CAT MOTHERS BABY RAT.
STRANGE WHANGAREI CASE. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI, Sunday. A strange case is reported from the residerce of Mr. J. Parkin, of Mannu Road, Whangarei, namely, that of a cat mothering a baby rat. Mr. Parkin was digging in his garden and discovered a nest of young rats, lie killed all but one, which he told one of his children to give to the cat. It was placed with the kittens and their mother, but the cat made no attempt to kill it. The cat has three kittens about two aid a-hr.lf weeks old, and the vat is estimated to be about the same age. When the baby rat nestles against the cat, it is usually found among the three kittens, and it appears to have become one of the family, not only feeding with, but playing with, the kittens.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21007, 19 October 1931, Page 8
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