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?

@ElfrideSwancourt yes she has a shocking attitude , like a petulant 2 year old.
She talks to you ( a lot ) and sometimes it sounds like a baby crying in pain and she has very distinct meows for different things.
Her meow for dreamies is like nails down a blackboard.
She's an evil genius and has us all whipped!

Mine survey mice from on high. They are absolutely useless

That picture is epic! My two can’t even be in the same room together! Are yours siblings?

I give you Mrs Lady Cat, an utter failure in the mouse-catching stakes as she has no actual teeth. She does love a nice spider, however!

This one is a bit more effective - she was crunching up some hapless rodent first thing while the other two sat and watched!

We have strange scuttlings in the roof but nothing is getting eaten, it's very weird. DP thinks it's squirrels - l want to borrow DSIL's wildlife cam to find out what's up there ...

SheepSocks we had a tortoiseshell+white (with a bib, four white feet ) .
We called her Jasmin (which was similar sounding to her old name but different enough)
We always give our animals a new name even if we know the old one .
New Name for their New Life .

You know they don't ever answer to their names , right ?
They recognise the tone and assume it means "dinner"

Your lovely Cat2B looks like a "Matilda" or maybe a "Minstrel" ?

"Carlotta", Sheep.

That cat is a "Carlotta".

I'm loving all of these beautiful cat pictures.
I would love another cat but my freeloading cat Bella attacks any cat that comes in our garden.
She's tiny but fierce and her best friend Stella the rabbit loves to attack any visitors also.
Especially nexts doors beautiful bengal, who just wants to be friends.
They've caused him some horrible injuries in the past .
Of course now it's winter they only go outside to do their business and then straight back inside to torment the humans 😂

I see DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn All is clear. Just checking there wasn't any inappropriate behaviour going on So lovely they get on together.

Sheep I see a Meryl or Marli

@UsedtobeFeckless whose bag is her Ladyship taking up residence in? Very proprietary, fashionista behaviour. What's next, Givenchy handbags? You need to draw a line. Now.

Apologies if it’s already been mentioned, as I’ve hurriedly skim read, lingering only on the lovely cat pictures - but are you sure it wasn’t the cat who ate the food? I have a cat capable of not only raiding cupboards and drawers, but of closing them behind her! Adorable little evil genius that she is has been banned from the kitchen apart from supervised mealtimes.

Thank you for the suggestions! Sorry OP for highjacking your thread. The names so far suggested at home for our stern headmistress cat @DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn are Mabel, Mildred and Marilyn Meow.

OP - a useless cat tale, my childhood cat was a very good mouser, ratter, pigeoner etc. We realised he was getting on a bit when he was found sat on the edge of the pond sunbathing as a rat did swimming laps up and down the pond. The cat was a magnificent creature and is missed dearly.

@FizzyIce

There's no messing with your cat! He'd kill them with that stare alone!

At least FecklessCat is in a proper handbag...our female cat takes in residence in a Tesco Bag For Life ........
I suppose Cats Are For Life too

The redoubtable Mrs L is roosting in my overnight bag here but she'll sleep on anything bagish - even DS's LARP holdall ( which suggests her sense of smell isn't all it should be either )
Here's one of her asleep on my work bag ...

sheepsocks - She's actually called "Cranberry". My 4 year old DD named her when she was given her, as apparently DD's most favourite things to eat are Cranberries and apparently Cranberry is "so gorgeous I could eat her".

Never argue with a 4 year old!

Sheepsocks - Mabel is a good name. We have a tortie called Mabel too...

Thank you @QueenCranberry - an excellent taste in names you have!

I’d get the pros in to fill all the holes in your house.

@itsnearlymorning definitely Siamese then!

Nothing to add but I feel your pain. Last Christmas, mice ate the chocolate * in the stockings as they lay under the tree on Christmas Eve night!*
One year I bought some marrons glaces for my husband's and dad;'s stockings. Couldn't find them, and thought I'd gone mental. I bought some more, and my SIL woke up in the middle of the night to see a mouse sitting in the middle of her bedroom eating one.

UsedtobeFeckless

Not ever coming to your house, my bag's not safe

Probably wise We luffs Mrs L but she doesn't half furr up her surroundings! If l scraped up all the fluff deposits l could knit a dozen more lazy, greedy, affectionate, bag-fixated, toothless little tabbies and start my own army!

@UsedtobeFeckless
My carer forgot his hat a couple of days ago, he came round yesterday and it had been given a fuzzy lining by Her Mystyness.

Sorry about your mouse situation OP but I’m glad you posted.

I posted about about our noise situation a while back and got pages of people saying “get a cat!” despite me saying we couldn’t get one (got such cat broodiness after this thread ) so it helps knowing that some cats are just a bit rubbish at getting mice!

I’d recommend snap traps although I’ve only managed to catch one of the fuckers. Tried the black boxed bait stations but the stupid dog picked it up and took it into her bed (luckily she’s fine!)

Omg the cats are adorable. Please can people post more pics!?

My previous pair