# cat gets mouse in a jam

Category: Animal House

## Post 1 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Monday, 29-Jan-2007 20:09:21

Mouse gets cat in a jam
Cambridgeshire: British police were drafted after a cat tried to fish a mouse out of a jam jar and got its head stuck.
A motorist went to a police station for help after finding the tabby wandering beside a road in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, with the jar on its head and the mouse millimetres from its nose.
A receptionist and three officers pulled and twisted but were unable to release the cat, police said.
Eventually the animal freed itself - and the mouse - by smashing the jar on the floor of Thorpe Wood police station.
"It was like a scene from Tom and Jerry," said a police spokeswoman. "I don't think anyone had ever seen anything like it before.
"The receptionist tried to get the jar off when the motorist brought the cat in - but she couldn't. So three policemen were asked to help.
"They tried to prise the jar off as this terrified mouse looked on - but it was firmly wedged.
"Eventually the cat smashed the jar on the floor and the mouse ran off - it's still running around Thorpe Wood police station somewhere."
The cat was examined by a vet and found to be unharmed.
Police checked the cat's microchip, discovered she was called Mindy, and quickly reunited her with her owner, who lives in Peterborough.
"We were worried that the cat - and the mouse - would suffocate if we didn't get the jar off - or that they would be badly cut if we broke the glass," said the spokeswoman.
"But the cat was found to be fit and well, if a little disappointed.
"The cat was found about two miles from where she lived. We don't know how long she'd been wandering around with the jar on her head."

## Post 2 by Shadow_Cat (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 5:26:06

Oh, wow, that's hilarious! Poor Mindy! I'm glad they reunited her with her owner though. Now the police station has mice. Grin.

## Post 3 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 7:58:59

That dumb cat. Didn't she know she was in real danger? I can't think of anything more frightening than to have my face millimeters away from a cornered mouse and nowhere to go.
Oh my God!
Poor Mendy is right. Poor Mendy for being so dumb.
Bob

## Post 4 by motifated (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 8:00:15

Cats are good at getting in trouble. Thanks for posting.

## Post 5 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 10:40:44

Cats can be very single minded. She wanted that mouse no matter what. And how about how scared that mouse must have been?
Bob, come here and let me stuff your head into a jar.

## Post 6 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 12:22:39

Yes, Bob, care to join us in a game of stuff the head in the jar? You'd be the perfect candidate!

## Post 7 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 13:59:56

Sure. Ladies first.
Gotcha!
Bob

## Post 8 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 22:55:04

Cute story. *SMILE*

## Post 9 by maroon five (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 9:47:34

Yep, cute story.

## Post 10 by BaritoneAu (Regular Zoner) on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 13:39:42

The cat now has eight lives left... Speaking of cats being single minded, friends of mine found their cat all bloated. It had been drinking the water from the aquarium, trying to get the fish!

## Post 11 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 14:03:53

No no Bob, I think you misunderstood. We're not playing catch to see who gets stuffed in. You see, you're the one we're stuffing into the jar! Now come here.

## Post 12 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 14:14:04

BaritoneAu that was halareous.
Gemini, stuff this
Bob

## Post 13 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 14:15:13

Ouch, that wasnt' very nice...

## Post 14 by YankeeFanForLife! (Picapiedra: king of the boards!) on Sunday, 22-Jul-2007 0:39:07

what a dumb ass animul.

## Post 15 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Sunday, 22-Jul-2007 16:05:35

That's not a nice thing to say to Gemini, after all she's a lady.
No, she can't be, she's a cat lover.
Bob

## Post 16 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Monday, 23-Jul-2007 12:19:30

LOL! Bob, where did you come from! I haven't seen this topic in a long time, and this is what I read when I see it? You should be ashamed of yourself! Hahahaha.

## Post 17 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Tuesday, 24-Jul-2007 16:17:42

love this story, glad the cat was reunited with her owner