In my garden!!!
Well, a dead one, anyway…
(Sorry, there might be pictures you don’t like here…)
Lil Man saw the photo and thought it looked cute… Dead, but cute…
But the circle of life, as it is, didn’t leave the rat there…
Quite a large raven came by, and after stalking for a while, making sure he wasn’t encroaching on anyone else’s territory, had a feast… While we were eating breakfast… Lovely!
Lil Man thought it was like watching the Discovery Channel live!
Gory, I know, but its an education in itself… This is how creatures in the wild survive…
And Sonu Singh watched on… He couldn’t see the rat, but watched the bird for ages… Maybe he was thinking, “oooh! If I was outside, I’d have a fun game of chase!”
Then, raven flew away, leaving a pile of entrails and a rat shell…
I couldn’t leave it for the kids to see, so armed with a shovel, I carefully carried the remains to one side, and disposed of them, as best I could…
(Gory pic alert!)
Poor rat, but seriously, what were you doing in my garden??? I sure hope there isn’t a colony of you somewhere nearby!
But I Smile Anyway... 
May 05, 2015 @ 17:18:23
Thanks for giving me the heebee geebies lol
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May 05, 2015 @ 18:37:52
Lol!!! 😁
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May 05, 2015 @ 15:10:46
Nothing’s more interesting to a cat than a rat’s optic nerve dangling from a raven’s beak!
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May 05, 2015 @ 16:04:08
Lol!! To be honest, I don’t think he even saw the rat, it was the raven who was the interesting thing to him!
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May 05, 2015 @ 16:33:33
Quit raining on my gory parade.
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May 05, 2015 @ 16:39:22
😁
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May 05, 2015 @ 10:29:57
Ick! I probably would have run off screaming.
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May 05, 2015 @ 12:00:28
It wasn’t pleasant!!
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May 05, 2015 @ 06:21:05
It must have been the foxes but trust you Ritu, to see a story in this incident and make a lively post out of it.
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May 05, 2015 @ 06:43:39
I always say there is inspiration everywhere you look!!! 😊 thank you! 😀
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May 05, 2015 @ 02:22:22
At least it was in the garden. My gang bring them into the house and eat them on the carpet or better, on my bed!
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May 05, 2015 @ 05:51:29
See, I couldn’t cope with that at all!!!
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May 05, 2015 @ 11:43:14
The difference between living in the city and the country. 😀
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May 05, 2015 @ 12:01:18
True!
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May 05, 2015 @ 01:46:53
I hate them lol
It’s not because they are disgusting but they destroy everything on their surroundings 😮
So death suit them in any way.
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May 05, 2015 @ 05:48:21
I’m not particularly fond of them either!!
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May 05, 2015 @ 01:22:47
eeew lol. better you than me
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May 05, 2015 @ 05:47:47
Lol, it wasn’t pleasant but had to be done!
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May 05, 2015 @ 05:49:44
i still say better you than me…..lol I’m a sook!
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May 05, 2015 @ 05:52:43
😖 lol!!
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May 04, 2015 @ 21:17:16
So cool of you! It’s educational and all?!! I like that.
Love the raven. The kitty watching through the grass. The raven didn’t make much mess as I thought it would. Just one small area on the rat.
Nice post.
OldenGray’s comment? If one, will be more? For real?
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May 04, 2015 @ 21:20:57
It is indeed educational!!! I’m scared at the thought of more though!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:23:57
Where there is one, there are many… .o) Ouch…my eye…
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:29:32
I sure hope not!!! 😮
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:17:31
Oh YUCK! That did make me shudder!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:29:10
I had to remove it too, in case the kids wanted to go out!!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:30:03
You are a braver woman that I!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:30:42
Had it been alive, I would have been screaming!!! But I bravely got the shovel…!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:33:14
I couldn’t even get it dead! I am a terrible wimp,
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:34:14
Oh I have toughened up lots over the years!!!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:50:35
I have in some ways, but will not when it comes to dead rats, or live ones for that matter!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:57:59
He he!!
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:07:24
If Cat goes outside at all, that may have been Cat’s gift to you… Or, rat fought with another rat. You just got rid of the loser.
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May 04, 2015 @ 19:27:42
He doesn’t go out so it wasn’t him, bless him! 😊
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