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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007Rat. RAT! RAT!!!
I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out from behind the woodheap with the largest rat he has caught yet dangling from his mouth. He hot-footed to the house with it (he always does when he catches anything) and by the time I got back there he had laid it on the rug in front of where I put the kettle on and am sure to step on it..he always does that. He was staring at it, and KFC was too. It was clear to me that it was not dead. Reason? It was breathing. It just lay there on its side with two interested cats within inches. I thought it might have fainted. Kitty picked it up and took it over to the hearthrug, her favourite place for eating doves. She is far too frail to kill a rat now and when she realised it was alive, she left it. Rattie took her chance. I know it was a her as she had a suspiciously swollen belly. She ran under the table behind Boyfie's bed. I got under the table, moved his bed and Rattie came out. Did Boyfie spring on the rat again? No. He just watched as it limped across the kitchen and disappeared behind my washing machine. There are two scenerios here, and neither are good. 1. A rat will die back there and will stink my kitchen out for a while. 2. A rat will give birth to up to ten behind my washing machine. Thanks, Boyfie! Tweed > I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was > helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out from [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Tweed Purrs that there's a third option, a rat will make a break for it and this time Boyfie will catch it again.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was >> helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out from [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Purrs that there's a third option, a rat will make a break for it and this > time Boyfie will catch it again. I am leaving the back door open overnight in the hope she will go outside, there is no movement on this as yet. Boyfie has yet to learn the killing bite for a biggish rat. He was too ambitious on this one. No sound yet from behind the washing machine. I can't decide if that's good or bad. Tweed > There are two scenerios here, and neither are good. 1. A rat will die > back there and will stink my kitchen out for a while. 2. A rat will give > birth to up to ten behind my washing machine. Yikes - what a dilemma. I hope that the rat makes a break for it and gets out from behind there! Susan M Otis and Chester >> There are two scenerios here, and neither are good. 1. A rat will die >> back there and will stink my kitchen out for a while. 2. A rat will give >> birth to up to ten behind my washing machine. > > Yikes - what a dilemma. I hope that the rat makes a break for it and gets > out from behind there! No sound from behind the w/m yet, maybe it got out when I left the door open when I went food shopping. Let's hope so. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about. I'm going to leave the back door open overnight in case it's still cowering there to give it yet another chance to escape. There are rats..and rats. This one was too big for Boyfie. I don't know what he was thinking of! Tweed Sending lots and lots of rat go away purrs. I wouldn't wish washing machine wiring eating rats on anyone. Jo >I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was >helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out from [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Tweed > There are two scenerios here, and neither are good. 1. A rat will die back > there and will stink my kitchen out for a while. 2. A rat will give birth to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tweed Purrs that it's option 3: Rat escapes (pre-birthing) without being noticed by BF and KFC! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was >helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out from [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Tweed How are you going to come up with 11 new names on such short notice? LOL. -- Bill, leaving while the getting is good. :-) >> I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was >> helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > How are you going to come up with 11 new names on such short notice? > LOL. Maybe kili's husband would want the babies... seems like he's take up raising rats (or is it mice?) No idea why. Jill >>> I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie was >>> helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came out [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >Jill I would actually like domestic rats quite a lot of I could get past those tails. :O Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>>> I was down feeding and watering the chickens this morning, Boyfie >>>> was helping of course, when I heard a loud squeak and Boyfie came [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I'll send you some oppossums ;) Jill No noises from behind the washing machine last night, today, or up to now this evening. Let's hope Ms Rat managed to run the gauntlet and get outside through the door I left open overnight. If not, there will be a dreadful smell in about a week and I will have to get a plumber in to disconnect the machine and move it. <sigh> Cats! I now know the true meaning of the phrase "I bit off more than I could chew" and so does Boyfie. KFC has always known her limitations rat-wise. I suspect he only got a glimpse of it before he grabbed it. Once he'd brought it up to the house and seen the full size of it, he was "me? kill that? Get real.." Kitty had no sympathy. He had totally ignored her previous advice "do NOT try to catch large ratties wiv big brown teef." It was slightly funny really, in a way. There was I plus 2 cats actually watching a pregnant rat wandering around the kitchen and none of us did anything about it! We were galvanised into inactivity as it were.. Tweed > No noises from behind the washing machine last night, today, or up to now > this evening. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Tweed I think I posted before about the Squirrel (Tree Rat) getting into the house and neither cat (Smokey, Cali) wanting anything to do with it. I was the one who got scratched up getting it back outside. On Mar 4, 4:25 pm, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > No noises from behind the washing machine last night, today, or up to now > this evening. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Tweed Hey, Boyfie, u nede a d*g for dis ratt buzniz. Bear cud not ketch a ratt bud if I ketch won he cud kill it for me. He wud wanna eed it though. De Airedale terrorist down the steeet cud ketch N kill the ratt but dey is verry dangerous unless you mek reel good frenz wit dem right way. Good try and ur meowmie will tek car of de ratt now. Uncle Will cud kill ur ratt bud he sez u is too far away. Your frin Winnie Typebited by Uncl Will -- I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work Monday-Friday and go out visiting on Sundays. So there I am this morning, merrily cleaning away in the kitchen. I have a dining table in there and I keep a tablecloth on it permanently that almost touches the floor. This is for Boyfie's benefit. He has his bed under there. If visitors come and he happens to be in his bed at the time he stays under there, knowing that no-one can see him. It makes him feel safe. Anyway, I lifted the tablecloth to clean and sweep under the table moved the cat bed AND...there was a rat that had obviously been dead for a number of days. Is this the end of Ms Rat? Or, horror of horrors, doesn't bear thinking about, did Boyfie catch another one when I was out at work and Ms Rat is not yet accounted for? Tweed > I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work Monday-Friday > and go out visiting on Sundays. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Tweed Couldn't you smell a rat? MLB >> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work Monday-Friday >> and go out visiting on Sundays. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Couldn't you smell a rat? MLB She does now. :-) >>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > She does now. :-) Neither of you are taking this seriously. Tweed >>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Tweed WADR, that should be "neither of you *is* taking this seriously." SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >>>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > WADR, that should be "neither of you *is* taking this seriously." Et tu Ketzl. (OK, so I'm a few days early) >>>>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Et tu Ketzl. (OK, so I'm a few days early) Ego, quoque. SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >>>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > WADR, that should be "neither of you *is* taking this seriously." I have a dead rat in my kitchen and you are picking on my grammar? Pfft. Tweed > I have a dead rat in my kitchen and you are picking on my grammar? > Pfft. > Tweed Better a dead one than a live one - ok, I know you haven't actually *proven* that the dead one is the same rat as the original one, but if I were you, I think I'd feel a lot happier assuming it was - until or unless rat #1 shows up again, of course. SignatureCheryl >> WADR, that should be "neither of you *is* taking this seriously." > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tweed Awww, C'mon, it's just meant to inject a little humor... It *could* be part of a movie plot, after all. Would you rather the rat were aLIVE??? 'Sides: are you sure it isn't a little mousie? :-) SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>Believe me, Tweed, I would take having a rat in the house very seriously. It creeps me out just to think of it. But if you leave the door open for the cats, it is bound to happen . When I was 15 years old, two of my Aunts took me with them to spend a week in a mountain cabin. The bed we used had storage drawers under it. In the morning we found "deposits" throughout the bed. Whatever rodent it was had been sleeping with us. EEK!! MLB >>>>> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >>>>> Monday-Friday [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > the morning we found "deposits" throughout the bed. Whatever rodent it > was had been sleeping with us. EEK!! MLB Yikes. That might be about my limit. But leaving the doors open for the cats wasn't what got us in trouble. I'm sure our rat/mouse problem was the result of boarding the cats and dogs for a couple of weeks and leaving the house empty. The rodents from the field across the street took the opportunity to move into the garage. Jo >> I only get time to do house cleaning on a Saturday. I work >> Monday-Friday and go out visiting on Sundays. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Couldn't you smell a rat? MLB I've got two male pet rats, and trust me, they stink. It's the hubby's deal...... kili > Anyway, I lifted the tablecloth to clean and sweep under the table moved > the cat bed AND...there was a rat that had obviously been dead for a > number of days. > Is this the end of Ms Rat? Or, horror of horrors, doesn't bear thinking > about, did Boyfie catch another one when I was out at work and Ms Rat is > not yet accounted for? I hope its Ms Rat! Yikes. Susan M Otis and Chester In Alberta, an officially rat-free province |
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