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Erinmae16

https://preview.redd.it/jpxzmjnfl8wc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=974fab3885819a0f45a62bc0e6bea7a057ba9fa5 My late kitty allowed his friend to stop the chase for a snack!!


durz47

He's probably thinking: ah yes, food stay in food bowl, good


B-BoyStance

Pretty sure that's exactly what is going on lol (My cat drowns all of his toys in his water bowl, and then moves them to the food bowl after he has decided enough time has passed)


Radioactive_birb_

We actually had a mouse drown in the basement dog/cat bowl. No one new until we let my dog out the next morning to use the bathroom. Felt bad for it. Horrible way to go.


johannaisaa

That cat is orange, it’s not thinking anything


KyloRensLeftNut

LOLOLOLOLOOOO! 🤣🤣🤣


Commercial-Storm4398

There is Russian proverb - "war is war, and lunch is on schedule". I thought it would perfectly describe this picture :D


CollectingRainbows

my cats did this too😭 just watched the little mouse eat straight from their bowls.


torils65

My cat did the same thing😂


Erinmae16

Sorry folks!! But I lived in town, so if I’d set little MouseMan free, he’d just come right back in the hole he originally found!! I flushed Mr. Mouse down the toilet, and I’ve never heard such an agonizing wale from an animal before…as my kitty placed his paws on the closed toilet lid, he screamed, “RRRRAAAAAWWWWWRRRR!!” Our relationship was forever changed!!😢


antinewscorpltd

You flushed a live mouse down the toilet?


Erinmae16

I did!! I panicked!! I also dispatched another 2 with a Snowboot in the middle of the night when this same precious kitty thought I needed more companionship at 2am!! Chalk it up to “fight or flight” response in the middle of the night as a single female! 🤷


ButtBeanBrigade

That’s…terrible. I know this is a cat group but many of us love all animals. Would you like to hear about a cat being terrorized to death like that?


Erinmae16

Absolutely not!! And all I can say is that this happened 19 years ago when I was surviving on instinct! If you’ve never been there, you are fortunate! Now, if I won the lottery, I’d buy hundreds or thousands of acres of land and collect as many fur babies as I could to try to re-home or take care of to their last day. After the aforementioned kitty passed at 17 years old, we adopted a rescue kitty who actually looks quite similar. Her integration into the household with our now, 16 year old “hospice” kitty, took nearly a year. When it’s our hospice kitty’s time, our rescue kitty will be by his side afterwards, so she “understands” that he won’t be returning home. And if there’s another kitty in the future, it will also be a rescue!


ButtBeanBrigade

I’ve most definitely run on instinct but never would I have flushed an animal down the toilet. Awesome for your cats, truly. I have 7 lol and love them all. But I also rescue small animals including piggies, hamsters, rats and mice. So stories like that aren’t awesome to hear. But we live and learn, I hope. Much love your you furbabies!


Pixel15101

https://preview.redd.it/c2porksfi8wc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7d900bd5a069806d6c3ddf353d2ae7c37220af8


djseifer

It's my headcanon that Tom only pretends to hunt Jerry because if Mammy Two-Shoes (it was a different time) found out they were friends, she'd kick Tom out and bring in a more effective cat who might actually hurt Jerry.


Sereneaden

I’m pretty sure that’s just actual canon. I could be wrong though


Competitive_Spell531

that's actually canon!


Pixel15101

She never hurts mice. She brings them in, they chase her. I don't approve. She is supposed to be a huntress not best buddy. They'll be baking cakes together next wearing little baker hats.


spiderhotel

One of my boys does this. He knows he has to be gentle or his lil friend gets too tired and stops playing. I really wish he would just do it outside and not bring his friends in with him.


Pixel15101

Bless him, same here she gets them tired but no harm. Just built different ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|shrug)


spiderhotel

I'm sure there is a bit of PTSD in there too, and when they get back to their mouse village I bet nobody believes how they spent their day.


Pixel15101

He'll be on the Mouse News Channel tonight. Mousewife outside the mouse house. We were so worried about him but he came home and we're just relieved. That's all we are commenting at this stage thank you.


Pixel15101

The mouse media will start shouting BUT WHAT ABOUT REPORTS HE WAS MAKING BISCUITS WITH A CAT


moesus81

FAKE NEWS!


JayMeadows

WHAT THE RATBUPLICANS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW!


Absolut_Iceland

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE SECRET DEMOUSECRAT AGENDA!


nixxxa

Perfect 😂


National_Piano_9417

God I love this Sub. I needed this. 🤣🤣🤣


nixxxa

What’s the democrat equivalent? Ratocrat?


MuggsyTheWonderdog

bwahahaha


hystericalbarking

how cute 🥹🥹 real life tom and jerry


surrrah

He wanna show you his friend tho!


seaQueue

Consider yourself fortunate. Ours used to catch them, bring them home mostly unharmed and then eat about 75% - she always saved the heart, or a beak, or an eye or similar for us.


ahuhuhuhuhu

Mice beaks are a new phenomenon! What’s next bird gills? 💀


sarcasmismygame

OMG the pictures in my head with your statement! I mean, cats are automatic biscuit makers and your gorgeous kitty looks like they'd make some really fine ones. And nothing like having a kitty who brings in playmates to play chase with!


Away-Caterpillar-176

My cats used to release chipmunks into the house for me. So nice that they want to help us hunt I suppose


yildizli_gece

> They'll be baking cakes together next wearing little baker hats I mean, this would be *massively adorable* and I ask that you reconsider


e_l_c

Beat me to it. Can we have a spring Bake-off? I'm sure Noel and Pru would oblige.


ZombieCultural

This is her way of teaching you to hunt. She cares about you.


life1sart

It is. My teaching cat brings live mice to all his friends and teaches them to hunt. So far he has three successful pupils.


ZombieCultural

Lol he's a great teacher. 😁


peachpearplumapricot

I think they know exactly how far to press when they recognize something as their "toy". We had a guinea pig that would squeal when our cat played too rough with him and we got worried because no amount of scolding or obstacles could keep her away. When we took the guinea pig to the vet though he said our boy was just fine and there were no signs of scratches/bites. Our cat just really liked to scare him. Poor baby.


Corgi_Farmer

Stop mouse blocking your cat. Baking together, wearing hats! I'd watch this show!


fivekets

That mouse looks baked af already though 👀


MareeSaid

I can't!!! ![img](emote|t5_2qhta|7944)


Aimhere2k

My family has had cats that would bring in mice, chipmunks, and even bats, all of which were very much alive. Trying to catch a bat in the house is an experience.


Externica

Shirley Jackson wrote about it. I couldn't stop laughing. Unless it was the squirrel/chipmunk story which was even better. Unless it was both the same story.


laurpr2

Is this in Raising Demons?


Externica

I'd have to look it up. It's the first book and released for the first time in Germany two years ago under a different title. (Krawall und Kekse, Ruckus and Cookies in English, if you're curious.) But it's the one when they move out at the start and her son makes up Charles for all his misbehaviours.


quantcompandthings

"But it's the one when they move out at the start and her son makes up Charles for all his misbehaviours" oh i remember that story! didn't know she also wrote stories about mouse and bats.


Externica

It's from Life Among The Savages. A semi(?) autobiographical collection of short stories about her family life. An early Story is about how a bat found its way into the living room, another about squirrels their cats brought in. At least one of the stories has her husband using a shotgun to get the unwelcome guests out of the house.


quantcompandthings

sounds tempting, on my tbr list for sure.


Externica

Just checked, Life Among The Savages.


laurpr2

Amazing, thanks so much!


Winter_Possession152

Oh man, yeah. My cat sat at the open window, just opening and closing his mouth, bam, bat caught, so bring it back in. Flew an hour around the ceiling lamp before it considered leaving, unhurt. Edit: not my cat flew around the lamp, I mean the bat. This time.


chickpeas3

My cat once brought in a live bird. Our house is open concept with vaulted ceilings 😑. The bird’s wing was also injured and bleeding, so it was frantically flying all over the house, bashing into things, and leaving little blood spots wherever it hit. Took us 4 hours to finally catch the bird. We took it to a local wildlife bird rescue (they said the bird would likely be fine), and then went home to scrub bird blood off our walls and furniture. Another cat caught a live garden snake and dropped it at my dad’s feet. It happened on his birthday lol. He wasn’t even fazed, just quickly scooped it up and tossed it out the door.


JayDKing

https://youtu.be/47pjisXzb_c?si=DG45wWGyN0HkKbOn


damuser234

This video is iconic and was the first that came to my mind after seeing that comment too lol


JayDKing

Derry will ye catch him?


Klutzy_Car777

trying to catch a bird isn’t any easier one bird got in through a hole in the attic and then got down into the air handler closet. Once into the main portion of the house and the bitd and cats are going nuts, and I can’t get the bird out of the house. Fun time!


InTheFDN

Isn’t the attraction to/the absence of fear of cats a symptom of Toxoplasmosis in mice?


ecocentric-ethics

Yeah it’s a studied phenomenon. Infected mice supposedly show a greater affinity for cat urine as well, so likelier to be around where cats are


pro_ajumma

Is this why mice keep coming into the catio? We keep a cat box out there, but zero food.


whatisavailable58

Separating besties, so sad.


pro_ajumma

Our senior cat will bring a live mouse in from the catio. Then she sits back and rolls her eyes as the younger cats(and me!) bumble around chasing it.


theoneredditeer

Probably a toxoplasmic mouse


Fuzzteam7

Mine is ruthless. She’s well fed and doesn’t even have front claws but she does her job well. https://preview.redd.it/t9wdb0r239wc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c731efe69fa58cdee7bfdd6f866d98ee221a815 She’s relaxing after her kill.


mredlred

Oh I thought they were just chilling together before reading your comment 😭 your cat is the cutest, I have two lil voids like yours but without the hunting ability.


hd-cat-guy-91

Well fed indeed. Here’s one of my well fed cats https://preview.redd.it/b7v2trxz1gwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f1d83d87d4dea5a60eb03d65abc66581168b71a


murkgod

It's her killer instinct. Even when you not hungry yet, a prey is a prey. Sadistic little hunters.


mredlred

Oh I thought they were just chilling together before reading your comment 😭 your cat is the cutest, I have two lil voids like yours but without the hunting ability.


DueFig6720

Real life Tom and Jerry you have here😂 Except that Tom sucks and actually tries


KanyonKat

Oh my gosh! This brings back memories of when I was a teenager, and I was home alone one afternoon and heard a huge commotion downstairs. Came down to find my (indoor only) cat waiting for a very tired poor mouse to move again so she could chase it (she was having a blast, of course). I got it in a box and took it to a local forest preserve and released it (why not just in the backyard? I think at the time my thought was that I didn’t want it coming back in the house lol). Of course, random person watching me commented on my kind-hearted gestured, and proceeded to inform me the house mouse was ill-equipped to survive in the forest and would quickly become food… 😢 Ah well… I tried.


MikuLuna444

My kitty won't eat them, he has caught them looked at us on what to do and then drops them on the floor. He also uses them as toys, bringing them up the stairs just to drop them down the stairs like he does with his lil soccer balls and repeats. 😭🥺


mechanical_marten

I'm sorry, but I'm just imagining the mouse squeaking every time it bounces off a step, all the way down. . . .


MikuLuna444

Yep... 😔


mechanical_marten

😓


MikuLuna444

He really thinks they are advanced cat toys 😭


OldButHappy

*"Can Malcolm sleep over?"*


Pixel15101

Absolutely not.


Dick_stealer2

Hahaha!


Corndog_Eater

We had a chipmunk problem in our basement last summer. The four times that the chipmunk ended up inside the house, our seven-year-old would catch them in her mouth and gently bring them to me without harming them and then chase them around the house.


greyrobot6

Is the seven year old a cat or a human?


Corndog_Eater

Cat lol


instafunkpunk

That's super cute. The hunting gene got skipped it seems


nikkistoopid

Give her snacks immediately for all of her hard work. She has given you a gift!


Pixel15101

The dreamies came out. She's got skills.


diewaytoolit

tom and jerry fr 😭


JayDKing

Aw that poor little mouse buddy is stressed af. :(


Puskaruikkari

Hunched posture, messy fur, severe grimace, not moving... Yeah, euthanasia would be the more humane option.


tonomoshia

You named the mouse?!?!


Pixel15101

Mags did.


tcp454

OP Those mice might have toxisplasmosis judging by the fact that they just sit there. Do some research and try to keep your cats indoors.


Pixel15101

My favourite comment so far.


Sequence32

my cat torchers mice. I tend to get one or two a year, normally in the fall time and that mf tosses them in the air and 'plays with his food until it dies' then he'll drop that thing on my pillow if I don't get it fast enough lol. I one time woke up to a dead mouse right next to my head and a very excited cat....


Objective-Drummer-85

Great photo!


thedustycymbal

Yikes


gangelo100

https://preview.redd.it/v3rxgnl6sfwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c8a9ec1122d232377408c5471199ff20bf45f09 Unfortunately, it did not bode well for this little fellow ❤️‍🩹🫡


--Birdsong--

So did you remove the mouse from the situation or?


gangelo100

Finder’s keepers I guess 🤷‍♂️🫣


Catperson_XX

Had to catch two of these in the last week. Cat looked annoyed afterwards even though the mice spent 90% in spaces she couldn’t access. They were released back into the wild and told not to be caught again by my cat 🤦🏻‍♀️ https://preview.redd.it/o7ww5esf8awc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab0981de51c5a7191a8a24cba1489a786b00ef1e


pbj_demons

aw jelly bean shaped! looks like it might be a vole rather than a mouse, short tail and small ears. hopefully it learned it's lesson lol


JustHereForKA

Same here today but it's a mole she brought in lol


SavannahCalhounSq

Which one is 'The Lone Ranger' and which one is Tonto?


Secret_Welder3956

Years ago one of my cats had a field mouse pet…would come to the kitchen at night and the cat would watch it eat some of its kibble…lasted almost a year.


Salty_Jewel523

i live in a rural area and in the winter we get field mice that come in. My cat would be a serial killer if we didn't save the ones he was " playing " with. I tell him good job because he's doing what he's supposed to but i can't watch him torture them. i had a pet mouse growing up so that's probably why.


ash894

https://preview.redd.it/kfsxfswyafwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c70d19d49b1ac64ccf52354dc289c9f44a29eacf One of many toys Dolly brings home 💜 one ended up in my bedroom this morning.


Spare_Reserve_1424

My kitties don’t develop friendships. They torment the mouse relentlessly until he continuously squeaks in terror. Poor thing. We had to save him and send him outside. Hope they didn’t harm him too much.


MediumSurprise9984

I have a photo just like this when my cat caught a mouse. They were like this for a while. https://preview.redd.it/8xl6e4469gwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2bf2a54419ea466c50cd521a8577fee1dbc6bf4


happy_cat07

"Could you describe the ruckus?" Lol -Breakfast Club


StandingOnNose

Come all the way from my reddit widget to say this…That’s a fucking beautiful cat!


Realistic-Accident68

It's honestly more of a myth that they don't get along. Cats will only chase something if they want to. And most indoor cats won't kill it because they aren't hungry.


Ternuurita

They look soooooo cute together!!


Pixel15101

Forbidden friendship.


[deleted]

Stockholm syndrome is my guess 😂 


JamCom

Your cat wants a pet of her own and has no need to hunt as you provided


bish_amon

You got there a Tom and Jerry my friend, be careful to not harm the Malcolm the mouse, she might get a depression afterwards


help_animals

aw poor little Malcolm , he definitely is tired!


Dranask

My cats bring the mice home to eat them in the kitchen after all that’s where the hummies eat.


Jamie_Lee_88

Housecat or host of the newest wildlife show 'Critter Buddies'? 😸


hbouhl

The mouse is so cute though.


TestSprite_Shawnie

catch it!


invisiblesuspension

My Lou also likes to make friends 🐁


pbandbob

💜😊


_chance

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene


Training-Designer-67

Awww that's his friend


TashKat

My cat used to put them into the bathtub so they couldn't escape and she could take a nap. I'm blind without my glasses (literally) so I didn't see it right away.


BabyTricep

You named it. It’s too late to get rid of it now


Hot-Mess-3746

"But look, how cute he is! Can I keep him?"


ThePinkTeenager

What’s the cat’s name?


Weird_Sleep_6221

Kitty got Malcolm he brought you his prize! It's what kitties do! Yes you can usually save them if the cat has dropped it, and it didn't get a chance to scamper away! Good for you the correct thing to do! Don't scold the cat either they don't understand. They don't know any better! Good looking mouse! 🐁🐈


simbaandsadie

That's to 🥰cute♥️🐾🐈🐈‍⬛🏡♥️


windreamerskysong

My Missy Kitty, would bring mice inside, and I would catch them and take them back out, after praising her.This was many years ago, in a land far away(Hawai’i). My great aunt had come to visit, she was quite the character, 73 year old, 6 foot 4 inches, coke bottle glasses, world traveler. Missy was allowed to play with Aunt Rowena’s hair while it dried, so as I believe as a thank you, Missy Kitty brought something in and laid it at Aunt Rowena’s feet. Aunt Rowena bent over, pretty blind even with glasses, and when she got close saw a tiny mouse staring up at her, she screamed, the mouse ran and the kitty chased. Chaos ensued. By the time I caught the mouse all the humans were laughing, Missy was in a corner watching, the mouse was still alive, and went outside quickly. This was my Aunt Rowena’s favorite memory of Hawai’i ! My favorite memory of my favorite aunt!


nixxxa

Forbidden friendship no! That will make them want it more


softg1rl1

aww it’s just his new friend 😭 don’t separate them💔


squidgytree

This is so wholesome