On Jun 05, 2016 01:10pm, Jeff Smith wrote to Allen Prunty:

 JS> Same here with just tad of white on her upper chest. Not a great mouser
 JS> though. She would play with them until she was bored. Which usually
 JS> meant that the mouse's life energy had ceased.

Hence the term Cat and Mouse.  I have a lot of these little lizards that are
gold lizards with shiny blue tails.  I am told they are called "Five Line
Skinks" by KY's dept of fish and wildlife.  I often find them expired in the
living room where they squeeze in.  Some with the tail some without the tail.
I just look at my cats and ask them if it tasted like chicken.

Mom's horrified because we do have copperheads in the creek and woods behind my
house.  She said if the lizards can squeeze under the door so can the snakes.

I've tried replacing the rubber strip on the bottom but it quickly peels and
disintegrates after a month or two.  So far nothing bad has happened.  A friend
said the scent of my kitties should keep the bad things away, the little skinks
don't know any better and they are plentiful.  If you move a flowerpot from my
porch dozens of them will crawl out from under it.

I think they are pretty... Jade and Annie make the biggest noises when one gets
in the house.  I'm here all the time and I can usually rescue the poor critter
before it meets it's demise now.

Allen

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