Enter the Ninja

Ninja

Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.

Meet our latest weapon in the war on mice.

Shortly after we started thinking about getting a cat to solve our mouse problem, a co-worker asked me if I had any use for a kitten. One of their cats had a litter around Halloween and she was looking for good homes. They dubbed her Stripes, but in her new duty as chief mouse assassin she has been renamed Ninja.

I’m not a big cat person, but so far she’s pretty cool. She’s mellow and playful, and twice now has climbed onto my shoulder to nap while I sit on the couch. Maybe she thinks she’s a parrot or something.

Funny thing is, she may already be doing her job. We haven’t heard or seen any signs of a mouse since a day or two after Ninja came home, so we’re trying to figure out if the mice went back out in the warmer weather or if they got a whiff of feline hanging around.

Either way, the Wife is happy.

Uh oh, I just remembered something:

Guess I better knock it off.