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Il y a un rat dans mon jardin: qu’est-ce que je vais faire? (Partie 3)

Louis Catorze still hasn’t caught the rat. I expect most of you probably knew that anyway. 

Catorze! Où est le rat?

I was starting to feel quite ashamed to have a cat that didn’t do its ONE JOB, but it seems I am not alone in suffering from such feline uselessness.

Zelva, who is probably not far off the same age as Catorze, has never caught a thing in her life. Not only that, but she and her supposed prey socialise together. I KNOW. 

A nice afternoon get-together with the pigeons.

Otis and Roux are devastatingly efficient at catching prey. However, they then bring them into the house and release them, leaving the humans to figure out where they are and how to trap and remove them. There is a large mouse (or perhaps a small rat – nobody is quite sure) currently hiding behind the tumble dryer at Otis and Roux’s place, and neither cat is doing the slightest thing about it. Roux even went as far as to clamp her jaws around it, lock eyes with one of the humans, then release it again. 

Does my family have the most incompetent cats in the world? Or are they doing this on purpose, just to spite us?

Otis proves that conducting Rodent Duty does not lead to fewer rodents on the premises.
Roux takes a break between stints of bringing in rodents and watching them run riot.

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20 responses to “Il y a un rat dans mon jardin: qu’est-ce que je vais faire? (Partie 3)”

  1. M - avatar
    M –

    Brandon’s curious but not the hunter that Ramses is. Now that I think about it, Ramses is the only cat I’ve lived with that proved to be an Apex Predator.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      What’s Ramses’ prey of choice?

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      1. M - avatar
        M –

        Doesn’t have one

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  2. snowpackjack avatar
    snowpackjack

    The pigeon photo- priceless.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Absolutely ridiculous! 🤣🤣🤣

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  3. Belle avatar
    Belle

    Zelva’s a pacifist! 😂 Otis and Roux need a visit from Catorze to show them Proper Rodent Dispatch…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I don’t know how helpful he’d be now. Maybe when he was at his peak?

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Cats that do their duty are those that don’t have any slaves to take care of them, e.g. stray cats. Neither your Louis nor our Timon belong to that team.

    Who is Zelva? The picture showing her surrounded by pigeons is really astonishing.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Zelva is my mum’s cat. 🙂

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Do you know what? Without being psychic, I had guessed it 🙂.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  5. Kate Crimmins avatar
    Kate Crimmins

    (RIP) Morgan was my best mouser. She could catch 8 a week if they were in the house. When she turned 12ish, she stopped. She retired from the trade but none of the other cats had her skills. They watch and chase but catching is out of their wheelhouse. Fortunately we don’t have rats, only tiny field mice which are the cutest tiny creatures although I prefer them to live out in the fields where they belong.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Did the mice come into your house?

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar
        Kate Crimmins

        Yes, Morgan was an indoor only cat. One week (at our last house) she got 8 mice. A whole family must have moved in! Typically is was a lot less except in the fall when they are looking for a warm place for the winter.

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  6. Editor avatar
    Editor

    Ah ratgate. It reminds me of mousegate!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Which one in particular?

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  7. cat9984 avatar
    cat9984

    The three lady cats understand that mice are to dispatched. Sgt Stripes thinks they are toys

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh dear! So it’s his fault if they run riot in the house?

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      1. cat9984 avatar
        cat9984

        Unfortunately, yes. And he’s the one we brought in from outside.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          That’s hilarious! 🤣

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