Little mousey fuckers have eaten all the stocking fillers

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One large Lindt bear
Four bags of chocolate coins
Two marzipan logs
One tube of smarties
Box of heroes
Tube of chocolate buttons
Tray of Reece’s treats
The cotton bag the coins were in

Little shredded bits of foil, plastic and paper all over the cupboard. Cat gives me a nonchalant look and goes back to sleep.

AIBU to fire the cat, go through all our food cupboards to check for recon mice and engage in all-our war with the little buggers?

get the poison out now

Urgh, that’s quite the infestation! How did you not notice until now?

Eugh sounds like rats

YABU as you have not posted a pic of the defective cat

Not sure which mouse elimination strategies are safest (whilst still being effective) when you have pets.

I don't, and use poison (as I'm convinced I'll have a finger off if I ever handle a snap trap). Get a dessicating poison unless you like the smell of semi decayed rodent

I keep presents in “the present cupboard” and only looked today as I was putting more stuff in. I’ve been adding bits and pieces for a while, but only got the Lindt bear on Thursday evening: he’s missing the top of his head, which is what caught my eye and led me to look at the rest of the stuff.

Ugh. Hope it’s not rats. I had heard some scrabbling in the night but sometimes the cat goes mad for a spider in our cupboards, which sounds similar.

Are you sure it wasn’t a bear? 🐻

Ms too busy to address rodent issues...

Don't use poison. If the defective cat suddenly decides to get involved, it'll regret it.

Snap traps well out of his/her way, sealed glass containers for snacks, clean everything to try and get the constant mouse piss off things, bin all unpackaged foods.

And tell the cat if it doesn't shape up, there won't be any kibble for Christmas because the mice will have eaten it.

I read your list to the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas.

What a gorgeous cat! If not a mouse-catcher. Traps, poison round animals could be a problem. If they die in your walls, they'll stink

That cat is obviously faulty but I’d be prepared to take her off your hands, to do you a favour.

elusive so did I! Now renamed the twelve mouses of Christmas

That's one good looking cat!

Not a good mouser, but good looking

MidnightCircus great minds think alike!

Are you sure you haven't been sleepwalking?

I’m just embarking on the check of the kitchen cupboards. If the buggers got upstairs then they’ve probably been at the stuff in the kitchen 😡

Not what you want to hear, and won't make you feel better, but she is a very beautiful cat.

Think of all the calories she's saved you!

Now there's a cat who thinks its Royalty! Look at that haughtiness.

More cats

Oh yes. She definitely has the look of a cat who feels mousing is beneath her

Exactky thenightsky she expects her mouses brought to her on a golden cushion.

Gorgeous cat.

DH says I am not allowed to fire bad cat. We will be having stern words and she will not be going to get a good report this term. She is aware of her own beauty and royalty, and is now washing, and giving me occasional side eye for writing about her.

DH has gone to the local hardware store, with instructions to buy anything legal, up to and including nuclear mouse warheads.

There’s nothing else for it; you’ll need a second cat.

Marzipan logs you say? Where might one find such a thing? Asking for a friend.

Box with a lid for all food packets (until the infestation is over).

Only store food packets in raised cupboards (not ground level).

Keep kitchen clear of spillages.