Smokey was a grey-striped cat. He was given to our daughter as a companion or pet when we moved to the little cabin on Tanager. He became an excellent mouser but he was very gentle with those mice or chipmunks he caught, considering them pets or playmates, not dinner! He would EAT nothing but the special dry cat food from the Vet!!
One day after noticing telltale signs I set the mouse traps - after putting Smokey to bed on his fluffly pink towel atop the washer in the bathroom and closing the door. Next morning we had one dead mouse. However, the stupid cat started “guarding” the arm of the sofa? He must have been part pointer because he only left “his post” to eat!
After a few days of his strange behavior my curiosity got the better of me and I slit the upholstery behind the pillows and then even I could hear the mewing sounds of the three little mice!! Momma Mouse had delivered them in the hideabed ( all the bedding headed for the washer@! ) then she found a SAFE place to leave the three baby mice – the wooden frame at the base of the arm made a perfect “playpen” and Smokey the cat was the babysitter.
Three blind mice, Three blind mice,
See how they run, See how they run.
They all ran after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life AS THREE BLIND MICE. *
Smokey, we need you!! We acquired some hitch hikers while parked in the “perfect place” in a grassy field beyond the barn for five nights with water and power!! We caught two in our newly acquired mouse traps, but I was awakened last night by my husband knocking on the wall as the three blind mice were playing and making too much noise!!
How long does it take for three blind mice to starve? Hopefully, the mouse bait made it into their systems before we caught the parents and it will be quick!!
ADVENTURE CALLING, AS WE GO FORTH TOMORROW!!
*I got them out with a pair of tongs and tossed them outside to fend for themselves or be lunch for a predator.
