Rats And Cats

[poliphilo]

Here I am trying to simplify my life and along come things to complicate it.

Rats for instance.

Ailz bought the rodent repeller and we've had it squweaking for 24 hours. I think it's having an effect.

And then Matthew turned up and he and Julia had their terriers rummaging through the undergrowth. Something fled like an arrow.

So I squared up to Ailz and said, "Look, you know you want a cat and if you push for it now I'm not going to put up any resistance. If I were you I'd move while I had the chance."

So tomorrow lunchtime someone from Celia Hammond's Animal Trust (CHAT) is going to come and check us out with a view to rehoming a couple of her ferals. Perhaps it'll be Celia herself (swoon).


Random picture of Celia with a hep-cat

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

I'm not a cat fancier, but if they have to exist they might as well earn their keep. We have a few semi-ferals in the neighborhood, but they don't do much for the rat population.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm not big on cats but I think they could be what we need to restore the balance of nature. As Matthew was saying this place would have had all sorts of livestock attached- including dogs and cats- in the days when it was a working farm.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee!!

(Mostly re cat, though I concede meeting Celia Hammond would be quite exciting too.)

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Cats would have been my suggestion. They are the best, IMHO. But, get rid of that sonic thing if you do. That can actually damage a cat's hearing, which makes them less effective as hunters.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose I should get my hopes up- about Celia I mean.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

These won't be house cats- at least I don't think so. They'll be true ferals- otherwise unhomeable- who'll live in the outbuildings and not want to have anything much to do with us.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

Right. Nature's most efficient killing machines. (And, also, the funniest). Cats are even better at hunting than they are laying about being fed, although most of them hate to admit it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We went through a phase of cat ownership. It furnished us with a great stock of amusing stories.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

TBH, the only thing I know about her other than the cat trust is that Donovan wrote 'Celia of the Seals' about her. But that's worth a fair number of cool points in my book.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

She's had an eventful life.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Nice acronym!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It is, isn't it!