My 15 year old cat

[Harley Chick]

brought me a "present" at 3:30 this morning. She was crying in the hallway, not her normal cry but a muffled meowing noise. Next thing I know she's jumped up at the bottom of the bed (which is difficult for the old girl to do), still crying. I figure she's hungry, so I get up, walk to the bottom of the bed, pick her up and notice a "blob" on the bed. It took me about a half a second to figure out what it was. I scream at DH to get up, hit the light, and there it is - a DEAD MOUSE. I tug on the covers to move it a little, and it flips itself over, runs to the footboard , jumps on the floor and runs under the dresser, with the cat and 2 dogs in tow. After getting the cat and dogs out of the room, DH gets a broom, a wastepaper basket and the dog's pillow and we manage to get it in the basket, cover it and take it outside. I can't believe my half crippled, half blind, totally deaf cat was fast enough to catch a mouse. I'm so glad I got up before she had a chance to get to the TOP of the bed and leave her little gift on my pillow.

 

[Big V]

What a wild night you had!

 

[winniedapooh]

LOL ahhh the joys of parenthood, with pets of course! Nothing better than some half dead or still living animal dropped on you or near you while you are in a dead sleep to make you appreciate your pet! My favortie is still the time I stepped outside my door in my pj's and got assaulted by a million feathers. I never knew birds had that many feathers and that my kitty could smile, lol!

 

[doxdogy]

I can't begin to count the "little" gifts that either the cat or the dogs have dragged into the house. Thankfully, DH has found them before I did.

 

[liznboys]

I've had a very similar thing happen to me!!!...

I was housesitting/pet sitting for some people back when I was a teen. So I slept at their house. They had 3 cats (who were allowed in or out) and 2 big dogs. Anyway, I slept on their couch, and one night one of the cats was crying at the door to come inside. So I get up, half asleep, let her in and fall back on the couch to sleep. Next thing I know she's practically sitting on my head and meowing like crazy. It's dark so I can't see much. I get up and turn the light on and there is a dead shrew (or is it shru?? lol) sitting on my pillow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I just about jumped out of my skin!! I couldn't even move for a second, it had to sink in I think. lol Poor cat was just trying to show me her prize! Well, once I got ahold of myself, I picked up the pillow and used it to toss the shrew in the trash. I kept the cats INSIDE the rest of that weekend.

 

[Cruisin]

She was only trying to share

Aren't kitties fun?.

I am glad that your old cat is still able to experience the joy of catching something and sharing it with her "people"

 

[Dan Murphy]

 

[Jeanny]

don't you just love it when they show you what they've caught??