"ZoeM" wrote in message
...

Stan The Man Wrote:
....or if not, what other creature might be responsible for the
disembowelled rat next to my compost heap? Actually, it was only
slightly disembowelled so maybe my welcome predator changed its mind
on
tasting it...... TIA.


Sounds like a cat - they play with prey, but don't tend to eat it.

I take it you don't have a cat?
I have 12 and they eat everything they catch except shrews.