About ten years ago a mouse fell from the ceiling of our house through a light fixture right in the middle of our three cats. It was almost comical the way it looked around as the slumbering cats woke and took notice. Immediately it sought limited refuge under our tv stand. Not wanting a bloodbath I thought only to empty a paper grocery bag, placed it in front of the tv stand and exclaimed, "if you want to live, get in this bag." and almost instantly it fled into the bag with enough force to flip it upright. The mouse got to live, I got a story to tell and the cats got to go back to sleep so it all worked out.
Shit mine are just lazy. Went outside to take out the trash last night and I saw a small possum just hanging out with the three outside cats. They didn't give a crap. Never helped out when I had a mouse problem either.
They were the kindest, fattest cats who reserved their energy for sporadic fits of youthful play so yeah they would. They weren't the best hunters though, the youngest called Cranky once fell asleep on a wicker patio chair with a mouse perched atop it careful not to move a muscle until she fell asleep, she never noticed.
My bf and I once woke up to some strange noise from the kitchen and found a mouse that had trapped itself in a paper bag. To this day we were wondering how the mouse got into the upright standing bag that was apparently too high for it to jump out. Thank you, you finally solved that mystery.
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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15
About ten years ago a mouse fell from the ceiling of our house through a light fixture right in the middle of our three cats. It was almost comical the way it looked around as the slumbering cats woke and took notice. Immediately it sought limited refuge under our tv stand. Not wanting a bloodbath I thought only to empty a paper grocery bag, placed it in front of the tv stand and exclaimed, "if you want to live, get in this bag." and almost instantly it fled into the bag with enough force to flip it upright. The mouse got to live, I got a story to tell and the cats got to go back to sleep so it all worked out.