CAGE MATCH! Kitty vs. Fluffy

[muckefuck]

Brushing my teeth last night, I spotted a house centipede squirming around inside the tub. So I did what any responsible thoughtful pet owner would do: I went out into the hall, scooped the cat off the carpet, and lower him in.

As I suspected (I've seen him hunt these critters down before) he was immediately fascinated and began emitting a low threatening growl. But if I was expecting a quick and grisly end to things, well, let's just say it was less cinematic and more amateur videogame-atic. His technique consisted of staring at the thing for a while, then trying to pick it up with his mouth. But fluffies' bodies are small and low in contrast to their legs, so after a half-dozen attempts, all he had to show for this was a couple of appendages sticking to his whiskers.

At times, he seemed to look back to me for encouragement, so I'd scratch his rump a bit and he'd refocus on the prey. Repeat that at least three times, and finally you'll see him get the drop on the harried bug and leap out of the tub to crunch it squatting on the bedroom floor. Victory!

Comments

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

I always knew you had a dark seamy underworld side (rowrrr!), you bad bad boy!

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Our cats just stare at us when we try to point out centipedes to them. Since they're insectivores (the centipedes, that is; the cats are pretty useless at pest-eating), we don't really mind having them.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much fine with them anywhere except where I walk around in bare feet, and I'm not about to start wearing flip-flops into the shower.

[fidicinis.livejournal.com]

Na ja, Tausendfüßler ... Mein Kater brachte mal einen bereits verletzten Jungvogel. Stolz wie Oskar. Was sollte ich sagen? Gut -- mach schnell! Und das tat er.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Unser Kater macht sowas nie schnell. Er will immer seinen Spaß haben!

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

Back when I had a dog, I once showed her a cockroach, hoping she'd eat it. Instead she gently picked it up, carried it to another room, and put it down on the floor between her paws, and just looked at it.

I had to smoosh the roach myself.