Ew...it is so disgusting...

When I had a cat with kittens in the garage, she brought home a piece of chicken that my neighbor was grilling and left it for them when they got old enough to eat meat. She was a good momma. The momma cat found the only food she could get and it happened to be a rat for the kittens. There probably wasn't anything else around for her to bring them. This is a sign that she knows they are getting bigger and they should be getting solid food soon or perhaps even now since the one kitten was eating the rat. It isn't a safe thing for the cats to be eating a rat or even birds, as they all have some forms of diseases, but it's their nature when they are hunters or possibly just meaning to kill it as their natural instincts usually tell them to. Some cats have never caught anything. One of my cats used to catch locusts and bring them home. It all depends on the cat. A baby rabbit was brought home by my Joey, the Maine Coone. He was carrying it in his mouth just like a momma cat would carry her kitten. It was still alive. I'm not sure if he wanted it as food or was trying to "save" it but he did not harm it. Usually he just went after mice, never a bird. He also loved playing with his toy mice, they looked so "real". Then he'd run out to find a real one, LOL. It was like he was thinking, "I hate these fake mice. I'm going out to catch the real thing.". Haha. But they have diseases as well. Cats will be cats. Please do not beat them, kidding or not, it's not nice to hear. People don't know on here if you're serious or not by typing it. Animals don't respond well to harsh things, they have feelings and such just like people. We are much much larger than them, we seem like bullies when we hit an animal just lightly. Imagine yourself in their place, if someone like you was coming at you that way and hitting you. It wouldn't be a good day.

yes you should punish your cat,then slowly slowly she will understand that her owner not liking that,and she will stop doing that.

If you don't want your cat catching rats, keep her in the house. Please don't hit your cat for catching rodents, That is what th ey are supposed to do . It's nature.

its normal for a cat, its like law of nature, cat eat mouse its natural, i never heard a cat sick because eating a mouse, but if it rat, i got concerned too, may be you right if he eat rat it will sick too.

Yes, get rid of the rat. You might have to worm your kittens now as they might have them. Check for worms when they use the litter box. You cant miss them they are little white squirming things or long and tan. You might want to keep your cat in the house from now on and get her spayed. And you might want to take your kittens to the vet if they are sick. What is wrong with them?