Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Mumsnet classics

Relive the funniest, most unforgettable threads. For a daily dose of Mumsnet’s best bits, sign up for Mumsnet's daily newsletter.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Original poster

Thug Cat part 2. What, has this thing appeared again tonight?

934 replies

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 12/12/2019 09:49

I hope the literary TC will not object to being referred to as a thing.

Link to previous thread
TC part 1

OP posts:
Thread gallery
203
nettie434 · 03/04/2020 23:10

a rattlesnake in her bedroom

Aargh - that is definitely scary.

NDN has quite a menagerie then Grumpy. Apart from TC (the apex of their pet pyramid), there are the 3 dogs, the corn snake and some fish. (you posted that marvellous photo of TC spread over the tank). No wonder your house is Cat Nirvana.

AnneKipanki · 03/04/2020 17:26

Is that her current partner?

purrswhileheeats · 03/04/2020 17:19

Oh, loving all the snake talk 🐍 My old boy used to drag a few in but fortunately not the venomous ones Hmm

A British friend of mine is stuck in Arizona and sent me a video yesterday of a rattlesnake in her bedroom Shock

Supersimkin2 · 03/04/2020 15:41

The snake should only fancy a mouse about once a week.

Maybe a faster vanishing rate explains why he's a little oversized. And why TC needs a safe, loving home. How can he relax when the snake's after his tucker?

And what happens to TC if the mice run out?

PS My cousin was sold his python by that bloody man at Crouch End who the council had to shut down. Luckily Snaky had the nature of an angel, even at 6m long.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 03/04/2020 13:17

Shudder....

I suspect that four cats would tell you about it if it was.

unless the lot of them are in it together along with the mysterious black and white cat and the dogs

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 03/04/2020 13:14

I wondered if the snake was going on evening foraging trips. Grin

OP posts:
YetAnotherSpartacus · 03/04/2020 12:53

Hang on is TC stealing food for the snake or from the snake?

An interesting neighbourhood you have there Grumpy.

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 03/04/2020 12:51

Well I think this interesting insight might solve the question of why the mice corpses have been disappearing from our front porch Shock.

OP posts:
AnneKipanki · 03/04/2020 12:08

Could TC be pinching mice from the snake ?
I have no idea what corn snakes eat .

Supersimkin2 · 03/04/2020 00:25

It's incredible how many tiny little beige corn snakes, barely the size of a pencil, turn into 20-foot gold pythons.

That happened to my cousin. The man at the Crouch End Pet Shop said it's eating dead mice as does it.

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 02/04/2020 23:15

@Supersimkin2
Yes they have a corn snake that is now over 6ft long (they are only supposed to get to about 5ft). Shock

OP posts:
Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 02/04/2020 23:14

Well spotted. Karl and Lenny were indeed named after the Simpsons characters - but they were named by Battersea not us.
Whereas Basil and Sibyl Sybil are, of course, taken from The Picture of Dorian Gray.

OP posts:
Supersimkin2 · 02/04/2020 23:12

Have they really got a massive snake @Grumpyoldpersonwithcats?

I really, really want a snake but Capn V won't have it. Maybe TC doesn't appreciate the exotic pet either.

purrswhileheeats · 02/04/2020 22:40

I love how Grumpy keeps providing pictures and tales of TC during these dark times (no pressure, Grumpy Wink)

I do need to ask though, are you not a Simpsons fan?

Fluffycloudland77 · 02/04/2020 17:49

Maybe TC trained the dogs. That’s why he feels comfortable being at your house so much.

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 02/04/2020 14:44

Who’s guarding Tc’s house while he’s guarding your house though

The three dogs? Or their enormous corn snake Grin

OP posts:
BovaryX · 02/04/2020 13:45

He's volunteering to help locals delivering food in lockdown!

Grin TC is being very sociable. He is looking quite chilled with the feline crew.....maybe entry to Nirvana draws closer.....

YetAnotherSpartacus · 02/04/2020 11:40

Where does Sybil spend her time? :)

Fluffycloudland77 · 02/04/2020 11:32

Who’s guarding Tc’s house while he’s guarding your house though?.

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 02/04/2020 11:22

Lenny was on the step and Karl was being the bonnet mascot.

OP posts:
YetAnotherSpartacus · 02/04/2020 10:44

Which one is on the car? TC looks like one of the gang there! Fake it till you make it TC!

AnneKipanki · 02/04/2020 10:42

TC King of The Castle!

Original poster
Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 02/04/2020 09:48

Front of house this morning following a brief run in with Lenny round the back.
Note cat on car bonnet.

Thug Cat part 2. What, has this thing appeared again tonight?
OP posts:
AnneKipanki · 01/04/2020 17:30

@ShadyAcromat

ShadyAcromat · 01/04/2020 17:21
  1. the Grumpy household has provided him with a scratching post yes your arm
  2. I bet if you swabbed the outside of that mouse for DNA it would not match TC's. He's just found it.
Swipe left for the next trending thread