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"Adrian" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. -- Adrian It's no mean feat for a cat to kill a rat. Well done, Baggy. Boyfie sends his congratulations too! And he also says, a bit under his breath, "Better you than me." -- Boyfie only catches the small ones. The big ones have teeth like chisels and fight like demons if they are caught, they are even a challenge to the terriers sometimes. If Baggy caught 2 big healthy rats Boyfie would be well impressed. I praise Boyfie if he brings me a small dead rat. It does stop it growing up. He is sensible about big rats, he sees them and pretends he doesn't. He washes himself as they saunter past. I don't want him to tackle those big boys, I've seen them almost take the face off the terriers. Terriers bred to hunt don't seem to care how much they are hurt ratting. Here, one of the terriers nearly got her nose bitten off by a very big rat when we had a rat hunt. She absolutely did not care how injured she got and got him. The terrier men said no she doesn't need antiseptic on her nose. I said she did. I said you will never come here again to hunt rats unless you let me do it. So they did. I love the terrier men and the terriers they breed will kill absolutely anything. They are very hard dogs and don't seem to feel much pain when they are killing. So I dabbed the dog's nose with antiseptic and took their smirks. Tweed They weren't as big as one Shadow killed a few years ago, I think he being feral made him a better hunter. He didn't bother hunting after he moved in. -- Adrian Feral cats will take on bigger rats than a "sit by the fire and go out occasionally" cat.. Boyfie wants to know how big Baggy's rats were. In inches end of nose to base of tail. He is prepared to be impressed. Tweed |
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Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning.
What's gotten into him all of a sudden? It has been very cold for a few days here, I think that may have slowed the rats down. Rats will also be slowed down by the early symptoms of bubonic plague. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message news Adrian wrote: jmcquown wrote: On 12/14/2012 10:36 AM, Adrian wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. Were they presented to you as gifts? Jill No, fortunately he left them outside. When I lived in Pasadena with two (sometimes three)indoor/outdoor cats, they were always catching those little California fruit rats and bringing them home. They didn't exactly present them as "gifts", but once they let them loose in the house, they seemed to assume they BELONGED there, and lost interest in recapturing them. Cats need to learn that killing bite. Boyfie did bring a few prey items back alive when he was an apprentice and let them go in the house. I spent a few hours trying to get a young rat out from behind my washing machine, but luckily KFC was still up to speed and chomped it. He seemed to learn from that and anything he brings to the house now is deceased. Unfortunately he never leaves it outside. It is always a gift I always praise him if it's a rat. even if he leaves it where he knows I'll step on it. It's his way of making sure I don''t miss noticing a) how brave he's been b) that's your breakfast from myself Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Adrian" wrote in message ... Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. -- Adrian It's no mean feat for a cat to kill a rat. Well done, Baggy. Boyfie sends his congratulations too! And he also says, a bit under his breath, "Better you than me." -- Boyfie only catches the small ones. The big ones have teeth like chisels and fight like demons if they are caught, they are even a challenge to the terriers sometimes. If Baggy caught 2 big healthy rats Boyfie would be well impressed. I praise Boyfie if he brings me a small dead rat. It does stop it growing up. He is sensible about big rats, he sees them and pretends he doesn't. He washes himself as they saunter past. I don't want him to tackle those big boys, I've seen them almost take the face off the terriers. Terriers bred to hunt don't seem to care how much they are hurt ratting. Here, one of the terriers nearly got her nose bitten off by a very big rat when we had a rat hunt. She absolutely did not care how injured she got and got him. The terrier men said no she doesn't need antiseptic on her nose. I said she did. I said you will never come here again to hunt rats unless you let me do it. So they did. I love the terrier men and the terriers they breed will kill absolutely anything. They are very hard dogs and don't seem to feel much pain when they are killing. So I dabbed the dog's nose with antiseptic and took their smirks. Tweed They weren't as big as one Shadow killed a few years ago, I think he being feral made him a better hunter. He didn't bother hunting after he moved in. -- Adrian Feral cats will take on bigger rats than a "sit by the fire and go out occasionally" cat.. Boyfie wants to know how big Baggy's rats were. In inches end of nose to base of tail. He is prepared to be impressed. Tweed Probably about ten inches, not as big as they can get. -- Adrian |
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Jack Campin wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. What's gotten into him all of a sudden? It has been very cold for a few days here, I think that may have slowed the rats down. Rats will also be slowed down by the early symptoms of bubonic plague. Brrrr! (THAT'S a chilling thought!) |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote: occasionally" cat.. Boyfie wants to know how big Baggy's rats were. In inches end of nose to base of tail. He is prepared to be impressed. Tweed Probably about ten inches, not as big as they can get. -- Adrian Blimey! He *is* impressed.. Tweed |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Adrian wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. What's gotten into him all of a sudden? -- Joyce Most Brit cats are allowed out and will hunt if they can. It's what cats should do. |
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Christina Websell wrote:
"Bastette" wrote in message Adrian wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. What's gotten into him all of a sudden? Most Brit cats are allowed out and will hunt if they can. It's what cats should do. Oh, I know - I just hadn't heard Adrian mention that before, so I thought Baggy was up to something new. Silly me, I'm sure that Baggy has been happily hunting away, whether I've known about it or not. -- Joyce If you can't operate your turn signal, what makes you think you can drive the rest of the car? -- bumper sticker |
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Bastette wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message Adrian wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. What's gotten into him all of a sudden? Most Brit cats are allowed out and will hunt if they can. It's what cats should do. Oh, I know - I just hadn't heard Adrian mention that before, so I thought Baggy was up to something new. Silly me, I'm sure that Baggy has been happily hunting away, whether I've known about it or not. He's never caught rats before, just mice and a few birds. I hate it when he catches birds, thankfully it's not that often. -- Adrian |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ... Bastette wrote: Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote in message Adrian wrote: Baggy has killed two rats this week, one yesterday and one this morning. What's gotten into him all of a sudden? Most Brit cats are allowed out and will hunt if they can. It's what cats should do. Oh, I know - I just hadn't heard Adrian mention that before, so I thought Baggy was up to something new. Silly me, I'm sure that Baggy has been happily hunting away, whether I've known about it or not. He's never caught rats before, just mice and a few birds. I hate it when he catches birds, thankfully it's not that often. -- Adrian Boyfie will not catch rats above about 5 inches in body length, otherwise they get very big teeth and bite him back. He prefers to exercise his skills on the smaller ones. He rarely catches birds now (I hate that too) he mainly did that to bring back something for KFC. He's never laid a tooth or claw on a collared dove since she went to The Bridge. Boyfie doesn't want to take away Baggy's triumph but wonders if, since he's never caught a big rat before, whether your neighbours might have been poisoning and he picked up a dying one? Two ten inch rats in full health are serious fighters and if he's never caught one, I really think it's unlikely that he suddenly decided to catch them. For 8,10 and 12 inch rats I bring in the terriers. Even they. sometimes, despite they will kill anything in their path are challenged by a big rat, I once had to try and put back a terriers nose when it was half bitten off by a 12 inch rat, but she got him eventually Boyfie is a bit more sensible. He catches the small ones. The big ones will bite him severely and he knows it, get the terriers in. However if I do I have to make sure he is inside the house otherwise the terriers will kill him along with the rats. They are so fierce that I am almost afraid of them. I am assured they are fine with humans, but one of them killed another dog she was in the kennel with for years. This was Jess who seemed a nice dog here but I would never trust her near a child. This happens when you breed dogs to kill. |
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