Jul 09
I Hate Presents From Cats
(Disclaimer: Don’t read this is if you’re really squeamish).
I’m a dog person. My wife had a chance to change that with her cat Hermione, (whom she calls Kitties). But that chance has come and gone. It all started when I was awoken at 2am by a shadow moving besides my head as I slept. Turned out it was a freaked out rabbit the cat had brought in. Not too cool. Sometime after that, we found a severed rabbit head in our driveway. Not too cool.So this weekend I went to visit the wife and kid in WV. They went out there as part of my in-laws’ family vacation they take every year to somewhere on the side of a mountain with no cell phone reception where all you can do is hike. *rolling eyes* So anysvay I get back from “vacation” today, open the door and something just smells bad. As I pass through the doorway, I notice there are a lot of flies. I thought I had forgotten to take out the trash or something but of course my first stop in the house was to the computer to turn it on and grab all my mail. Well, not too long after this, I get thirsty and head into the kitchen for some water.
Once again - I catch a whiff of something not too money.I open the closet where the trashcan is and it smells, but not that bad. Not as bad as what I smelled when I came in the house. Furthermore, you’d think if it was the trashcan, the enclosed closet it’s in would smell PRETTY horrific. So I just kinda shrugged and started to leave and then it hit me again as I passed the kitchen table. I looked all around but nothing. No rotten fruit, no rotten meat, no anything…and then I looked below the table.
I hate presents from cats.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:47 am
MMM MMM nothing says loving like presents from Hermoine’s personal stash.
LOL I guess Hermoine was giving you a present. They do that with the “alphas” in their pack. My ferrets are natural born killers. Seriously they are obligate carnivores, and they cannot digest plant fiber. I feed them raw meat.
My ferrets will track something down and work as a team to take it down. Sometimes it’s me, lol. They’ve definitely killed a few mice that unfortunately, found their way into my house. I never saw them doing it, but I smelled their remains.
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Is your wife a Harry Potter fan? I’ve read all the books and am waiting/dreading the final version.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I used to have a cat that would do the same thing. Actually, he had to jump 3ft up onto the railing, then through a screen door, all with a live wiggling rabbit in his mouth. He killed it as it ran through our kitchen. All that on his own birthday. So in our case, it was his present not, ours.
Also, my dog brought a rabbit into the house once too, so cat aren’t the only offenders. In the case of my dog though the rabbit accidentally cornered itself.
In both incidents, we cooked them and fed them back to the animal.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:27 am
@Opal - Yeah, that’s what my wife says in regards to the presents thing. And interestingly enough, we had ferrets and birds at one time to -, in the same room and we were gone for a minute and they took the bird DOWN.
Oh, and as you guessed, she IS a HUGE Harry Potter fan. Being in WV right now is killing her right now too since she actually likes the movies as well (even though she says they leave out a lot). I’d like to get her comments on this (the cat) and that (Harry Potter) but I’m not sure she’s figured out the whole blogging thing yet. (#):)
@Apex - You really cooked them and fed them back to the animals?! Are you serious!?
July 9th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Thankfully my girlfriend is a dog person as I am. My dog brings pine cones and frogs into the house, but that’s about it.
July 9th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Hey Scot!-Thanks for visiting my little site! Yeah, dogs are money. Ours doesn’t really bring anything in but he’s a great “fetcher” and loves to get sticks of all sizes no matter where you throw him. He’s actually the one in the green version of this site!
July 9th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
That’s better than the gift the resident mice in my office left me this weekend when they literally pooped all over my desk. I might just print that photo out and leave it right on the keyboard as a warning to the little devils that try and use my desk as a potty again.
P.S. I heard that when a cat leaves you a dead animal, it means he love you.
July 9th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
@Angela - Better yet you should leave a land of sticky notes or glue traps so when you come in to work you can get right down at their level, look them straight in the eyes and as the camera zooms in on you say, “Hey mice - STICK around.”
And on the cat/dead animal thing, that’s what the wife told me. But it really could all be an elaborate ploy to make me like the cat. Wait-What’s this? Oh yeah, I DON’T LIKE THE CAT.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I’m not a cat or dog person. I like cats and dogs in pictures though. Especially those black and white ones with gorgeous dogs in it. :D
July 9th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Why don’t you like dogs? I mean, I can obviously understand why you wouldn’t like cats. But dogs are great! Especially the right ones! I defy you to meet our dog and tell us that he’s not the best thing on four legs. *nod*
July 9th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I love cats when I had them they were indoor cats and really lazy to boot so never had to handle cat gifts.
PS:I am a huge Harry Potter fan as well - so dreading and looking forward to the release of the new book
July 9th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
@Magus - Harry Potter! Harry Potter! I’m gonna have to have a Harry Potter post on here sometime aren’t I? Maybe the wife would make a comment if I did. (#):) I’m sure you and Opal would!
July 9th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I don’t know, Bush. Cats aren’t so bad. A little mustard on the side, a light salad….mmmmm. ;)
July 10th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Ha ha! That was the late night laugh I didn’t even know I needed. (#):)
July 10th, 2007 at 11:53 am
This is the wife, it’s spelled Hermione, not Hermoine. And I do love Harry Potter, but I actually didn’t name the cat, she came from the shelter already named. Anyways, I love cats.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Funny thing was, I actually looked up the name on the internet. Which means: I’m not the only one who doesn’t know how to spell that name. (#):)
July 10th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
When I was just a kid we used to have this one cat that had a knack for sneaking little presents into the house undetected. One day we returned home to find feathers EVERYWHERE. The darn cat tore some poor little bird to pieces. Not a very nice gift =/
July 10th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
So are you a cat guy, dog guy or neither guy now?
July 10th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I don’t mind either, but I don’t have any pets right now. I’ve had both dogs and cats in the past though :)
July 10th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I actually was pretty vehement in getting the wife to stop getting pets right before we got married. … Not soon after she got a dog and a cat. Needless to say, I failed.
Thankfully though, Fiyero the dog is just fantastic. The cat though is just BAD BAD NEWS.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Wow, pretty disgusting Bush. I’m a dog person too.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Ewwwww.
July 14th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
@Listikal - And that’s why we’re friends.
@Tish - Imagine how I felt.
July 29th, 2007 at 3:31 am
[...] and Aminamals It may not sound like it at times with my best friend the cat, but I’m very much an animal person. Ever since I can remember I’ve been around dogs. [...]
July 29th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Since I am not allowed outside (wretched Karen), I do not get to hunt. It is quite a shame. I do get to hunt the occasional tree roach or lizard which gets into the house. Other than that, I am limited to hunting stray socks which come from underneath the bed.
– P
July 29th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
@Penelope - Even though I don’t particularly like cats, you seem to be a nice enough one, so I’m sorry you’re not allowed out. But look on the brightside - this way you won’t get worms trying to kill and eat every poor defenseless aminimal hip hopping across your path. (#):)
November 27th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Awe… your kitty loves you. Its a lovely sign of affection, although we don’t like the gift as much as they do but it’s the thought that counts right? ;-)
November 27th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
@Talina - I don’t even know… Maybe if the thought was alive… (#);D
August 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Maybe if you keep your cat in the damn house you wouldn’t get “presents.”