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I just stood on a dead mouse with my bare foot.

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Forwardthinkingturtle · 27/08/2024 07:03

I was walking downstairs half asleep. Cat had clearly brought in a present during the night. Mouse now resembles pancake and all my neighbours are probably awake due to the decibels of my scream. Have scrubbed foot until raw!

Poor mouse. Poor me. Bloody cat! It felt good to get this out Smile

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Lindy2 · 27/08/2024 13:21

Oh grim.

I've trod in cat sick and on a slug before. Neither are experiences I'd choose to repeat.

LoneHydrangea · 27/08/2024 13:22

Eep! I trod on a toad on the patio in my bare feet a couple of weeks ago. It made a pretty horrible noise. It was completely flattened and I thought I’d killed it, but bizarrely, it re-inflated itself and hopped off.

Catname · 27/08/2024 13:26

I tried to close the utility room door a couple of weeks ago and it didn’t “click” as normal. I looked to see what the problem was and realised a mouse had just had it’s skull crushed 🤢

I love my cats but not the things they bring home 🥲

Chemenger · 27/08/2024 13:37

Danceswithweasels · 27/08/2024 12:59

I once slid my hand under my pillow to flip it over onto the cool side only to find a live mouse sheltering from the cat. She was of the opinion that I was a lazy Hooman and the only way I would learn to catch my own mice was for her to bring them to me in bed 😐 she had to be PTS last week and I would even put up with bed mice to have her back.

My lovely little cat used to bring me live mice in bed every time I was ill. Nothing like waking up feeling rotten to find a little mouse staring into your eyes.

MadKittenWoman · 27/08/2024 13:39

We woke up one morning to find a live mouse sitting upright on our bed. Managed to catch it and release it outside. DH then went to put on the shorts he had had on the day before and left on the floor. He put his hand in the pocket to find a dead, hairless baby mouse.

Candaceowens · 27/08/2024 13:44

I'm pretty sure this warrants amputation.

henlake7 · 27/08/2024 14:19

Pets are such lovely creatures...
I got in from a long knackering nightshift this morning to find one of my dogs had had explosive diarrhoea and Jackson Pollocked the kitchen.😩
(she is 16 though so accidents will happen!).

78Summer · 27/08/2024 14:29

Poor you. I asked my 86 year old dad who is recovering from delirium to remove a pancake styled mouse the cat had left in the garden as I was screaming. I am in my 40s!

Ariela · 27/08/2024 14:33

Think yourself lucky it wasn't soft fluffy freshly laid dog poo. I was looking but still trod in it. Poor dog hasn't been her usual self.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 27/08/2024 15:22

Going to loo block at night in a French campsite.(I know, but "mummy I really really need a poo") and i trod on a toad. Poor thing was crying out and dh had to go and dispatch it.

BiggerBoat1 · 27/08/2024 15:25

LadySlipper · 27/08/2024 11:31

My son once did an entire driving lesson with a dead mouse in the toe of his trainer. He thought the tail felt like a shoe lace so he ignored it!

I’m sorry but this made me laugh out loud!

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Forwardthinkingturtle · 28/08/2024 19:15

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 27/08/2024 12:00

I ended up with a shrew in my shoe because of the bloody cat a few weeks ago. While I appreciated the alliteration, I did not enjoy trying to catch the flipping thing after it scampered out.

Nothing however beats what I stepped in a few years ago though. We'd been away for a fortnight over Christmas, come home to grim weather so no-one had gone out the back.

A few nights later DP is in the bath. I need the loo so decide to pop out the back to a bush (Yay, male privilege!). Barefooted, I step out onto the decking in the dark. A few more steps and "Squidge" I yell, do a gross hoppy dance and get my phone torch on, to find a cat in a state of decomposition in front of me. DP was most unhappy as I hopped into the bathroom, turfed her out of the bath and shoved my foot in there.

“A shrew in my shoe” 😂😂😂

Eat your heart out, Dr Seuss!

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Forwardthinkingturtle · 28/08/2024 19:18

Danceswithweasels · 27/08/2024 12:59

I once slid my hand under my pillow to flip it over onto the cool side only to find a live mouse sheltering from the cat. She was of the opinion that I was a lazy Hooman and the only way I would learn to catch my own mice was for her to bring them to me in bed 😐 she had to be PTS last week and I would even put up with bed mice to have her back.

So sorry for your loss 💐

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Forwardthinkingturtle · 28/08/2024 19:20

@Chemenger I would say it’s definitely grippy, especially due to the herringbone pattern - see close up of that. Brilliantly scratch-proof. The cat loves sitting on it still!

I just stood on a dead mouse with my bare foot.
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CloudPop · 28/08/2024 19:56

maslinpan · 27/08/2024 08:20

Nothing to do with cats, but I stood on a live bat once, barefoot.

Christ. That doesn't bear thinking about

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