The mousey saga at my sister’s house has come to an end, although neither Otis nor Roux did a single thing to bring about this resolution. 

The humans kept a bucket in the living room, with the intention of using it to catch the mouse in the unlikely event of seeing it scurrying around. Yes, I realise the absurdity of having two hunting cats in the household yet having to use a bucket to catch mice yourself, yet that was where we were at the time. In fact, we’ve been there many times, with many cats. It’s BEYOND idiotic. 

Anyway, one morning the humans just found the mouse, dead, in the bucket. No explanation, no signs of feline involvement, just that. Nobody has the slightest idea what happened.

So the house is, once again, sans souris. However, since Otis and Roux are the king and queen of bringing in beasties and setting them free in various parts of the house, how long will this last? 

Yeah, thanks for nothing, Otis.
Roux is fending off Idris, The Cat With The Human Face, but doing sweet FA about keeping the house rodent-free.

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22 responses to “En état de combattre, tous les jours et à toute heure (Partie 3) ”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Maybe the poor mouse starved to death! I think those cats are pensioners!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      The cats are about, erm, four years old. 😳

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        You can never retire too early!

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  2. cat9984 avatar

    Actually, Otis looks a little disappointed at the loss of his toy.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Nah, that’s his normal face. 🤣🤣🤣

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  3. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Are you sure the kitties didn’t have a paw in this? Seems surprising that the mouse just died conveniently in the bucket. As for leaving a mark, sometimes great feline assassins don’t. (I speak from experience here.)

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      I don’t suppose we can be sure of anything when it comes to cats!

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  4. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Maybe the mouse just died of old age.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      You mean waiting for them to get their act together? 🤣🤣🤣

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  5. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Just a casualty of old age ?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      The timing is coincidental, but could be?

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  6. curating happy avatar

    I had a hamster once who was an escape artist. I used to stack all kinds of things on her cage trying to keep her in it at night, because I also had, at the time, about four or five cats. I remember getting up in the middle of the night for a glass of water, going to the kitchen, and flicking on the light, only to see the hamster in the middle of the floor, wearing a “cheese it, it’s the fuzz!” expression, while all the cats were looking at me as if to say, “yeah, the hamster got out again.” I think a large percentage of cats have realized that they no longer need to pretend to be human helpers.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      You’re right, they’re all in it for themselves. They don’t care about helping us!

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  7. KDKH avatar

    So sorry. Our cats are stone cold serial killers and love the taste of mouse.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Could they kill one without leaving a mark, making it look like an accident or suicide?

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      1. KDKH avatar

        Perhaps. When they squeeze in just the right place for just the right amount of time….

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  8. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    This is good news for Otis and Roux’s human beings 🐭

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Well, ahem … Roux brought in another mouse just yesterday!

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Do you mean another alive mouse?

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      2. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        Obviously had to replace the dead one.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar

          So there’s a one-in-one-out policy?

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