"Buerste" wrote:

Late one evening as I was doing the walk-through and noticed the cats
crouched on the back of one of the forklifts intently watching a small crack
at the bottom of an overhead door about 4 feet away. As I watched, one of
them pounced on a mouse that was entering through the crack. Upon a closer
look I noticed a sprinkling of dry cat food by the crack. No WAY! Were the
cats baiting the rodents? The next day I find out that one of the
production guys had noticed the same cat-act by the door and ramped up the
fun with the bait.

Damn, you have Machiavellian cats. Most cats have a bit of Niccolò but yours must be in
the direct line of heredity leading to the ones he held on his lap and petted.


Now that the girls are getting older, it seems they sleep all day (when
they're not eating) and entertain themselves all night. I'm actually
surprised that there still are some mice within a thousand yards of the
building. We do have a flock of pigeons and they are WAY to smart for the
cats. I think the cats have given up even trying.

I've had a number of cats, some mine, some shared in marriage over the years. Most of
them just sat there looking at birds though the window, quivering and salivating. Frisky,
a cat from the late 60's early 70's could get a bird though. Mom didn't like it much
waking up with a dead bird in bed with her though.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller