-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19  16:47 <=-

 >  > but didn't really properly hunt...  It did still work to chase 
 >  > them out of the house, though...  
 >  RH> Scared their tails off.  
 > Apparently.... and we did have another cat in the house that was a 
 > bit better of a mouser.... 
 > 
 RH> She can catch stuff?  One of mine was a hunter.  Not a catcher, just 
 RH> a hunter.

She could... she'd catch stuff as well as hunt it down... put the other
cats to shame, she did...   She also taught both of them how to groom
themselves, which somehow they'd missed on growing up...

 >  > I'll gladly have them around, but I'm not going to be their
 >  > slave...  
 >  RH> Or so you think. The cats have other ideas.
 > Around here, we agree to co-inhabit... They can have their ideas, 
 > but not all of them will come to pass... they will, though, have
 > food, water, treats and attention... mostly on our terms...  

 RH> Since there is more than one cat, you can get away with that.  With 
 RH> only one cat pesting, she can order the humans around.

A very good reason not to have an only cat...  (G)  The two we have now
came together, littermates supposedly.... and they do act as though that
was true... totally different dynamics between them than we've seen
between our previous cats....

ttyl         neb

... Frogs are smart ... they EAT what bugs them.

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