Earning her Keep

Who says cats aren't useful pets? As you may already know, our house has its fair share of bugs. This summer, there were enough mosquitoes in the yard to populate their own small city (we had the bites to prove it). Both of our cats, though, are decent bug hunters. Mymble will watch the bugs attentively, and in one instance the other day, leapt across the office floor and skidded to a stop to keep her eye on a wayward bug. It was the fastest I'd ever seen her move. Garnet, though, catches those bugs and eats them! I know it seems strange, but I find it satisfying to see the kitty with mosquito wings hanging from between her lips (do cats have lips?). We couldn't be more pleased that Garnet is helping tame the bug population around here, and it almost.... almost... makes up for the waking me up every night... almost...

Garnet has the Bug in her mouth

The coup-de-grace