To lock her in the living room

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Cat just woke me up playing around on the floor of the bedroom. She has a selection of small feathery toys to "hunt" so I assumed that one of those was her victim.... until I realised I needed the loo so got up and noticed that no, she was tossing around an actual fucking mouse. Aargh.

So I stumble to the kitchen to get a carrier bag to dispose of said rodent, and buy it from her with a few of her favourite treat. At which point the bloody thing miraculously comes back to life and legs it in the direction of the living room.

It's gone under the sofa which is far too big and heavy for me to lift to flush it out.

So I've locked cat in there with it. I can't deal with this at 5am. She can bloody well finish the job and let me sleep.

I'm going to feel guilty about Mr Mouse now aren't I. And depriving madam of her morning snoozles on my bed. Bloody cat :-(

You'll regret it when you have a carpet and sofa covered in blood and guts when you wake up in the morning

I say this as a cat owner who on many occasions has had to deal with the messy and unpleasant aftermath of cat.v.rodent

My cat is currently yelling at me while I feed dd. Piss off it's not time to get up yet! I feel your pain.

Can you not lock her somewhere else and let mouse escape?

I think Mr Mouse has got away.... no sign of him this morning. Even looked under things with a torch. There's a small hole in the fireplace so I think he must have got back into the walls through there - fingers crossed he's learned his lesson and gets the message back to the rest not to bother round here! Madam was just asleep on the sofa this morning, looking like butter wouldn't melt. just hope she hasn't stashed the body somewhere

She's now plotting revenge on you OP....

Be careful mr mouse isn't in fact burrowed in the sofa. My brother had a whole family in his sofa once and was oblivious until the cat went nuts and started killing babies.....
He is still traumatised

I came home once to discover my cat and a mouse curled up on the sofa. The cat on one seat and the mouse on the other.
They were both very put out when I caught the mouse and put it outside.

Urgh. I have just been put off the idea of EVER owning a cat!!