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gailcalled's avatar

Now that Milo has caught mouse #30 since July 1, what's a good reward?

Asked by gailcalled (54647points) September 12th, 2009

Oops. Make that #31, even though it was very small and wrapped in grass. It still counts, right? Diamond ear stud, wild salmon steak, bronze medal?

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teh_kvlt_liberal's avatar

Spam
I ain’t kitten, it’s good stuff

chyna's avatar

I have heard through the grapevine (Molly) that Milo is wanting a tattoo of a mouse at the base of her tail. Sort of like a “tramp stamp.” Not sure if the rumor is correct.

gailcalled's avatar

@teh_kvlt_liberal: The cat who would be king.

eponymoushipster's avatar

Get him fixed. He might appreciate the irony.

GeorgeWood's avatar

perhaps take it to the taxidermist, and have it stuffed with catnip…

gailcalled's avatar

@eponymoushipster: Too late, sadly. And I’m the only one in this household who does irony.

@GeorgeWood: Too late, sadly. We already have a little cemetery for little mice in the woods.

eponymoushipster's avatar

@gailcalled put ‘em in a rattle with some catnip. now THAT’S irony.

wundayatta's avatar

Perhaps you could let him catch more mice? Isn’t that reward enough in itself?

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

His own page at LOLCats? Give him a rabbit and let him prove his predator status once and for all?

Capt_Bloth's avatar

Try a snackpack. My cat goes absolutely insane when I even open one, they are his favorite thing in the world.

augustlan's avatar

If he would be king, let him.

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

@augustlan Milo would kill her if she dressed him up like that. Especially if she posted pics on the Internet.

rooeytoo's avatar

I think he would like a very discreet diamond ear stud, just like the Egyptian cats had.

Buttonstc's avatar

If you like crafts projects you could make him a lovely celebratory necklace from little mice teeth.

If you really want to impress him, you could also boil and bleach the bones to add into the necklace for a festive kind of “witch doctor” look.

Of course you’ll have to take a little sojourn out to mousey cemetery with a trowel….

But hey I’m not the one who decided to prematurely bury them all, now am I ?

I can just hear him singing now:

oo ee oo ah ah
ting tang wallah wallah bing bang

Oo ee oo ah ah
Ting tang wallah wallah bang bang

:D

YARNLADY's avatar

who counts the mice their cat brings in?

markyy's avatar

@YARNLADY Someone that needs 30 to complete a recipe?

Get that cat some cheese and traps, business cards and place an ad in the golden pages (give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime).

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

@markyy That is supposed to read “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll sit in a boat wearing an ugly hat and drink beer all day.”

I do like the business cards idea, though.

rooeytoo's avatar

GA @markyy – I could use him here on the bush rats!

gailcalled's avatar

Milo here; It’s an odd night. I find myself speechless, particularly after looking at Auggie’s post.

gailcalled's avatar

MIlo here; To vary things a bit, for #32, I brought in a juvenile chipmunk today.

Jeruba's avatar

Hey, M-kitty. I’ll be truly impressed when you bring in a moose. Have Gail take a picture.

Meanwhile I think she should put up one of those thermometer charts like they use for pledge drives to show your ascending progress against a goal of, oh, let’s say six hundred.

augustlan's avatar

Poor baby chipmunk. :(

gailcalled's avatar

@augustlan: Are you kidding? They have and do eat/en hundreds of crocus, tulip, squill, and other small bulbs. And that’s just in my fields.

@Jeruba; That’s a lot of mice, even for me. But thanks for the vote of confidence. xox M

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