June 10, 2005
Rio brings home a...!
On Friday afternoon me, mum and clara came home to a rather unusual surprise. Rio (one of our two cats) had brought us a present, one we wouldn't normally expect. Dad was at home and took the creature off Rio (that was still alive) and put it in a shoebox with some earth, water and a slug.
Both our cats kill, or attempt to kill lots of animals. Rio kills by far the most though. He brings home pretty much anything including mice, rats, squirrels and various birds including collared doves, woodpigeons, blackbirds and robins. He has also tried a hedgehog but failed. Sheeba tends to attack the smaller animals, all she's ever killed is a spider although she often tries frogs and stag beetles! But this time Rio brought home a ............. Slow worm!
We had a look at it for a while before releasing it back into the garden, with the cats safely inside.
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Brilliant Tom. Gramps says he hasn't seen a slow worm since he was at school at Cleobury Mortimer
during the war. The boys kept them as pets.
Gramps says if you hold them by the tail, the tail falls off. It's a escape mechanism, I expect you know this !
Rio is certainly a force to be reckoned with!, maybe your garden should have a "DANGER - WILD ANIMAL AT LARGE" sign.
my cat and dog once worked together and caught a wood pigeon and then sat and guarded it one on each side!!!!!!!!!!!