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Lord Dudley Mountcatten alerted to us to a new visitor at Casa River the other day….
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And I can’t say I was pleased.
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In the 20 years we’ve lived here, we’ve never had a rat.
Until now.
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I shouldn’t be surprised. We live in the country with horses for neighbors on both sides and an organic farm across the street.
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But as much as I love all the wild creatures who stop by for a nosh?
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Having a rat dig a tunnel and move into our woodshed will not be tolerated.
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Because if there’s one… there could be one hundred next month.
Sorry bud, but your days are numbered.
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River's world..... 
Wanna borrow my cat? He hates them.
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Dudley hasn’t seen him yet. Though it’s too cold to let him out to hunt.
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Holy Rat Batman! Oh and ewwwww……
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I know. I love critters, but this one?
😳
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I’ll bet now you’re thankful for Red Squirrel. She is the least of the two Evils.
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Not thankful, but less creeped out.
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Ick. Not a fan of rats, I don’t care how cute Disney or whoever tries to make them.
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RATS!!!
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I hope not. Rat. Singular!
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Ewwww!!
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I know!
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I came face to face with a rat a few months ago (not close, but climbing through the bushes nearby). I looked into his eyes and felt guilty thinking he should be dead. What a terrible dilemma. If we were starving in Africa we’d be thankful and eat him probably.
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I’ve never killed a creature, but this could go bad very quickly.
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Better the yard than the house . . . but still. Not sure I’d want him as a neighbor.
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We definitely don’t.
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Hmmm….not sure I’m a fan either.
I have a dear friend (and she’s mostly sane) who has two pet rats. She (and her family) swears they are the best pets!
I’m not buying what she’s selling…
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I’ve heard that as well, but I’m in no hurry to have this one in the house.
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Ugh. Hate rates. Once had them living in the walls of a house I owned near Seattle (where they are a common nuisance in crawl spaces, attics, garages, etc.). They came in through vents in my house’s siding. I could hear their little babies mewling in the wall behind my bed. Arrgghhh! Like you, I don’t want to kill creatures, but…I set traps for these rats when I realized they were eating their way through walls/flooring into the space beneath my kitchen sink. One can tolerate only so much! Rats, stay outside!
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If critters take up residence in the house, all bets are off.
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Your cat’s name still makes me laugh every time I see it 🙂
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Thanks. And yet my husband still hates it and refuses to use it. Go figure.
😉
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Much worse than a squirrel!
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You said it brother.
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