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What did my cat kill???

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  • 16-09-2009 3:04pm
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    portron niner
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    I just spotted a rodent my cat killed out the back garden :eek: & am wondering what it is/was. I don't think it's a mouse because of the length of its nose or a rat because of its size. Any ideas??
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    BattlingCheese
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    a shrew?


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    BennyLava
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    Its a shrew


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    hatetherain!
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    maybe baby a rat with a deformed nose??????


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It's definately a Pygmy Shrew.
    What a pity!
    Cats:mad:


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    Rainbowsend
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    They are getting quite rare now, used to be lots of them in my garden when I was a child, can give you quite a nip!


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    ghost_ie
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    A shrew. I rescued one that a cat was playing with years ago and the little sod thanked me by biting me :(


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    cuddlycavies
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    And for the record, it's not a rodent.


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    PirateShampoo
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    Ive 4 dead ones in my garden at the moment. Theres no stopping my cat, ive tried a bell on his collor and nothing works.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    PirateShampoo wrote: »
    Ive 4 dead ones in my garden at the moment. Theres no stopping my cat, ive tried a bell on his collor and nothing works.

    Bells on Cats do not work. The gentle tinkle of a bell is not a "natural" warning sound to animals or birds. Cats is Cats.:(

    One consolation could be that so many caught by a cat is a sign of a good sized local population - a bit like increased roadkills actually can signify an increased general population of a species.


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    PirateShampoo
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    Well im next to a load of Private land that belongs to a manor up in balbriggan. The cat catches all sorts. He dismembers rats perfectly.
    He just leaves the Head, tail and paws behind.


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    ronbyrne2005
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    There are about 7.5 million domestic cats and 813,000 feral cats in Britain. British cats kill 250 million mammals every year. In the USA, cats kill a billion birds every year.


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    Dusty87
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    ronbyrne2005 wrote: »
    There are about 7.5 million domestic cats and 813,000 feral cats in Britain. British cats kill 250 million mammals every year. In the USA, cats kill a billion birds every year.

    Feral cats are the number one killer of songbirds arnt they. I read that somewhere (probably here):).


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