Why did Ginevra petrify Mrs. Norris anyway?

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> > vmonte:
> >
> > All this talk about Ginevra has got me thinking. Why did she
> petrify
> > Mrs. Norris in CoS?
>
> Geoff:
> She didn't. It was the basilisk wot did it... onest, guv!
>
> :-)

Geoff again:
<snip>
'"Haven't you guessed yet, Harry Potter?" said Riddle soflty, "Ginny
Weasley opened the Chamber of Secrets. She strangled the school
roosters and daubed threatening messages on the walls. She set the
serpent of Slytherin on four Mudbloods and the Squib's cat"'

"COS "The Heir of Slytherin" p.229 UK edition)

Interesting - was Mrs.Norris petrified deliberately because she
belonged to a Squib? 


Neri now:
Actually, I think starting with Mrs. Norris was a calculating and 
smart move of Diary!Tom. She was always spying after rule-breakers in 
the corridors, and unlike Filch she was able to hear and smell the 
basilisk as he was crawling through the pipes. Clearing the corridors 
of her perpetual presence was a prerequisite for the successful 
execution of the subsequent attacks. Her being a squib's cat was only 
a bonus.

Neri