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Only a desperate cat would take on a rat. They're big and mean. Sure, the cat can kill the rat, but the chance of significant injury would be high. And in
by bryanlarsen 3mo ago
Only a desperate cat would take on a rat. They're big and mean. Sure, the cat can kill the rat, but the chance of significant injury would be high. And in the wild a significant injury is often a death sentence.
The title really misleads -- cats can be great at urban mouse control. But for urban rat control you need something bigger.
- pseudohadamard 3mo agoThe methodology is a bit biased, if you have a rat problem you get a farm cat to deal with it, you don't hope some half-starved possibly sick or injured feral happens to turn up and get rid of them.
- bryanlarsen 3mo agoMy comment was written using personal experience with farm cats.