My Maine coons bring home some surprises. The big boy in particular catches rats, squirrels, jays, a crow, a pheasant, rabbits, but mostly small mice of course. It's a rare day that some wildlife does not fall victim to him. Curious really, they must be bloody stupid and blind, as he's massive, and white.

My little she-cat caught a couple of magpies in one day a couple of years ago when a group of them decided to dive-bomb her.

I've seen them dive-bombing other cats in the area since then but with her they now seem to keep a safe distance and just squawk loudly.

I think her reputation as being quick as lightning and deadly might have spread.

One of mine has caught a wood pigeon, thankfully I haven't a catflap so it was left outside but there were feathers everywhere. I can't stand rats and the thought of them catching one makes me feel quite ill, the couple of mice they have caught have been bad enough but they were really tiny.

My boys used to catch all sorts when they were younger. I once found 3 rats in varying states on the lawn within a 10 minute period - the 1st one was total carnage, the 2nd slightly torn apart but the 3rd was a comedy dead rat and was totally unmarked!

My youngest son once pointed out towards the garden and said 'squirrel' - I thought there was one in the garden but it turned out to be a dead rat sitting underneath his Bob the Builder work bench in my living room. *shudder*

I think the biggest thing they ever brought back was a racing pigeon. There was one very unhappy pigeon fancier in Germany that day!

My old cat Wilbur from years back killed a fully grown rabbit. He was a big old farm cat and an expert in his field. My persian that followed, Patrick, specialised in bringing dead baby rabbits through my bedroom window. As I live on a busy road now I can no longer own cats and I miss them terribly, not that side of them though.

my granny's cat used to catch rabbits, but one day I remember he brought back this massive rodent like creature. I think it may have been a rat, a very big one.

My old cat Kipper brought home (didn't have a cat flap at that house, the "presents" were left in a variety or states on the back step) a variety of large kills, a Seagull, a Crow, a couple of Pigeons and a Rabbit, she also killed a Yorkshire Terrier but didn't bring that home.

The biggest thing Nook has killed was a Blackbird, don't know how she got it through the cat flap, the flap is barely big enough for her.

Not sure about rats, this one attacks the postman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-postman.html

YIP, they do kill rats, Depends on the size of the cat and the size of the rat as well I suppose,
our Charles, (Charlie to his friends) is a big lad, and a good murderer, We live in a rural area and the biggest thing he has bought home (so far) is an adult wild rabbit, rats? PHA!!, he keeps giving the local sheep the evil eye,..