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  • Merlin's_Beard
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    Oh my goodness! Well done for getting it out the house.

    At least the next time you have a mystery plant eater you've got a ready perpetrator out there!

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  • greenbee
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    my mum once woke up in the middle of the night to find the wardrobe door slowly opening… after bravely turning on the light, she found there was a baby rabbit peering out. Clearly the cat had taken in it there at some point the previous day!

  • badmemory
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    Thank you all for reminding me why I never had a second cat.

  • Jessy103
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    Wow! That is a bit too much excitement for a Sunday morning!

    I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
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  • beanielou
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    What is it with cats and rabbits.

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    I hope the tears in counselling felt like some relief of the burden you've carried for so long. 🫂

    And the rabbit....I was sitting her actually laughing out loud at that one 🤣...

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  • Watty1
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    I laughed at rabbit gate. Such a joy to read. Bless Chloe.

    Re counselling, lifting burdens can only be a good thing in the long run even if tough to go through.

    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
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    It was a citizen's arrest?

    Or

    During routine patrol, Chief Inspector Chloe observed the culprit munching cauliflower heads and pounced. She is currently composing her statement while licking her paws (autocorrected to herpes for some ungodly reason)and trying to get rabbit floof from between her teeth.

    Maybe it was a scape - rabbit for the negative emotions? Be thankful she couldn't find a goat 🙏

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    You now have a rabbit, somewhere, in your garden, for now.

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