I prevented a savage murder this morning!

My husband came and woke me up to tell me the cats were acting weird. (Yes, I thought that was an overreaction, too.) Got up to find them staring intently into the woodstove. Now, since there's very little usually going on inside the woodstove in June (it's been like 85 degrees around here), I also found this somewhat unusual. Peered in the window, and yup, there's a bird hopping around in there, covered with ashes and looking irritated. I opened the door and the little bastard sneaked out past my hand and flew squarely into the mirror on the wall. My biggest cat pounced at once, but it's not for nothing that humans have faster reflexes than cats. I managed to catch hold of his tail (luckily for the bird, he has a 17" tail) and yank him away from the stunned starling. I finally made my husband hold onto the cats to prevent slaughter while I cornered the confused avian and released it outside. The minute it was out the door, it took off like a shot, to land on the powerlines and cuss us out something awful.

My cats wandered around howling for an hour after that, wondering what Mom did with the really cool new toy they'd found.

I have them trying to nest in my stove every summer.

That's a hell of a way to wake up !!!!!
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When all of a sudden 2 pack rats came flying out. Both my inside cats ran the other way. Had to bring in one of my outside cats to take care of them.

I'd probably let them have their fun. I rank them right alongside mice and rats... :evilgrin:

other living creatures , and I know it is her nature

but I do not like it

but didn't want to risk having them dismember it bloodily on my leather couch! Cappy's a messy eater, it would have left feathers all over the house. So I freed the little feathered imbecile.

My wolves were going nuts in the backyard. They had treed a raccoon. I led the beasties into another part of the yard and prodded the raccoon down from the tree with a broom. It hissed and lunged at me once before scurrying away.

Timber said: "Ya shoulda' let me eat it!"

raccoons carry rabies and they're nasty! Do you get your wolfies immunized?