I won the rat race! #FuckingFlea (my petite tortie female cat) brought it into the house AND LET IT GO. 
I spent the morning chasing it around my office. Iād get a corner cleared out and almost catch it then it would escape into another corner. So everything would get moved again. I probably rearranged the office 6 times. 
Finally the rat disappeared. Closed the door, set traps, and relaxed on the couch. Then I see it sneaking along the living room wall. 
Couldnāt find it (of course). Opened both doors hoping it would escape (out into the cold and raināright. Silly me!) Moved the traps into the kitchen and almost got snapped by the big wire one. #FuckingFlea comes back in the house and is acting weird in the bathroom. Sure enough thereās the rat. Move a trap in, close the door, cover the gap. Wait... Wait... Wait... Hmmm... he doesnāt like Havarti? Iāve had quite enough of this by now. Put on my āI mean businessā pink rubber boots. Find my heavy duty leather gloves. Ready. Gently remove the towel from the gap and open the door. Oh fuckāthere he is. 
I can do this. Quickly close the door and cover the gap with the towel. Garbage can in the tub. Step stool in the tub. Fuck! Heās running! Heās behind the toilet in the corner next to the cleaning wands. Potty seat in the tub. Cleaning wands inārunning again! Now trying to grab that fast little fuck and hoping my gloves are thick enough. Back and forth from the tub to the door. Around and around a 5x5 room. Grabbing and reaching. Cries and squeals. GOTCHA LITTLE BASTARD! Snap a pic and head outside. Released on the back fence. Last seen running west as fast as possible. Next time watch out for #FuckingFlea.
5
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
10 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.
SkotlandSkye
Level 8
Jan 6, 2019
1
They're a vital part of our ecosystem. I was actually glad that I caught it without the traps.
And now your house is spotless, if a tad rearranged,and you need not go to the gym for awhile! What an awesome cat you have!
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Jan 6, 2019
1
Rat vary in character a lot. I use a live cage type trap to catch the ones that sometimes come into my loft, then let them go several miles away. I have noticed that when I pick the cage up some of them cower in a corner, curling up to make themselves small, while others attack the bars of the cage and do their best to bite me.
Fernapple
Level 9
Jan 6, 2019
1
This one wasn't aggressive. Thankfully!
@SurvivorSteph Good, especially if you only had gloves.
ugh, I feel your pain, mine did that once. I heard him chirping in the living room like he had something but when I went to investigate, all I found was him all excited by the couch. I pulled it out, shoved him in there, couldn't find it, hoped whatever it was hadn't crawled in there to die and gave up. Was watching a movie later and kept hearing things in the kitchen, all three cats would look, but no investigations. Finally I saw it on the bookshelf, juvenile rat! I had a tupperware and was going to try to trap it but it ran right as I went for it and I just got its tail. It screeched, I screeched and the cats just watched as it ran into my room! Long story short, after 5 hours, we finally got it.
Remi
Level 7
Jan 6, 2019
1
There are rats that near the size of cats.
The cat took one look and decided it was our job.
BufftonBeotch
Level 8
Jan 6, 2019
2
She'd alread killed three others this week. Maybe she was full? Lol
I would have drowned the rat.
Congratulations on catching it!
LiterateHiker
Level 9
Jan 6, 2019
1
Nice looking rat, though.
UUNJ
Level 8
Jan 6, 2019
1
Right! I'd be friends with it under different circumstances!
Learned something new. I always thought that all cats were killers of both mice and rats. Maybe it's just feral cats that actually live on mice, rats, and birds. I'd heard that feral cats are being captured these days and put to work as mousers to kill and eat mice and rats in buildings.
Need to remember that, as a former friend of mine once said, " Even if you win the rat race, in the end, you're still a rat". Altho I think she was referring to the human "rat race". I'd like to see of photo of the cat.
TomMcGiverin
Level 8
Jan 5, 2019
1
My house raised cats maim and play (with mice, nit rats). My recently acquired stray (possibly feral?) eats any mice that he catches.
OP, I am impressed that you came up with it! They are quick, erratic little buggers!
@Zster that's why it took over 5 hours, patience, and LUCK! ?
I'll snap and post a pic of her today.
Here she is... right around 6.5 pounds. For comparison my male is a Bombay and weighs about 13 pounds.
@SurvivorSteph Thank you so much Steph! They are both so cute... I have always loved cats even tho I've never owned one. I grew up with a few and still love to scam off other peeps cats. You weren't a kiddin' about how small FF is.
Cats donāt normally mess with rats. They arenāt effective killing them. [smithsonianmag.com]
My previous cats didnāt kill mice, they played with them. I captured more of their mice than than they did.
Rob1948
Level 7
Jan 5, 2019
1
Well, in the past week she's brought me two dead rats and a severed (rat) head. She's much more lethal than any cat I've owned previously. But this is getting old, and it's hard on the reptile and song bird populations. I'm thinking its time to build a catio.
I can't believe you actually got a picture, bravo! ā„
CaroleKay
Level 8
Jan 5, 2019
2
I chased that damn rat for hoursāwas definitely getting proof!
It paid off, great job and story!
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.