Yes, we have a mouse in the house. Country living, cold weather, my bro doing work and left the door open accidentally. It happens.
Kinda cute little dude, but we have traps out.
Upsetting issue came up though. Jess really freaked at the mouse. WAY out of proportion, seemingly.
HOWEVER....... she told us that right after we moved to OK (6 yrs ago) B used to torture her with mice.
If the cat had a mouse and was playing with it (one of my folks cats did this a lot) B would pick up the mouse. He would make it angry and then hold it against her shoulder or thigh so it would bite her.
He has no memory of this. She is very certain it happened. I have NO intention of calling her a liar. In light of all the other stuff it seems quite believable.
I talked to B about it. He is a much different young man now. I made no accusations, said we were going to deal with her on the perspective that perception is reality. But that it did NOT take away from the progress he has made, or the trust we are slowly developing in him.
I talked to my mom about it, and we are going to make sure he does not tease her about fear of mice. I think this is all we can do. Not only was he MUCH younger, he was in a period of many medication changes. We all know how awful that can be.
Any thoughts?
Susie
Kinda cute little dude, but we have traps out.
Upsetting issue came up though. Jess really freaked at the mouse. WAY out of proportion, seemingly.
HOWEVER....... she told us that right after we moved to OK (6 yrs ago) B used to torture her with mice.
If the cat had a mouse and was playing with it (one of my folks cats did this a lot) B would pick up the mouse. He would make it angry and then hold it against her shoulder or thigh so it would bite her.
He has no memory of this. She is very certain it happened. I have NO intention of calling her a liar. In light of all the other stuff it seems quite believable.
I talked to B about it. He is a much different young man now. I made no accusations, said we were going to deal with her on the perspective that perception is reality. But that it did NOT take away from the progress he has made, or the trust we are slowly developing in him.
I talked to my mom about it, and we are going to make sure he does not tease her about fear of mice. I think this is all we can do. Not only was he MUCH younger, he was in a period of many medication changes. We all know how awful that can be.
Any thoughts?
Susie