Meredith if you’re in Elkton OREGON I will personally deliver to you my A-No.1-Dyed-in-the-Wool-Ace-Hunting-Feline. This cat single-pawedly has kept my barn completely free of all forms of vermin; he then took to the fields and graduated to gophers and moles. He leaves the birds alone. He leaves the wild bunnies alone.
First cat I’ve ever had that I cannot stand.
Oh - he’s gorgeous, well-mannered (purrs for cat food), learned to avoid getting burrs and foxtails in his lovely long orange coat, is neutered, does not roam, does not fight, can be carried up/down/sideways, loves to be brushed, stretches luxuriously displaying a flawlessly groomed belly and doesn’t even grapple your bare hand with his meat hooks when you succumb to the temptation to pet that silky fur.
He has this really unfortunate habit though. I mean, besides torturing his kill at length before dispatching - far, far more and far more cruelly than any cat I’ve ever seen before. What he does is, when the rodentia is finally defunct, he eats the head only and leaves the torso. Except he also unzips the underside of the torso to spill out the contents which generally are left right there alongside the corpse. Right outside the feedroom door.
This cat I cannot stand. Because of him, I have not been able to eat breakfast since - I can’t even remember when. I have told him how much I appreciate the enthusiasm in which he performs his career but would he kindly take the byproducts otherwhere. No such luck.
So - are you in Elkton OREGON? If so - this is your lucky day and you have yourself THE best feline hunter in the west!
