I think a cat has adopted me -- Day 3

[manimal]

how do you know its a cat? Could it be a disgruntled ferret?

Those are the worst kind.

 

[Muse]

Zombie cat wants BRAINS! You can have the rest.

There is a pattern here. Notice that today's and yesterday's rats both have the heads and forefeet removed.

Hmm.

how do you know its a cat? Could it be a disgruntled ferret?

Those are the worst kind.

I haven't heard of ferrets around here, cats, however, are very common.

 

[Charmonium]

There is a pattern here. Notice that today's and yesterday's rats both have the heads and forefeet removed.

This is easily explained by the following graphic.

 

[Muse]

This is easily explained by the following graphic.

Can you hum a few bars?

 

[Charmonium]

Can you hum a few bars?

It depends mainly on your pain threshold. :whiste:

 

[preCRT]

My cat used to leave head/brainless chipmunk bodies laying on my front walk. She was quite the epicure, only devouring the best parts.

 

[Murloc]

try leaving the door open and see if the rats start appearing inside the house.

 

[Muse]

try leaving the door open and see if the rats start appearing inside the house.

Why would I want to do that? There was a time I did that and a certain cat took to wandering in my house, tentatively.

Well, this morning there's no rat-on-the-mat. Last night, after darkness fell, that 2nd rat was still there.

 

[John Connor]

Around 2 months ago I found about 1/2 of a small animal in the center of a mat I have out on the patio, a bird I think. I think there was a hair ball, too. Later in the day the remnants of the animal were gone. This morning I went outside and found this on the same mat (I practice my golf swing over that mat):

This is a pretty big rat. I like cats. Maybe it will repel the squirrels that in years past have ravaged my kabocha squashes.

LOL! I have had all kinds of cats come to the house and I took care of one that was a Maincoon with double jointed paws and was a damn good hunter, but never left anything on the patio. I feel left out.

If the cat really killed a rat of that size and didn't just bring you an already dead carcass, that's a bad-ass cat. You better hope it wants to be friends and is not leaving you an intimidation message. If it's claiming the mat for its own, let it go and welcome your new feline overlord.

New movie idea: Attack Of The Cats!

 

[IronWing]

New movie idea: Attack Of The Cats!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPe3f5Kb3s

 

[John Connor]

LOL!

 

[SP33Demon]

More pics nao!

 

[KeithTalent]

Need pics of this mystery feline.

KT

 

[Muse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPe3f5Kb3s

I saw that movie when it came out (The Incredible Shrinking Man). IIRC, the guy was on a small boat at sea which passed through a mysterious fog-like cloud. This did something to him and basically for the rest of his life he endured a process where he shrank, maybe 10% a day until he was infinitesimal. Quasi science fiction.

 

[Muse]

More pics nao!

Nao = ?

Need pics of this mystery feline.

KT

I would like to see it, but I haven't seen anything other than a couple of dead rats out there since this escapade started. The last couple of days there's been nothing left on the mat, so I could only show you an empty mat. Maybe the feline decided, "well, if he's not going to eat those delicacies, I'm not going to bother leaving them for him."

The only cat I remember seeing in the yard the last several months is a good sized black one with white markings. It's not super skittish, but scrams slowly from the yard if it gets concerned about any possible proximity violation on my part. I'm thinking that cat is the likely culprit. Perhaps it has adopted more stealthy tactics in its hunting persona.

 

[Perknose]

I saw that movie when it came out. IIRC, the guy was on a small boat at sea which passed through a mysterious fog-like cloud. This did something to him and basically for the rest of his life he endured a process where he shrank, maybe 10% a day until he was infinitesimal. Quasi science fiction.

Quasi science fiction? Because shrinking only 7% a day after passing through a fog-like cloud is solid science?

 

[DaveSimmons]

[ ............ 5 ................ ]
[ Days without a corpse ]
[ Left on the doorstep .. ]

 

[Perknose]

Nao = ?

"Nao" is how us really kewl kidz spell "now."

 

[zinfamous]

hey Perk or whoever--who was the member that kept a spreadsheet of his cat's annual kill count and linked it in his sig?

that cat was badass. I wonder if he moved into OP's neighborhood?

 

[Ichinisan]

"Nao" is how us really kewl kidz spell "now."

Didn't think there was anyone left on the Internet that didn't know this.

Pronounced like this guy.

 

[MagickMan]

Good cat.

 

[Muse]

Quasi science fiction? Because shrinking only 7% a day after passing through a fog-like cloud is solid science?

No, it's ridiculous science. OK, let's call it fantasy based on a preposterously conceived physical phenomenon. It's kind of on a par with the movie of around the same era, Tarantula. That one, IIRC, had a spider exposed to radiation and instead of shrinking willy nilly, it grew willy nilly and the armed forces had to take it on in spectacular fashion. Sci-fi, OK, maybe not, depends on your definition, but sci-fi is usually based on bogus science at best.

"Nao" is how us really kewl kidz spell "now."

OK, I get it...

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. -- Mark Twain

or if you prefer...

I don't give a dam for a man that can only spell a werd one weigh