My cat Silver had her first mouse encounter. She was thumping around behind my entertainment center long enough for me

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to get up and see what she was up to, and it was a little mouse. I freaked out at first until I saw she had that thing bottle up like a sheep dog. It wasn't going anywhere. It only had to make it across about eight feet of carpet, and it would have been gone! I would have probably had to get some mouse traps. Too many places to hide.

I had time to get my shoes on, grab a box and dustpan and get in position. After a few misses she flushed him out and I scooped him up. I released him outside in the shrubs.