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>  >  RH> Be grateful; they earn their name when they keel over in a 
>  >  RH> wall or under a radiator somewhere.
>  > Oh, I am indeed grateful... :)
>  > 
>  RH> They're safe as long as they don't get squished.  When they 
do... it 
>  RH> smells like decomp.  Ptui.
> 
> Definitely unpleasant....
>  
Especially in any quantity.  

>  > eventually any foolish mouse will come out where the cat(s) can
>  > find and dispatch it... ;)
>  > 
>  RH> She prefers the live ones I think.  Live toys wiggle.
> 
> True...  :)  But they lose their squeak when they expire....
> 
She honestly doesn't try to kill them; she just plays them to death 
or tries.