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Date: 14 April 2008 09:52:57
Last night i was just about to get a drink of water to take to bed and i noticed that there was a rats bum and tail on the floor in the kitchen (so thats where the saying "give a rats ass comes from" maybe????? maybe not?????)
George was playing with another baby rat about a metre from the first one. As i got closer i noticed that it was still alive (barely) so put it at first in a little container and stuck a little bit of milk in there for it to drink. The rat looked petrified and its heart was beating really really fast. Which isnt suprising really as he was about to be eaten. I then got a small box from the recycling and put him in there.
George spotted him at this point and tried to get him but i managed to get him away. I then put a ripped up piece of kitchen towel in at one end for a bed. Then at the other end i put in a bit of cabbage and a tiny bowl of water. I had tried bread in the little container but it had gone all soggy from the milk. (I would just like to point out i have no idea what a rat likes to eat but was thinking on my feet) I had already put holes in the top of the box and then put the lid down on it.
I wouldnt say i was a fan of rats. Im calling it a rat, it might have been a mouse. Not sure how to tell the difference when they are babies. This one was only about 2inches long.
Anyway as i was saying i wouldnt say i was a fan of rats/mice but as this one was still alive i didnt want to put it straight back outside if it wasnt able to get away quick enough from the cats.
I put the box in the hall and went to bed. This morning i told Jono what i had done and he said "you know they can eat their way through cardboard dont you?"
I wasnt sure if it was going to be alive by this morning as it wasnt moving very much the night before, so as i came down stairs i wasnt sure if i was going to find a broken open box or a dead rat. I was pleased to have not found either. He had moved everything round in the box so i asumed he was now more mobile and his heart beat was no longer making his whole body move, so i took the box outside and put him in the bush in the front garden. He then scurried(spell) away. I then threw the box in the bin and washed my hands in hot water and anti bacterical wash.
I then went and had my breakfast glowing in my good deed :-)
L x