Cat and Mouse Game

Last Wednesday, I had the garage (also known as Mushu's room) door open while the cat wandered around outside. It was about time to let the dogs out so I went out to see where Mushu was so that I could secure him. The cat and dogs have not met face to face yet and may never. The dogs love a chase and it is eminent that Mushu would give one. To my surprise I did not have to yell for Mushu to come in. He was there and acting very odd. Perhaps Ii should say acting odd for him. He typically is just a wee bit different. I had an old broken gourd laying in the floor. I kept it for seeds since it could not make a birdhouse. By the way if anyone would like such seeds I would be more than happy to send some. Back to the story. He began to move the gourd around becoming more aggressive with it as if there were something inside. The rougher he got, sticking his paws inside the holes, the more the gourd began to fall apart piece by piece. This disintegration began to reveal a very large mouse trying to escape Mushu inside the gourd. I immediately put the garage on lock down. The rodent could not escape. Mushu worked with the gourd until he could free the wretched little beast. He tossed it around a bit letting it run away. I have some places in there that could harbor such a fugitive if not carefully attended. I had to pull him out with a pair of pliers multiple times. There was something wrong with his back legs. He dragged them around. I rather suspect my feline had brought him to the house after much torture somewhere else. He has really become quite the hunter. he has killed at least two birds. Sadly it is the birds I have lured in with feed. I feel so guilty. There were times that Mushu was almost asleep and the rodent still alive. I thought there is no way that mouse was going to be loose in my garage. It looked like Mushu was praying, "Thank you, Lord, for this food that I am bout to receive. It probably took and hour for him to finish the job. He almost let him go at one point. He did not eat the mouse. I disposed of him before it got that far. He did not seem interested anyway. I treated him to a can of food.

Y'all, I will not be blogging after today for over a week. I will be in Hawaii!! God bless you all. I am sure I will have plenty of pictures when I get back. I hope the Cat and Mouse game will be enough until then.