Bohemia Bunny

Cockblocked!

May 15th, 2008 by lynnylchan under Humour and Pets

Last night I put Tim into Darcy’s cage so they could have a playdate. They both live alone, so I didn’t want them to turn into mouse recluses.

Everything went well for about 20 minutes, they each ran around doing their own thing, then settled down for a grooming session. It was so cute seeing Tim’s little hand-like paws pressing down Darcy’s fur as he groomed her head.

I left them for a little while, until I heard very loud squeaking. “Very loud” is a relative term, since mice, being very small, can only be so loud. But considering that they’re also silent most of the time, squeaking of any sort is very loud for them. The cause of the noise: Tim had mounted Darcy and she was not receptive of his amorous advances.

I leapt up from the bed, opened the tank cover and shooed Tim off, then tried to capture him with his favourite Brand’s box. This manoeuvre failed, because he had chewed a big hole in the bottom of the box. I didn’t want to hand-capture him because he has a history of biting me (usually after provocation) and he had just been interrupted, so he had a brilliant reason to bite me. Eventually I picked up the ceramic cube with him inside, and sent him back to his bachelor pad. Playdate over!

Poor Darcy. Her guest tried to date-rape her. And poor Tim. After I returned him to his cage, he went to his food bowl and started stuffing his face. Perhaps he figured that since he’s not going to get laid, he might as well eat all he wants and never mind weight-watching.

I never thought I’d have to say this, but: I cockblocked a mouse!

On another note, I wonder how animals know the mechanics of copulation. Tim has lived with me since he was 3 weeks old - that makes him a child when he was separated from his mother and sisters. Presumably no one has ever shown any p0rn or instructed him, yet he knows what to do. I didn’t know instinct was so strong - I mean, how do you know WHAT to insert WHERE? Plus, this sheds light on why the panda p0rn initiative didn’t work all that well. They either know, or they don’t.