OK u beloved DU/Lounge CAT lovers, why ain't the feral orange cat killing *2* rats?!1

[UTUSN]

There's a canal half a block away. I looked up into a tree and thought it was a squirrel, but no it was a RAT, then another one!1

Where's this gigantic orange feral cat that is apparently the owner of the large excrement pieces?!1 (I wouldn't know what cat excrement looks like.)

'splain yourselves, you Vaunted Feline Adorers!1


**** But I digress. Once I was driving along a dirt road with scrub brush on the side and a cat emerged onto the road in front of me and had a HAPPY/blissful/self-congratulatory expression on its face because it clenched a rat in its mouth and the rat's tail dangled. But when my vehicle approached, the cat lost its bliss, like I was threatening to take its prize away. Just thought I'd add this.

[MLAA]

1. Maybe cause even feral cats need a day off ...and it IS Labor Day weekend! 🐱😽😾😸🙀😹

[UTUSN]

2. *Always* an excuse!1

[fierywoman]

3. Some cats are ratters. And some cats aren't.

[UTUSN]

4. Ain't that always the way! For *all* of us!

[Doreen]

5. Oh, don't feel bad, I had a mouse in the house once

and my Turkish Angora ran away from it like it was going to kill him. How embarrassing to have your cat run from a mouse.

[KT2000]

6. my orange one

catches mice and moles in neighbors' yards and brings them to my yard and lets them go.

[jpak]

10. I had a cat that would catch moles

and drop them on my bare feet while i was brushing my teeth.

I miss her

[KT2000]

11. that's funny

I could put up with that from my cats but from a boyfriend/husband - no way!!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. The rats are working for the cat.

It's a protection racket.

I've seen it all before.

"Nice place ya got here. Shame if it got infested"

[RobinA]

8. Not Sure

size matters in this case. I have an 8 lb female cat who is a stone killer. Full grown rats, no problem. In fact, the bigger the deader. Mice she often doesn't kill. Rats? Dead, and she'll lay them on the floor and jump on them repeatedly.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Rats can be dangerous. Maybe some cats would rather not mess with them.