June 29, 2008
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Mouse With a Death Wish?
The other night, Sam seemed preoccupied with the doorway to the kitchen.
That usually only happens during the winter, when we get a mouse or two coming into the cabinet under the kitchen sink to keep warm.
Sam doesn’t have teeth anymore, so this past winter was weird. He started a Catch and Release program. You know. Catch the mouse. Bring the poor thing, screeching and squirming in your mouth, to Mommy. Release. Mouse runs away. Re-catch. Re-release. Continue until mouse finds his way back to the cabinet, or Mommy or Daddy escorts the mouse from the apartment.
Back to the other night. Ken and I had just finished playing some Rock Band. We started looking for something to watch on TV. I logged into Xanga. Everything was quiet…
And then suddenly, there was a kind of crash in our kitchen, followed by a LOT of loud squeaking.
I said, “KENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!”
Sam had a big mouse in his mouth. He saw Ken entering the kitchen with an old t-shirt. Same dropped the mouse. Ken dropped the t-shirt onto the mouse. The mouse made the mistake of moving (Sam HATES things that move). It ran out from under the t-shirt as Sam swatted at the poor thing.
It ran under the stove and there it has remained… and Sam has been parked in front of the stove ever since.
Comments (6)
That is funny. Bob hasn’t encountered any mice but I am pretty sure he would scream like a girl and jump in a chair.
@digood1974 - That is how Sam reacts to ANTS! He is unafraid of mice, enormous raccoons and dogs… but if an ant is crawling on the floor, he flips out, crying and jumping up on “his” chair!
Oh man, I’d be freaking out if I had mice in my apartment. My dog used to do something similar…except without the release…and involving sewer rats…She’d catch them, kill them, and play with their corpse. Yes, my dog is rather morbid. At least Sam can’t actually execute the poor little things. ^_^
@Sweet_Psycho44 - actually, I think he can still kill the mice, just not eat them. He used to kill them by whacking them against the wall (LOVELY!!!!). I guess the bright side to the Catch and Release Program is less clean-up for me!
Hello keeper of the sam, I have a cat that does the same thing, catch and release she has a ball playing with the poor thing untill the mouse is too stuned to move anymore then she eats it.
hahahaha, i remember you telling me this story. nothing more amazing than the eternal sentry duty. bless his furry heart