Thosghts in Tuesday...Mice!

Me was thinking about mouses today...

Mes has heard the the following question from peoples: What is the best food to feed my cat? Mes knows it is dependent on the age, body condition and health of the cat.  However, for the average adult healthy cat, wes should eats a canned diet with the following composition:

• >50% of the calories from protein
• <10% carbohydrates
• at least 30% from fat

It is because us cats are obligate carnivores. We is designed to eat meat.

And what else could wes eat besides canned food --  6-6 mice!

Mice is high in protein (48 percent), low in carbohydrates (5 percent) and approximately 48 kcal per mouse.

And Cats and Mice...we has history!

First is EGYPT!!

In ancient Egypt, the cat was first valued for devouring rodents that infested the village grain bins. The Egyptians even worshiped us! 

And wes even gots to travel.. When people's went to sea, wes gots to bes ship's cats!

Us cats have been carried on ships for many reasons, the most important being to catch mice and rats. These rodents aboard a ship can cause damage to ropes, woodwork and eventually as technology progressed, electrical wiring. 

Rodents threatened the food and the cargo the ship carried. 

Rats and mice were also sources of disease, which is dangerous for ships that are at sea for long periods of time. For example, rat fleas are carriers of plague and it is believed rats on ships were one of the main spreaders of the Black Death.
There has even been stories writed about these cats! Has yous readed Dick Whittingdon and his cat?

Once upon a time, me was a great mouser! 

When wes first moved to Midway in 2001 me terrorized the local mouses. Me used to brings them home and gives them to Mommy. 

Now that mes in the city...mes is in a apartment and wes don't has any mice...

But mes can dream!

Kisses

Nellie