Is my gift a rat or a mouse? Photo warning!

[FlatteredFool]

I've tried googling but can't decide. It's not as big as some he's had and brought to me with love.

Baby rat looking at the tail. You lucky thing.

Rat I'm afraid

Well done that cat

Rat I think

Young rat I think. Quite a thick tail.

I'd say rat, the field mice my cat brings in usually have skinnier tails than that.

Yes, that’s a rat. Eeek.

He's a devil for them. Two this week in the early hours. I think he's now taken it to his actual owner. She'll be thrilled.

You have my sympathies. At least it's dead?!

This time. He brought a live squeaking one in a few months back and killed it in dds room 🤢

That's a rat (I work with rats and mice).

baby rat. The cat is a good ratter.

Baby rat.

Rat

That's a rat, at least moggie is earning it's keep.

Rat. Maybe puss has found a nest. Good puss

Argh! I think I worked out where all the rats were coming from as ours has now moved onto tiny, live mice. I think we ended up with only 3 live rats but it seemed to be linked to some road works which I assume disturbed a nest. I've evicted the third live mouse this week today before breakfast 🙄

Baby rat 🤮

Argh this has confirmed for me that my shih tzu (not normally known for this sort of thing!!) brought me a (dead) rat for a third time yesterday. I’m assuming (hoping!) he’s finding them dead rather than killing them. We get a lot of cats in our garden who I think are killing them and leaving them.

No gifts awaiting me when he shouted to come in at 4am today thank goodness. Why do I get the early morning wake up calls instead of his actual owners?? He's too cute to be cross with and he knows it.

Rat!! Good cat 🐈

@FlatteredFool

No gifts awaiting me when he shouted to come in at 4am today thank goodness. Why do I get the early morning wake up calls instead of his actual owners?? He's too cute to be cross with and he knows it.

Because you let him in.....the owners have probably set the cat flap to no entry over night so they don't wake up to dead/live rats in the house!!

Definitely a rat.
My puss used to eat the front half and gift me the rear half.

They don't have a cat flap. He knows he's always welcome for a sleepover and snuggles and is very loved. His owners know he's with us half the time.

Well clearly you are the most loved op..

@Dizzywizz

Argh this has confirmed for me that my shih tzu (not normally known for this sort of thing!!) brought me a (dead) rat for a third time yesterday. I’m assuming (hoping!) he’s finding them dead rather than killing them. We get a lot of cats in our garden who I think are killing them and leaving them.

My Godmother had a mostly Shi Tsu (1/8 yorkie) who was a marvellous ratter. Would regularly present me with the remains when I stayed on their farm.