Nocturnal Surprise

It looks like I may have to start closing my door at night. My room has very poor circulation when the door is shut, so I've been leaving it cracked open at night. Having the door open also allows the cats to take themselves out of the foundry area in the morning when the foundry employees show up and start making very scary loud noises. This is good because I acquired some new scars while trying to carry the cats past the scary noises.

Now I'm not so sure I'll be able to continue this way. A couple of weeks ago I found the back half of a mouse in my room. A few nights ago I woke up to the sound of a rat's death-scream as Sprinkles broke its neck while sitting on my bed. I got up long enough to get it out of the apartment and change my sheets, then went back to bed. Last night my favorite bed-buddy Miss Sprinkles hopped up onto my legs as I was falling asleep. Instead of lying down, she started pouncing on random spots on the bed. She was chasing a live mouse that she had brought to bed. The mouse made a break for the floor and got away.

I don't mind sharing my bed with cats, but when they start adding mice and rats in various stages of hunting/play/eating, that's taking things a bit too far.