Noes! I are not fudz!

[andygates]

Meet Halfpint the mouse.  Halfpint was brought in by the cat last night and fled under the freezer.  With nothing to do today but stir-crazy house cleaning, the little fellow was discovered before Bel got her claws into him.  Or her.  How do you sex a mouse?

Halfpint's proper name is Apodemus, which is a suitably grand name for such a small critter.  I'm pretty sure it's an adolescent field mouse: the long tail and huge back feet give it away.

Now, here's a dilemma.  What to do with Halfpint?  Vote now!

• Make it a little mouse house away from the cat, he's so cute. 
  
• Feed it to the cat.
• Crush its vermin head under my boot-heel.
• Let it go somewhere a way away.
• Hideous experimentation, possibly involving recipes.

Comments

[flitljm.livejournal.com]

Definitely a baby but doesn't need cossetting indoors and you know the cat will only lie in wait.

Let it go more or less where puss found it? I have seen fieldmice running around in the hawthorn hedge at the bottom of the garden. Admittedly they were running away from me, but a bit of thickettiness near long grass could work.

About 1/3 of the time I reckon the cat catches the same prey again after release.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It's 3 out of 4 here, I'll let it go somewhere farther away. From the enthusiasm that it's showing for a pinch of seeds, I think it was drawn by the bird feeder's sheddings. Less bird-food, more mouse-bait!

[despaer.livejournal.com]

It's a wild mouse. Let it go and if the cat gets it again, let the cat have it. Remember, if the cat scores that's one less mouse chewing up the insides of your flat and weeing on your carpets

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Vermin has been let go on the green, which I hope is far enough away to stop it coming straight back. The cat is sleeping. Ssh!

[andygates.livejournal.com]

The hunt is on! The mouse was just hauled back in...

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

likely either a very stupid mouse, admittedly their brains are small, or a different one from the same ... brood? liter?

starvation vs death tough call for that small mouse head.

[fox-uk.livejournal.com]

In one post you're complaining about being striken down with a horribly contagious disease. In another you are playing with a wild mouse.

Maybe it's the hunter in me but I say put your boot heels to work.

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

Wild rodents are not the resevoir for norovirus. :P

other terrible nasties yes. Stomach bug from hell no.