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Dead rat

#1 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:37 pm

A dead rat appeared sometime between when I left for work yesterday and when I left for work this morning. It's on the patio between my house and my garage. Yecccch.

I've called County Health Services to get rid of the damn thing, but I'm told it'll take them a couple of days to respond. I may need to deal with it myself. Double yecccch.

To make matters worse, Ms. 63 had occasion this morning to move our bed, and you'll never guess what she found beneath them. Rat droppings. Triple yecccch.

I'm really starting to hate rodents. And I haven't even made it home yet. --Bob
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Re: Dead rat

#2 Post by peacock2121 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:56 pm

Try this:

A rat is just a big mouse.

Mice are cute.


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#3 Post by ne1410s » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:58 pm

A rat is just a squirrel that needs Rogaine.
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#4 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:48 pm

When Zap had been here for about a week, he found a mouse in the backyard and killed it. I found it and since I am afraid of rodents, I did the logical thing, I used the pooper scooper and flung the carcass over the wall. We have coyotes that roam in this area at night and I figure that it would make a tasty treat.
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#5 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:54 pm

Bob78164 wrote:A dead rat appeared sometime between when I left for work yesterday and when I left for work this morning. It's on the patio between my house and my garage. Yecccch.

I've called County Health Services to get rid of the damn thing, but I'm told it'll take them a couple of days to respond. I may need to deal with it myself. Double yecccch.

To make matters worse, Ms. 63 had occasion this morning to move our bed, and you'll never guess what she found beneath them. Rat droppings. Triple yecccch.

I'm really starting to hate rodents. And I haven't even made it home yet. --Bob
Yikes. Rats are pretty big to get into a house. Better start checking for entry points. And more droppings. If you're lucky it might just be mouse droppings.
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Re: Dead rat

#6 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:54 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:When Zap had been here for about a week, he found a mouse in the backyard and killed it. I found it and since I am afraid of rodents, I did the logical thing, I used the pooper scooper and flung the carcass over the wall. We have coyotes that roam in this area at night and I figure that it would make a tasty treat.
I'll be using a shovel to deposit the carcass in our trash can. Fortunately, tomorrow is pick-up day.

What bugs me is wondering whether the thing died of some illness that can get passed along to us two-legs. There's no visible cause of death -- at least, none visible from five feet away, which is as close as I've cared to get to it.

I'm not sure I agree with the wisdom of your solution. After all, you don't want to teach coyotes that there is yummy stuff to be had near your house. --Bob
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#7 Post by BigDrawMan » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:57 pm

rats are very social
I dont torture mallards all the time, but when I do, I prefer waterboarding.

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#8 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:04 pm

BigDrawMan wrote:rats are very social
So they get social diseases?
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#9 Post by BigDrawMan » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:10 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:rats are very social
So they get social diseases?


they dont use protection
I dont torture mallards all the time, but when I do, I prefer waterboarding.

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#10 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:12 pm

BigDrawMan wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:rats are very social
So they get social diseases?


they dont use protection

They oughta try those squirrel briefs.
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Re: Dead rat

#11 Post by elwoodblues » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:21 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: So they get social diseases?


they dont use protection

They oughta try those squirrel briefs.
I thought you were a fan of the Trojans.
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Re: Dead rat

#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:35 pm

elwoodblues wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:

they dont use protection

They oughta try those squirrel briefs.
I thought you were a fan of the Trojans.

I don't think they make them in squirrel size.
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Re: Dead rat

#13 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:06 am

ne1410s wrote:A rat is just a squirrel that needs Rogaine.
That one made me laugh!
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#14 Post by tanstaafl2 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:57 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:rats are very social
So they get social diseases?
Indeed they do! Very social diseases like plague (OK it is mostly the fleas on the rats but those fleas really like the rats they live on!) and Hantavirus, a viral hemorrhagic fever that causes a severe pulmonary disease syndrome and is a kissing cousin to the viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola in Africa, some of which also use a known rodent vector.

Very social indeed...
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#15 Post by tanstaafl2 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:00 am

tanstaafl2 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
BigDrawMan wrote:rats are very social
So they get social diseases?
Indeed they do! Very social diseases like plague (OK it is mostly the fleas on the rats but those fleas really like the rats they live on!) and Hantavirus, a viral hemorrhagic fever that causes a severe pulmonary disease syndrome and is a kissing cousin to the viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola in Africa, some of which also use a known rodent vector.

Very social indeed...
Oh and lets not forget everyones favorite, rat bite fever!
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#16 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:01 am

Has anyone seen Giant Gambian Rat in the last 24 hours!?!?!?!?!? :shock:

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Re: Dead rat

#17 Post by Giant Indonesian Rat » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:07 am

littlebeast13 wrote:Has anyone seen Giant Gambian Rat in the last 24 hours!?!?!?!?!? :shock:

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Re: Dead rat

#18 Post by Squashed Hamster » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:14 am

Hey Bob, you see an old BAM AP with bad hair lurking around your house recently....?

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