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The saga of Stumpy
Apr. 2nd, 2003 09:00 amHave I told the story about Stumpy the three footed lizard? I don't believe so, but if I have, forgive the repeat. Stumpy lives on our patio behind the potted plants and is about 5 inches in length from snout to tip of tail. Or it was anyway. You see Kage, mighty huntress that she is, decided that Stumpy was her prey. Stumpy seemed blissfully ignorant of this fact, even after ending up in her mouth on at least one previous occasion.
It got away pretty cleanly the first time, but this last time luck was not with Stumpy.
I was puttering around the kitchen when I noticed Kage crouching in the backroom. Not sure if she was about to yak up a hairball I went out to investigate and noticed something squirming in her mouth. Being a cat owning veteran I figured out what was going on and grabbed her before she could take off with her catch and plunked her outside. Alas, Stumpy's tail remained in the living room. I pried open her jaws and out plopped the poor confused lizard sans tail and one foot. I winced, tossed the cat back in the house and coaxed the little lizard into movement. It didn't seem too inconvenienced by the loss of two extremities, and darted along the wall to it's hiding place in a hole in the corner. I put a nice heavy potted plant near it to give the poor bastard some cover and with any luck, an easy to catch meal of ants.
Kage spent the evening sulking and is still not on the best of terms with me I'm afraid, but I don't believe a "No prey items in the house" rule is too harsh.
On the snail front, the garden snails seem to have rallied and are brazenly oozing their way around my yard. I'm afraid to use any poisons for fear of harming the Killer Snails, so I'll probably go back to copper strips again. *grumble*
( Can't we all just get along? )
It got away pretty cleanly the first time, but this last time luck was not with Stumpy.
I was puttering around the kitchen when I noticed Kage crouching in the backroom. Not sure if she was about to yak up a hairball I went out to investigate and noticed something squirming in her mouth. Being a cat owning veteran I figured out what was going on and grabbed her before she could take off with her catch and plunked her outside. Alas, Stumpy's tail remained in the living room. I pried open her jaws and out plopped the poor confused lizard sans tail and one foot. I winced, tossed the cat back in the house and coaxed the little lizard into movement. It didn't seem too inconvenienced by the loss of two extremities, and darted along the wall to it's hiding place in a hole in the corner. I put a nice heavy potted plant near it to give the poor bastard some cover and with any luck, an easy to catch meal of ants.
Kage spent the evening sulking and is still not on the best of terms with me I'm afraid, but I don't believe a "No prey items in the house" rule is too harsh.
On the snail front, the garden snails seem to have rallied and are brazenly oozing their way around my yard. I'm afraid to use any poisons for fear of harming the Killer Snails, so I'll probably go back to copper strips again. *grumble*
( Can't we all just get along? )
