Friday, September 3, 2010

Grasshopper Slayer

The situation with Minky going outside is going well so far.  I realize it only takes one time for something to go wrong though.  He usually only goes out after his dinner or a little bit during the day on the weekends.  A lot of the time he is outside he is just sitting on the table on the deck.  I'm good with that since he's outside and getting fresh air, but is out of harms way.  Minky is a hunter and wants so badly to catch something...especially a squirrel.  I like the idea of him having fun chasing things, but don't want him to actually catch anything since I like all the critters in the yard.  Unfortunately I saw him catch a grasshopper last night...I had to look away while he was eating it. 

2 comments:

Rebecca said...

Hahaha, my cats used to capture crickets in our basement, which was great b/c the chirping drove me NUTS. But they would leave them headless on the floor. It was like a parody of some gangster movie. Like a warning to all the other crickets who might wander into the basement ....

Patrice said...

Rebecca - now that you mention it...mine do that too, but tend to just leave the legs behind. I guess I'm only sympathetic to what I see.