A present for when they get home

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I’ve been looking after a neighbour’s cat – they have gone on holiday for 3 weeks! They have two young children but are home schooling them which is why they are able to go away for such a long period. Anyway they asked me to check on the cat every few days. They have bought an automatic cat feeder so I wouldn’t have to go every day, but just pop in once a week or so, check that he’s OK and give him a pouch of food for a treat as a change from the dry stuff. I felt a bit mean leaving him so long so I have been calling in every three days or so to give him a treat and a bit of attention. Everything was fine until this week when I took the cat’s water bowl into the kitchen to fill it up and found this dead vole on the counter. It didn’t seem particularly decomposed, thankfully, but it could have been there for a couple of days before I found it. I disposed of it, obviously, and I did let them know so they can be sure to clean the counter-tops particularly well before putting food on there! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.