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!