Don't be fooled by the sweet face

This creature is actually a vicious killer. I've never had a cat that catches so many mice as Mei-guo/Mei-day. And never birds, crickets, or moles, just mice and one rat. We think her dark face camouflages her head at night, but it may also be that she's very fast and athletic.

The rat happened last week, it was not killed but caught-and-released, much to our dismay. She was very proud having it by the neck, but she decided she would let go of it in the house and play with it awhile. She lost track of it and when we showed her where it was under the bookcase, she lost interest and was even afraid of it and left the room for us to shoo out of the house.

Then there are the times when she doesn't completely eat a mouse and I step on a mouse liver or spleen when I get up in the morning. I suppose you really have to like cats to put up with this kind of thing.