7/28/2006: Cat is glove thief - Page 3

DucksNuts · 07-29-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Slothboy

You haven't lived until you open the door and a cat runs in from outside in a panic with huge bird wings wrapped around his head. It happens so fast there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can almost hear the cat yelling, "Backup! I need Backup!" Then he lets go of the live and pissed blackbird inside the house.

The dead mice on the doorstep I could live with. The Alfred Hitchcock re-enactment I could do without.

I laugh everytime I think of this, my cats do exactly the same thing.

Except last year I had a half grown pissed Tiger snake let go inside. Something you just dont want to mess with.

Target · 07-29-2006, 10:47 PM

My kitty Boots is a known serial killer in the insect community. He guards me from arachnids when I sleep. He knows no fear.

Wombat · 07-30-2006, 06:05 PM

One of my cats loves Post-It notes. He jumps to pull them off the fridge and then he "chases" them all around the house.

Leah · 07-30-2006, 07:23 PM

My mother had a Russian blue cat who did the same thing. Rajie would bring home freshly cooked meat (we don't know where he was stealing it from) T bone steaks, sausages, chops, chicken all kinds of BBQ meats. Some of them still hot from the BBQ. He would place them at the foot of my Mum and Dads bed. They came in at all times of the night. My other cat Kimberley who lives at my parents place, brings home rats with their head bitten off as a gift. Not a very nice gift to find early in the morning when you are eating breakfast.

Jabbly · 07-30-2006, 09:53 PM

My Douglas is a fussy little fella. He doesn't like food that involves a lot of chewing - he prefers to chase a bite size piece of steak around the house then eat it. He has a weaknesss for junk food, especially cheesels (much the same as me

) . He was a stray kitten and very skittish when we first got him, so he used to hide in my room whenever we had visitors. But he alwas crept out when he smelled the cheesels!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-30-2006, 10:27 PM

If our cats caught a mouse in the house, (or sneaked one in) would always leave them outside the door to the darkroom. That was the only room in the house they weren't allowed in. Bribe?

BrianR · 08-01-2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Target

My kitty Boots is a known serial killer in the insect community. He guards me from arachnids when I sleep. He knows no fear.

Technically, an arachnid is a spider (8 legged) and an insect has only six legs. Different genus you know. But they are all bugs.

Flashback to biology class omitted for brevity

Just clarifying because no one else has, yet.

Brian

CharlieG · 08-01-2006, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

Technically, an arachnid is a spider (8 legged) and an insect has only six legs. Different genus you know. But they are all bugs.
...snip...
Brian

Nope - not bugs at all - "Bugs" are of the genus Hemiptera - having forewings with both membranous and hard portions

The are nectar drinkers

So most "Bugs" are not BUGS

BrianR · 08-01-2006, 08:47 PM

Bugs are whatever I deem them to be.

Wings not required, I will cheerfully label crawling things bugs even if they are not.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-02-2006, 03:55 AM

Bugs has long ears and usually a carrot.

07-30-2006, 06:05 PM	#33
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	One of my cats loves Post-It notes. He jumps to pull them off the fridge and then he "chases" them all around the house. __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

07-30-2006, 09:53 PM	#35
Jabbly Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 6	My Douglas is a fussy little fella. He doesn't like food that involves a lot of chewing - he prefers to chase a bite size piece of steak around the house then eat it. He has a weaknesss for junk food, especially cheesels (much the same as me ) . He was a stray kitten and very skittish when we first got him, so he used to hide in my room whenever we had visitors. But he alwas crept out when he smelled the cheesels! __________________ If you knew me at all you would know that I reserve the right to completely contradict myself

07-30-2006, 10:27 PM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If our cats caught a mouse in the house, (or sneaked one in) would always leave them outside the door to the darkroom. That was the only room in the house they weren't allowed in. Bribe? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-02-2006, 03:55 AM	#40
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bugs has long ears and usually a carrot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-29-2006, 10:47 PM	#32
Target Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 10	My kitty Boots is a known serial killer in the insect community. He guards me from arachnids when I sleep. He knows no fear.

07-30-2006, 07:23 PM	#34
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	My mother had a Russian blue cat who did the same thing. Rajie would bring home freshly cooked meat (we don't know where he was stealing it from) T bone steaks, sausages, chops, chicken all kinds of BBQ meats. Some of them still hot from the BBQ. He would place them at the foot of my Mum and Dads bed. They came in at all times of the night. My other cat Kimberley who lives at my parents place, brings home rats with their head bitten off as a gift. Not a very nice gift to find early in the morning when you are eating breakfast.

08-01-2006, 08:47 PM	#39
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Bugs are whatever I deem them to be. Wings not required, I will cheerfully label crawling things bugs even if they are not.

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