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to think a dead baby mouse shouldn't cause a breakdown?

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 16:53

Got a lodger in May, a female teacher in her late 30s. Lovely person who said she had always had cats and missed them so would look forward to living with the 2 here.
huge garden which she loves and the cats obviously have a cat flap.
2 days ago one of the cats bought in a dead baby mouse it had killed.
I got rid of it and apologised and saidit happens only a few times a year as both cats lazy.
however lodger has had a complete meltdown, said she can't eat or sleep and is not able to concentrate at work.
I'm at a bit of a loss, I know it's horrid but not that bad for someone who has had cats?.
She now wants them.shut in the kitchen when she is home.
Much as I like her I think she would be better somewhere else?.
She has been crying and shaking Tec for 2 days?
Aibu?

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OhTheRoses · 13/07/2016 17:43

What happens when one of her pupils vomits I wonder Grin

BoudiccaAD60 · 13/07/2016 17:43

Oh dear... likes cats but has a fit over dead mice? What sort of cat lover is that? They go with the territory. As do maimed birds, frogs and the like. I suppose you could include that when next looking for a 'cat loving' tenant: "How would you react to a dead mouse???" Tiresome people... Sorry you've had to deal with this lunacy...

LizzieMacQueen · 13/07/2016 17:45

Maybe she is pregnant....

CrazyDuchess · 13/07/2016 17:45

Oh dear.... I don't think you have much choice but to issue her notice... locking away your own cats seems very unfair on them.

Ditsy4 · 13/07/2016 17:46

Wait till they bring a baby bunny.
One of ours brought a bunny unseen into the kitchen and put it under the dresser. A week later and some warm weather and what a smell. As we live in the country I wasn't sure where the smell was coming from...farm, drains ? As I washed the floor I put the mop under the dresser Envy it was disgusting.

RubbishMantra · 13/07/2016 17:47

Aah, the frogs KingJoffrey. I've only had one brought in, and the culprit must have put it in my bedroom, because I was alerted by the sound of what sounded like a screaming child, whilst he gently patted it as it hopped down the stairs. Bloody thing screamed at me while I was trying to rescue it.

I once found him playing with a still warm mouse. Not a mark on it, so I think he brought it in to keep as a pet, and "loved" it a little too much.

CrazyDuchess · 13/07/2016 17:47

Oh dear.... I don't think you have much choice in this situation if she is so clearly unhappy and stressed.

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 17:49

No not pregnant I briefly wondered!
No bf and thin as a rail aka angelina Joliet
Having a chat tonight to see what the best thing is, and will help as much as I can

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JanetStWalker · 13/07/2016 17:49

Where did the cat leave the mouse? On her pillow with a note saying "you're next"? If not, then yes a slight overreaction from your lodger Hmm

Bwhahaha Grin

whirlwinds · 13/07/2016 17:49

Wonder how she would have reacted to my old cat who brought home 1 squirrel, 10ish harmless snakes(she found a nest...), rats, mice and unlucky birds. My cat cleared the neighbourhood for rodents and anything small enough, sat back and retired after there was nothing left to hunt but other cats putting their paws in the wrong place. Don't really believe this woman has had a cat, they are hunters.

cozietoesie · 13/07/2016 17:49

Having indoor cats doesn't remove the issue, it only limits their opportunity. Many houses have rodents and if you have a cat who's a mouser..........

mimbleandlittlemy · 13/07/2016 17:53

Having had both cats and lodgers - I'd support the cats.

TwatbadgingCuntfuckery · 13/07/2016 17:53

OP can I send you a bunch of fake mice please? PLEASE? Grin

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 17:54

Thanks for others stories, yes that's the puzzle, a cat lover who has had her own cat moves in with 2 cats who have a cat flap to a garden, surely it would cross your mind if you were phobic to dead things?!

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CatNip2 · 13/07/2016 17:55

Is she ok with dead goldfish? as well as copious amounts of mice and birds and two rats we once had a very large gold fish deposited on the front lawn and a proud purry happy cat.

ElspethFlashman · 13/07/2016 17:55

True about indoor cats. We had a lot of "indoor mice" as a child in the skirting boards. They never stood a chance, bless them.

Beeziekn33ze · 13/07/2016 18:05

Like Euphemia said, it's nearly end of term! She really needs to get a grip.
Seriously, she very thin, does she have an eating disorder perhaps?

Once I was a colleague's lodger in a downstairs room. Found bits of red fur around. Her cat had brought in, dismembered, and scattered a squirrel, a red squirrel. I didn't even know there were red squirrels in the area.

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 18:09

Hi Beeze, I have wondered about the eating thing yes but I know it's not my business, rail thin and eats one small meal a day or as recently nothing at all, like a poached egg a day or a potato, I assume she must eat at school

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IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 13/07/2016 18:13

We've had live baby rabbits, a live mouse that took refuge in my son's school bag (serves him right for not hanging it up), dead mice, voles, a live pigeon (I was alerted by the banging noise of the cat trying to manoeuvre it through the cat flap and failing) and numerous other beasties. You cannot be faint hearted if you have cats that like 'introducing' new members of the household!

PS OP, I think you have one of my cats! Spitting image, down to the sleeping position!

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 18:17

Yes hogging the sofa with legs akimbo!

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Sunshineonacloudyday · 13/07/2016 18:23

She is a school teacher in her late 30's and she doesn't have a boyfriend. She gets stressed out easily and she eats child like portions. On the bright side she has no issues. I can't help you with this one but make sure you break it to her gently.

Why don't she move to an area that she can afford to live in?

bigtapdancingpimp · 13/07/2016 18:38

Love how these threads turn into 'Mine once dragged in an alligator/boa constrictor/baby tyrannosaurus rex' Grin

cozietoesie · 13/07/2016 18:41

It's not to do with the mouse at all. She's stuck in her flip now and can't get out.

Why did she leave her last place by the way?

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 18:53

She left her last place as it was much further from where she works?

When she came to see my place she was pretty stressed as I think she only had 2 weeks to find somewhere. I would say highly strung and a bit dizzy ( she woke me up to tell me the washing machine had broken as she had picked cycle and put detergent in but it wasn't working, I went to look and the washing machine door was wide open??!)

A sweet girl though and very quiet, I wonder now if she was in too much of a rush to move and said she loved cats but didn't think it through.

Had a chat earlier, she is going to look for somewhere else and when I suggested it she didn't take long to agree.

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deadmousesage · 13/07/2016 18:54

I don't know what stuck in her flip means!!!!!

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