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My Cat Rat Lips

I am reformulating relationship with a new cat. My neighbor kept her primarily as an outdoor ratter and didn’t give the little thing much attention or affection, so I offered to take her in when they moved a few months ago, thinking I’d give her a “real life” (or at least some flea meds.)

I have always had physically affectionate relationships with my pets - lots of pats, they sleep in my bed, I’ll let them lick my face and ears, I’ll kiss their nose… all well and good, everybody purrs.

Well!

Last week I hear her meowing out back so I opened the kitchen door, and BOOM! She came bouncing merrily toward me with a [italic]big wood rat in her jaws![/italic] I slammed the door in her startled face.

Now all I can think of her as is Rat Lips. Do I wipe her face with something each time she comes in? I don’t have the energy to brush her teeth. I’m a little grossed out. We live on the edge of a forrest and I knew she caught mice and rats for her previous owner, but I never SAW IT. Now, I can’t UNSEE it. How do I move on and what adjustments do I make??

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by Anonymousreply 46April 29, 2025 1:14 AM

Mary!

by Anonymousreply 1April 25, 2025 12:29 AM

Next time get a bespoke bonded pair of Bengal kitties. Just make sure they’re not fictitious, malicious, or delicious.

by Anonymousreply 2April 25, 2025 12:29 AM

Yet, it is a show of trust.

by Anonymousreply 3April 25, 2025 12:32 AM

r2: Outrageous!

by Anonymousreply 4April 25, 2025 12:38 AM

I’m sad I should probably stop letting her nuzzle my face, etc. It would be like nuzzling a dead rat [bold]: ( [/bold]

I guess kissing the top of her head is still okay.

by Anonymousreply 5April 25, 2025 12:40 AM

just wipe her face down with several wipes over the course of a few days. the rat stuff will eventually be gone.

by Anonymousreply 6April 25, 2025 12:45 AM

I kissed dozens of cats that killed mice. I'm still live, never sick. Get over it, OP.

by Anonymousreply 7April 25, 2025 12:45 AM

Should we break it to OP about litter boxes?

by Anonymousreply 8April 25, 2025 12:48 AM

Apparently cat wood-rat lips once in a great while are worse than cat-ass-licking lips every day of the year.

And in your bed, to boot.

by Anonymousreply 9April 25, 2025 12:53 AM

OP's toxoplasmosis is settling in.

by Anonymousreply 10April 25, 2025 12:54 AM

That cat was willing to share a whole rat with you and look at how ungrateful you are.

by Anonymousreply 11April 25, 2025 1:09 AM

First, dollface thread! Second, congratulations on your rescue cat!

Third, if you take her for regular wellness visits and have her on amtiparasite medication you'll probably both be fine.

by Anonymousreply 12April 25, 2025 1:10 AM

Yes, you know the reason she brought that to you was to share her bounty (truly).

by Anonymousreply 13April 25, 2025 1:10 AM

This is the truth: I did feel bad after slamming the door in her face, put on some shoes, and went out to stroke her head once or twice and coo a little bit as she snacked on her bounty.

She just caught me by surprise.

I should mention I have a real aversion to seeing dead bodies. I can’t look at the historic footage with piles of people from the concentration camps, I can’t look at car accidents… lifeless bodies just freak me out! I get chills.

by Anonymousreply 14April 25, 2025 1:18 AM

Lol, R11.

by Anonymousreply 15April 25, 2025 1:21 AM

I kissed a ratter then I died.

by Anonymousreply 16April 25, 2025 1:26 AM

[quote] First, dollface thread! Second, congratulations on your rescue cat!

Dollface thread.

by Anonymousreply 17April 25, 2025 1:34 AM

[quote] First, dollface thread! Second, congratulations on your rescue cat!

Is she a rescue cat?

by Anonymousreply 18April 25, 2025 1:34 AM

[quote] I get chills.

Are they multiplying?

by Anonymousreply 19April 25, 2025 1:35 AM

Aw, she brought you a prize.

My miniature schnauzer carefully holds mice in her mouth at the back door. Only one time, she set one down inside the door. It took days to trap it.

by Anonymousreply 20April 25, 2025 1:37 AM

I get the aversion, OP. I found a cold, dead juvenile opossum in my backyard one morning (it really was dead, not "playing 'possum") I got rubber gloves and a trash bag. While I was picking it up by the tail to put it in the bag, a wave of nausea came over me. And I'm not averse to them. I think they're cute.

Do you know if kitty was fed well by the previous owner? If she feels sate, she may be less inclined to hunt. But the prey drive won't go away entirely. You can help her satisfy it by playing with her with toys that make her jump, catch, and grasp.

You also may be able to convert her to be exclusively indoors. I did that with a 13 year old I adopted. She had no problem with it. One day she was outdoors, the next day ahe wasn't.

by Anonymousreply 21April 25, 2025 1:37 AM

Is her name DeForest Kelley?

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by Anonymousreply 22April 25, 2025 1:40 AM

I have a story about a cat and a half-dead rat (and that same cat and a half-dead bird), but it's too long to tell. Suffice it to say I ended up holding a rat tail in my hand as the rat continued it's reconnoiter of my house.

And I haven't had a cat since.

by Anonymousreply 23April 25, 2025 1:44 AM

Sorry it's "its" in my post above. I hereby "Oh, dear!" myself.

by Anonymousreply 24April 25, 2025 1:46 AM

OP, it’s a RODENT. They deserve to be dead.

by Anonymousreply 25April 25, 2025 1:29 PM

I know exactly what to do OP.

by Anonymousreply 26April 25, 2025 2:03 PM

Try not letting her out or going it on a leash. I adopted two cats who used to be mostly outdoor mousers and they didn’t miss going out.

by Anonymousreply 27April 25, 2025 2:10 PM

How about not letting her out at all? If the rats are in your house be happy she gets em.

by Anonymousreply 28April 25, 2025 2:14 PM

I shouldn't give a nasty Lezzie advice on a GAY MAN'S website, but it might help others, get some tapeworm meds FAST, make sure it's says for TAPEWORMS, she has eaten rats and squirrels and mice undoubtedly, and that's how they get them, keep her in and you won't have to worry, I guess, do you have rats and mice in your house?

by Anonymousreply 29April 26, 2025 12:52 AM

a leash? only if your want to drag the poor thing. I've tried it with many cats. novel way of polishing hardwood floors.

don't bother with a leash unless it's a young kitten. Keep it indoors and it will get used to it. Play with it. rolled up 8 1/2 x 11 paper is a great cheap cat toy.

by Anonymousreply 30April 26, 2025 1:19 AM

I thought you were banned, nasty R29.

by Anonymousreply 31April 26, 2025 1:20 AM

To whom are you referring, R29? Surely it can't be me, because I haven't owned a cat for many years.

But if you could actually [italic]read[/italic], you would know that.

Thanks, R31, for letting me see that, because I have the useless idiot blocked.

by Anonymousreply 32April 26, 2025 1:25 AM

I think rats are adorable, but I used to have pet mice and I've never been (or wanted to be) nearer a wild rat than watching them play on subway tracks.

by Anonymousreply 33April 26, 2025 1:25 AM

Update?

by Anonymousreply 34April 27, 2025 6:08 PM

It was a present for you. She didn’t know it was inappropriate.

by Anonymousreply 35April 27, 2025 6:11 PM

Yeah it was a gift. Even indoor cats will sometimes bring you bugs

by Anonymousreply 36April 27, 2025 7:02 PM

“Rat Lips” sounds a lot like my surname. I’m glad I wasn’t anointed with it in grade school.

by Anonymousreply 37April 28, 2025 4:55 PM

Didn’t Bette Davis call Edward G Robinson rat lips?

by Anonymousreply 38April 28, 2025 5:21 PM

So I would have been doomed even if I had a few cats around.

by Anonymousreply 39April 28, 2025 5:42 PM

R31 you are the fucker that needs to be banned, a female cunt you are, go dilate with broken glass shoved up you nasty oily pussy bitch cunt

by Anonymousreply 40April 28, 2025 6:53 PM

Was the meat tender?

by Anonymousreply 41April 28, 2025 6:58 PM

Keep mouser inside like others have said. Problem solved. You also don't have to nuzzle her face, just the head. Most cats love a massage on the side s of their head under, not in, their ears. It also helps clean the ear.

[quote]I can’t look at the historic footage with piles of people from the concentration camps,

As opposed to all of us who can't get enough? Use it as their screensaver?

by Anonymousreply 42April 28, 2025 7:12 PM

Yet another good reason to avoid pussy

by Anonymousreply 43April 28, 2025 8:10 PM

I prefer My Pal Foot Foot.

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by Anonymousreply 44April 28, 2025 8:29 PM

OP, yiu in danger, girl.

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by Anonymousreply 45April 29, 2025 1:09 AM

Please give her to a more caring person, OP. Outdoor cats live a miserable existence before dying (usually by violence) prematurely.

by Anonymousreply 46April 29, 2025 1:14 AM
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