Do you have many rats in your area. I doubt you will find any bigger than this ugly scouse rat

@meggie So what happened, did he swell up, or go to A and E.

@SW-User two puncture marks from the fangs and circular bruising from the jaws. No A & E as he didn't realise at the time as he was clearing brambles and thought it was thorns. But the doctor next door said it was when the bruising came out

@meggie useful to have a doctor next door. I have a retired paediatrician at the bottom of my garden. I would not fancy one of her clinics, anyhow she is terrified of snakes.

A lucky escape I think, it looked very nasty.

@Virgo79 It is a Liverpool rat

@melissa001 It is a Liverpool rat, the little bugger will empty your house out

@nedkelly well I do have cats and they've dragged them in before. Sometimes not dead. But I would rescue it and put it in the barn.😸

@Nimbus Touzie