Sam, growling Sam

My cat has worms.

Not really surprise when you see how many moles, mice & birds she has taken down. Which she then chooses to eat either just the moist and sticky innards or the head...God forbid both.

These are the treats she leaves outside the door for us to find. Which I happily give my husband the job of disposing of the decimated corpse.

The really fun part is when she catches them and brings them inside, still alive. The first time she did this was about 2 months ago. I hear this creature growling as I am sitting at my desk. I looked over at the dog who was sleeping peacefully next to the desk, it wasn't her. I get up to go investigate.

Sam, that's the kitty in question, a grey American shorthair has a cute little furry mouse trapped in her mouth. It's wiggling. Okay...

But that isn't why she is growling. Leo, our orange Norwegian Forest cat is sitting with a few feet of Sam, staring at her bored, clearly demonstrating no designs on the wiggling mouse in her mouth. But Sam continues to respond with deep throated growls.

I can not believe my cat is growling like a Rottweiler. I am deeply amused, so I step closer.

Sam whips her head around and began to growling at me, warning me off. The close I get the deeper they become. I am truly fascinated.

But now she has had enough of me and my antics and doesn't want to take the chance of me stealing her prize, so she takes off under the table. I then realize my folly, if Sam drops it, there could be mouse in the house. So not where I was going with this.

I rush to open the door wide and start shooing Sam out the door. She is definitely not pleased with me and growls menacingly, scuttling to the side away from me. Crap, now I just want her out so she can do what she needs to outside. I really don't want to be cleaning up intestines. Or wonder if she did eat the damn head.

Finally she darts out the door, clutching the mouse firmly in her mouth. I sigh.

I wander upstairs to get some coffee and look out the back window and I see Sam sitting in the grass. Then I see a bouncing little shape trying desperately to escape in the grass. Good luck mouse, at least you are outside..