Caturday: The Great Mouse Uprising
Pest control came out and confirmed what we suspected—our house is hosting a full-blown rodent convention. Mice in the walls. One rat. And eight cats… who are absolutely scandalized.
These are street rescues. Survivors. Cats who once knew the wild. But when a real mouse scurries across the floor? They freeze. They flee. They look at me like, “You expect us to handle that?”
Except for Moo.
Moo is the Uncat. Moo doesn’t cuddle. Moo doesn’t play. Moo doesn’t socialize. But Moo does patrol the catio and adjacent room with surgical precision. No fuss. No hesitation. One swift zap, and the mouse is history. That space is his domain, and he keeps it rodent-free.
Try to bring Moo into the rest of the house, though? He wails. He trembles. He pleads to return to his post. Moo is a specialist. A one-room legend.
Meanwhile, the other cats? They adore toy mice. Plush ones, crinkly ones, feathered ones. They bat them across the floor with glee. They carry them in their mouths like trophies. But when the real thing appears? Nope. Not today.
The inspector is coming soon to plan the official eradication. Until then, we honor Moo’s service and forgive the others their theatrical terror. Not every cat is called to combat. Some are here for play.
Happy Caturday from the front lines of feline irony.
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