closet and closed the door, but Sweet Pea just wasn't interested, I always thought she was a bit "slow", if you know what I mean. She let my human down miserable. The male human was forced to take severe action to remove the chipmunk from the closet. If only they had let me in there!
I also take mice and squirrels into the lawn mower building. My humans get REAL upset when they find these trophies, because by the time they find them they have been there several days. Not a pretty sight!
When I leave dead mice on the patio they seem to get upset as well.
Oscar Snuggles, King of Tidewater
Jonesboro, GA USA
Brilliant George
ReplyDeleteI'm off to try no.4 and aspiring to no.10. The early morning element of surprise is a worthy theme. I once sicked up just outside the bedroom door so the human foot made contact in the morning (again, inadequate sense of smell - between that and the lack of night vision its a wonder we let them work for us at all!)
Your friend in mice
Smudge
Yakes! There's a dead mouse! You best just leave it OUTSIDE and don't terriorize your humans. I didn't even see that last evening while viewing your blog on my laptop, but on the larger screen I see very plainly, THERE'S A DEAD MOUSE!
ReplyDeleteOscar Snuggles' Human
Dear George
ReplyDeleteI find the best place for a dead mouse is just inside the kitchen doorway where it is sure to be trodden on in the early morning when the servants want a cup of tea.
The alternative is to let a live one go round the back of the television when a film is reaching its climax and causes maximum disruption - that's when you learn lots of new words!
Regards
Elegant Emma
From a house bunny's point of view the best place to leave a dead mouse is in a packet of cornflakes. If you check my blog, which was Celia's idea, you will see me doing research. Also there is a photograph of me with your Celia chatting about bunny matters.
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Love, Harve
George I have been asked to tell you this story by my owner as the cat that "did it" has gone to Rainbow Bridge.
ReplyDeleteButton, being a country cat, used to eat her mice; but once she left a head in her owner's sheepskin slipper. She could hardly imagine the awful sensation of warm toe meeting cold mouse.
PS My owner often tells people about that very useful website of someone called Celia Haddon.
I'm ashamed to admit, George, that I can't catch mice. I know: shock, horror.
ReplyDeleteAnd it gets worse. I'm frightened of them.
My humans have taken the mickey something cruel. They call me 'Hopeless Herb', and I can't pretend it doesn't hurt.
Is there still time for me to cure myself of this phobia? I can see all sorts of potential for turning the joke back on my humans if only I could catch a mouse or two. I would leave one in my female human's underwear drawer. Guaranteed to create mayhem and madness.
'fraid this will be an almost anonymous comment until my owner has registered with google.
ReplyDeleteI leave the occasional mouse on the persian rugs downstairs where they blend in very effectively with the pattern especially if half eaten. My owner is also very short sighted so he cannot see anything I have left. He is very forgiving. He gets more upset if I bring a bird in as he runs around the room with a tea towel trying to catch them.
These days I prefer a more sedate life moving from sofa to garden and back again enjoying my special vantage points. This weeks special place is under the bed.
Millie
I often leave mice in the music room. Once I left one under the piano - this caused a lot of disruption because the room smelled very bad the furniture had to be moved around to find the source of the smell. Herself was very put out as she teaches in there and the smell grew quite strong! But I know she will always be guaranteed to find it. I once took several rehearsing musicians by surprise when I placed a mouse on a sheet of music in the middle of the rehearsal - they were in a circle and the cellist had all his music in a pile in the centre - that was an exciting time for all of us!!
ReplyDeleteGeorge - you're a cat after my own heart! I suck their heads off and leave the body belly up in the middle of the floor - a good showcase and very satisfying watching humans hunting for the head!
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