Obi may be the “Silverlakes Butcher” after all…

Obi is a very special cat.

Obi

We think, due to the tufts on his ears, that he may have a fair amount of “Maine Coon” in him.  He also has an uncanny and unusual ability to open doors.  That’s right, he has the skill set (I am not making this up) of opening doors.  But, I’ll save the “Obi Opens Doors” story for another time.

This story is more about something that we never really suspected about Obi – the fact (well, now it’s a fact), that he is a mouser.  Not only is he a mouser, he actually likes to eat them.

So, this is the story of Obi and his first confirmed rodent kill.   This confirmed kill now brings into question all the other rat remains that we have attributed to “Boo-Boo Tail”.  Is it possible that “Boo-Boo Tail” has been wrongly accused (or admired)?

Obi ate most of this rat, what with

large parts of the body missing...

Well, we don’t really know whether ALL the (almost weekly) rat toll can be contributed to Obi or Boo-Boo, but, we now know that Obi is a key contributor to the local Rat Patrol and Eradication Committee.  It was just a few nights ago that Alice very carefully brought every cat into the house: Whittles, Boo-Boo, Minnie, Starry, Sweet (aka Mean) Pea.

However, she could not find Obi.  So, the Clary household went dark with only one cat outside- and it was Obi.

The next morning, I left for work very early and thus did NOT open the back doors and let out the dog.  And since all the cats (but one), were inside, there was none of the normal “scratching” on the glass of the French Doors, that Minnie, Boo-Boo and Mean Pea routinely do when they are outside at night and want in – usually around 5:00am.

Anyhow, when Alice walked outside in the morning, she came across the body parts pictured above.  Nearby, but camera-shy was,  the proud Obi.

And, luckily, Alice noticed the rat remains BEFORE stepping on them!  So, a great day was had by all (well, excluding the rat pictured above).