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Post by whollygoats on Jan 8, 2013 16:44:04 GMT
Last night, my geriatric demented arthritic fuzzwad, Hobbes, was inordinately enthusiastic and underfoot. I finally found out why when he managed to coerce me into the kitchen where, to my surprise, I found a mortally wounded mousie in the middle of the floor....well, to the side, as it was attempting to limp away. He set that right by returning it to the middle of the floor in an open announcement that he was upholding his end of the warm home with regular meals bargain. It was proof.
Of course, once he got copious congratulatory accolades, he went back to his heated bed with nearby waterer, leaving the then stunned and dying mouse in the center of the kitchen floor....hey, clean-up is not his gig.
So, there's life in the old boy still.
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Post by Kye on Jan 8, 2013 17:53:57 GMT
I'm sure he was proud.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 8, 2013 20:08:44 GMT
Tinker has only brought one animal back; a small bird that died a few hours later. One day, he came back with a screwdriver. If only he'd be so practical more of the time. Never found out who it belonged to... Some months later, Honey chewed up the handle!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 20:39:25 GMT
Well done that Overlord!
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Post by Moose on Jan 8, 2013 21:46:24 GMT
I told Merry off royally when he brought a mouse in. Wish I hadn't, now that he is dead . But he got lots of decent food, there was no need to torment rodents!
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 9, 2013 8:36:25 GMT
That's what annoyed me about Tink. I still don't know that he doesn't do that sort of thing if he goes out. He still comes back with big feathers some days.
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Post by tangent on Jan 9, 2013 11:55:58 GMT
Our cat came into the house one day with a coy carp in her mouth and proudly left it at our feet. We were not pleased. The next day she came back smelling of fish, realizing, I think, that we were not going to eat the fish she lovingly brought us. And the next day... and the next. Shortly afterwards, we noticed a neighbour's pond had been covered with a net.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jan 9, 2013 18:45:51 GMT
What exactly are you guys expecting? You have a cat. It's a hunting animal. And it's gonna go for something scurrying about or flying about if it can. Even if it is well fed, then it will do it for the sport.
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Post by Moose on Jan 9, 2013 20:05:01 GMT
Koi carp are valuable. I'd be deeply pissed off if I were tangent's neighbour
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 9, 2013 22:45:40 GMT
Here, the koi face risk from raccoons and heron, more than cats. Cats are rarely fishers...yes, I know there are some, they're just rare.
At the price of koi, I'm surprised the practice has continued with outdoor pools. I'd keep them under cover. Pampered fish.
I wonder how the Japanese Gardens, here in town, keep the herons out of their outdoor koi ponds.
Oh...and part of my rationale of having a cat in the household is for vermin control, particularly mice and rats. Considering he was living off the SQRLZ he could catch when he was living on the streets, he was good at it at one time. He has done well. He was paying up on the unspoken contract we have. Paying the rent, as it were.
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Post by Moose on Jan 9, 2013 23:27:08 GMT
and now enjoying honourable retirement
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Post by tangent on Jan 10, 2013 2:25:07 GMT
Koi carp are valuable. I'd be deeply pissed off if I were tangent's neighbour They probably were but, as RB points out, a cat is a hunting animal. Is that how you spell it?
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 10, 2013 7:15:18 GMT
I used to know a Koi Carp expert. He used to sell some for thousands of pounds. I think the two ends of the market are a long way apart and the cheap ones are significantly less expensive. Someone round here has some fish in their front garden that might be those (they look big enough, but I can't see properly without going in and I'm not sure that would be appreciated).
Either way, having your fish culled probably doesn't go down very well.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 10, 2013 7:18:02 GMT
Is that how you spell it? I think some people do spell it as "coy" but to me that just looks like a socially embarrassed fish!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 8:57:51 GMT
Our cat came into the house one day with a coy carp in her mouth and proudly left it at our feet. We were not pleased. The next day she came back smelling of fish, realizing, I think, that we were not going to eat the fish she lovingly brought us. And the next day... and the next. Shortly afterwards, we noticed a neighbour's pond had been covered with a net. Frank and I were both laughing about that when I told him! Must have tasted good.
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Post by tangent on Jan 10, 2013 10:05:21 GMT
They were quite small Koi Carp, probably costing about £5 each but we kept clear of the neighbour more out of embarrassment than anything else. But with the number of cats in the neighbourhood some other cat would have helped itself if Cleo hadn't.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 10, 2013 10:30:06 GMT
£5... and no chips?!?
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Post by tangent on Jan 10, 2013 11:02:36 GMT
I don't know, we didn't buy them.
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Post by Moose on Jan 10, 2013 18:45:44 GMT
koi carp are edible but I doubt they taste great. Freshwater fish aren't really my cup of tea
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 18:56:05 GMT
I don't think I've ever eaten a koi carp!
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 10, 2013 20:16:37 GMT
koi carp are edible but I doubt they taste great. Freshwater fish aren't really my cup of tea Yeah...I can see how sturgeon, trout, pike, bass and salmon might not agree with you.
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Post by tangent on Jan 10, 2013 23:38:14 GMT
Nor Cleo.
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Post by Moose on Jan 17, 2013 19:07:07 GMT
isn't salmon half fresh and half sea? Not a fan of pike or bass tho.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 17, 2013 19:34:09 GMT
isn't salmon half fresh and half sea? Not a fan of pike or bass tho. I don't know about 'half', but yes, salmon spawn, hatch, and grow to fingerlings in fresh water, then migrate to salt water for maturity, returning to fresh water (to the same locale where they hatched) only to spawn and die.
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Post by Moose on Jan 17, 2013 19:37:25 GMT
well that's what I meant
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