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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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DecadianSenior Contributor
Hi @utopia
You are right - Ratsak is a terrible poison - it gives animals a terrible death and I think it's too bad for rats and mice even - I have never used it
I had a cat - like nearly 40 years ago now - she was small but caught 7 rats in a few weeks but she never at them - she would drag them around to the back door and leave them there as presents - and she moused too - - egad I hate mice!!!!!!
But that cat died of a stroke in her old age - the cat I have now used to mouse and eat them - I think one thing about that poison is that it makes the rats and mice so sick they are unlikely to be running around and cats are wary of that - mousing is part of feline behaviour and the mouse has to be active or the cat gets suspicious - but still - all the years my current cat moused and ate them - mouse breath is revolting btw - I never thought about Ratsak -
She doesn't go outside much now but I will watch for that in case she does eat a tainted bait - eough -
Last night she went out and wouldn't come in - and there was a car wanting to go past and I couldn't catch her but I got her out of the way - when I did catch her I gave her the "Norty gurl,, bad cat!!!!" and she knew better that approach me for a while
We love our pets too @TAB - they are all precious - I know it was a long time since Tomcat - but the memories stay with us
Dec
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello @Decadian, @utopia
I have inherited lots of animals over the years , also cats were dumped at our place
one of my cats would play with the mice to , some did get away
my big black cat was an outdoor cat that i inherited would leave them there as presents at the kitchen door
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51
@Decadian and all
No meeces at my place and thank god not too many presents.
Last year my old cat wanted me to know that he was still a goer and brought in a bird haf his size.
Promising myself a shot of port in choir ... wicked!
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
My mum`s cats used to do that-- brought in a bird haf his size.and then she would get smacked for bringing in a bird @Appleblossom
but we have no mices now , we have had a couple of snakes but the cat just sits there and looks at it
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utopiaSenior Contributor
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TABSenior Contributor
Hi @utopia yes, had the pigeon still mostly alive brought thru the window in middle of night they prob just going somewhere safe to eat and yes used to have magpies who tried to brain their reflections in kitchen window every lunchtime re another story
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SteamedToastSenior Contributor
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TABSenior Contributor
..yeah chooks eat anything @SteamedToast ..cats prob in same boat as dogs re shows seen questioning how or why animals ended up living with humans
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plasmoSenior Contributor
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