Doin’ the Toe Nibbler’

by Meg on February 5, 2008

Gah-nuzzle, Gah-nuzzle

[tiny munching of feets sound]


Hopping Mice, originally uploaded by Stephen Barnett.

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// UPDATE — the call for COXCU has been heard! //

{ 52 comments }

1 kc 02.05.08 at 8:41 am

bleen! What are they? Gerbils with ear extensions?

2 Des 02.05.08 at 8:50 am

FEET! Gerbil FEET!! I love when animals play wiff their feets.

3 Jennie Lund 02.05.08 at 9:06 am

Not Gerbils! Mousies!

4 Jude C 02.05.08 at 9:10 am

I love their big, soft, shiny, beady eyes and their silky silky fur!

5 Leah B. 02.05.08 at 9:55 am

proshy footy holding their little one

6 Holy Cuteness 02.05.08 at 11:53 am

They remind me of my hamster who died yesterday…:-((

7 260Oakley 02.05.08 at 11:59 am

FEET! They’re what’s for breakfast.

8 JuleeJulee 02.05.08 at 12:18 pm

LOVE to eat them Mousies,
Mousies what I love to eat.
Chew they little heads off,
Nibble on they tiny FEET!

Or something close, a la B.Kliban…

9 Katrina 02.05.08 at 12:55 pm

JuleeJulee- Oh, you are so close- “Bite” they little heads off, nibble on they tiny feet”.

One mousie says to the other: ‘you know, these silk wraps just don’t last on my back feet’.

And holy Cuteness, I’m very sorry for your loss. Now it is time to give another little critter your love… I’m sure it is much too good to go un-snorgled.

10 Mrs. Catlabash 02.05.08 at 1:16 pm

Oh, what a nice way to start the day. I suspect the rest of the rodents I will have to deal with today won’t be nearly as schweet.

*glances around to make sure no one’s looking*
*scoops up bebbehs, drops them in her pocket*
*runs really fast*

11 StormCat 02.05.08 at 1:20 pm

SQUEEEEEE

Wants to nibbles teeniest of ears!!!

nom nom nom

12 ThreeCatNight 02.05.08 at 2:01 pm

“Oh, do pardon us. We’re between pedicures!”

13 ebee 02.05.08 at 2:02 pm

I wants to touch their tiny pink nosies and feeds them sunflower seeds washed in spring water and make them a tineh cotten bed and let them sleep behind my ears. Can I?

14 gaminette 02.05.08 at 2:15 pm

we need a COXCU!!

15 Momof2kitties 02.05.08 at 2:38 pm

I ♥ B. Kliban! Never eat anything bigger than your head, I always say.

“FEET! They’re what’s for breakfast!” Snerk!!

16 lymerae 02.05.08 at 3:00 pm

Eesh, bad memories…
My gerbil got arthritis in his back foot when he was around 3 and a half years old. It pained him so much that he started chewing on the foot until it was all bloody and stumpy. We had to get him put down at the human society so he wouldn’t be in pain anymore :( It was very sad for eight-year-old me…
Hopefully these little mice are not actually chewing!

17 Carrie 02.05.08 at 3:00 pm

I want a hopping mousie for my desk! hop hop hop hop hop around the desk hop hop hop hop

18 horrified 02.05.08 at 3:17 pm

Oh My God! He is EATING HIS OWN FOOT !!!! How very un-cute.

19 michelle 02.05.08 at 4:06 pm

He might be trimming his toenails, not biting his foot off?

20 Kentucky_Gurl24 02.05.08 at 4:07 pm

“Hey man, does this smell funny to you? I think I stepped in something.”

21 pyrit 02.05.08 at 4:09 pm

Mousey Gerbil 1 is named Dibble.
Mousey Gerbil 2 is named Sibyl.
Sibyl said to Dibble, the trouble is you dribble when you nibble so wear a bibble.
Dibble did not quibble, but the trouble is no kibble so on my toes I will nibble.

22 AliceTanzer 02.05.08 at 4:16 pm

I had a ratty rat that would bite her fingernails. It was strange. We used to trim them for her, and I think she hated that so much, she took it upon herself to do it?

23 not horrified, really! 02.05.08 at 5:16 pm

My comment that you deleted regarding eating one’s own foot was meant to be facetious. Sorry! I’ll add clarifying emoticons next time. :0)

[Here's the original text, verbatim: "Oh My God! He is EATING HIS OWN FOOT !!!! How very un-cute." - Ed.]

24 Calicogypsy 02.05.08 at 5:23 pm

I’m pretty sure they’re egyptian Spiny mice. Young’uns. :o P

25 Calicogypsy 02.05.08 at 5:27 pm

Ooops, my mistake! kangaroo rats.

26 berthaslave 02.05.08 at 5:29 pm

As always, Pyrit, you rock.

Those are some pretty rockin’ mouse ears. And thanks for the COXCU, Teho!

27 Hon Glad 02.05.08 at 5:38 pm

Nope my feet don’t smell.

28 charliewabba 02.05.08 at 5:55 pm

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
frontmost mouse to rearmost mouse: So when are your little ones due?
rmm to fmm: (gritting teeth) I’m not preggers
fmm: d’oh! (opens mouth, inserts foot)

29 kittikin 02.05.08 at 6:04 pm

The one in the back — he’s smiling at us!

30 A thinker 02.05.08 at 6:33 pm

HOPPING MICE! That’s the best thing ever. Now I need to Google these little kewties.

31 zeldapie 02.05.08 at 6:54 pm

Great COXCU, Meg!

[*a-HEM* ... - Ed.]

32 leah 02.05.08 at 7:06 pm

dang I want an extreme closeup on that MOUF. corn teeth, y’all.

33 CoffeeCup 02.05.08 at 7:06 pm

It’s possible that I’m in the minority of people who thought the close up of the gerbil foot was just entirely gross and not cute. Cute gerbily mouse, not cute foot.

34 Ingrid 02.05.08 at 7:34 pm

I now have a song stuck in my head, to the tune of “Macho Man”…

Nibble, nibble feets
I sure like to nibble feets o/~

35 chanpon 02.05.08 at 7:46 pm

The close up on their pitch black eyes are a little scary. :( But I love their itty bitty ears! They remind me of little lettuce bits and makes me want to kronsche and nibble on them.

36 CheshireCat 02.05.08 at 9:11 pm

HALP! I am drowningk in the BEF!

37 Nancy 02.05.08 at 10:00 pm

He’s SNIFFING it kids! Checking to see if he needs to reapply the Gold Bond!

38 AuntieMame 02.05.08 at 11:16 pm

Pull my finger! Er, my toe!

39 Gail 02.06.08 at 12:51 am

@AuntieMame–LOL!

Dahlingks, you simply must attend to your cuticles to achieve perfect proshness!

40 A 02.06.08 at 3:14 am

I think the quiet one in the back might just have something to say……look at the expression!!

41 bananasforbunnies 02.06.08 at 3:53 am

Little dear needs a foot bath and pedicure…is all!

42 peep 02.06.08 at 4:01 am

how i want to die..
600 hundred of these mousies chewing on me and running all over me with them teeny feet.
this would make me happy and then i could die.

43 LTP 02.06.08 at 12:35 pm

I think it looks like he’s doing a yoga pose.

44 ebee 02.06.08 at 2:36 pm

Momof2: How did you make the cute heart in your message?

45 Subhangi 02.06.08 at 4:09 pm

‘Roo rats?

Whatever they are, they’re cute!

And capable of autopedicure, as well. [shifty eyes]

46 Theo 02.06.08 at 4:43 pm

…”Roots”!

47 jen 02.06.08 at 5:28 pm

they are so cute! the ears keel me.

48 brinnann 02.06.08 at 7:56 pm

ebee: alt + 3 ♥, but you have to use the 3 in the keypad to the right, not the one up top

49 Skippymom 02.06.08 at 9:54 pm

It sure looks to me as though these guys are sitting next to a gravestone. Which is fine with me but I’m curious. Anybody else think so?

50 Mary (the first) 02.07.08 at 12:22 am

Does the one on front have two tails? Or do these guys (whatever they are) have extremely long tails and front is sitting on the end of back’s tail?? I’m confused.

51 ar 02.09.08 at 4:29 pm

ahahahahahah
thats weird!!!
ahahahahaha
mwahhahhahhahahhaahahaha

52 cheesybird 02.09.08 at 6:21 pm

Q: What kind of cheese do these mousies love best?
A: Toe cheese, of course! :P

Ok, now I’ve even grossed myself out.

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