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Posted by Jangchub on August 13, 2008, 5:15 pm
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Not really a garden story unless you are like me and treat rats as
PART of the garden process. Well, we have a herd back there now.
Prime season for them. Rescued two babies from the pool the other
night and today I rescued one out who was doing the "fly." Anyway,
got him/her out and watched it scamper. Then, I went out to move the
sprinkler a minute ago and there was a rat laying out by the pool on
the coping in the shade! It was the cutest thing I saw all day. Thing
is, when it saw me it continued to lay there and relax. I love the
little critters.
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Posted by Zootal on August 14, 2008, 12:19 am
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Around this neck of the woods, rats can carry parasites and diseases. And
they carry fleas, which can also carry diseases. I kill rats on sight. I
should say, I would kill them on sight, but we have very few wild rats or
mice around here. Probably because everyone else here is smart enough to
kill them on sight also.
When you or yours contract mycoplasma or hantavirus or or some other nasty
bug from your rats, you won't think they are quite so cute.
> Not really a garden story unless you are like me and treat rats as
> PART of the garden process. Well, we have a herd back there now.
> Prime season for them. Rescued two babies from the pool the other
> night and today I rescued one out who was doing the "fly." Anyway,
> got him/her out and watched it scamper. Then, I went out to move the
> sprinkler a minute ago and there was a rat laying out by the pool on
> the coping in the shade! It was the cutest thing I saw all day. Thing
> is, when it saw me it continued to lay there and relax. I love the
> little critters.
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Posted by paghat on August 14, 2008, 4:05 am
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I trade ya my rat in the yard "happy" story.
I once lived happily with an elderly loner female rat living under the
house & enjoyed watching her doing her "rounds" through the lawn & garden.
When the neighbor's dog was fed, the elderly rat would tramp across the
lawn to next door in order to steal some dog-biscuits. Her little path was
very well-worn.
She never came in the house, she had no mate so there was not an
ever-increasing population; she was so poky & arthritic I doubt she was
able to reproduce, & she never made any noise to speak of. If she had
been in the walls where she might chew wiring, or busily reproducing,
I'd've done something about her, but as she only regarded a bit of ground
under the house as her nest & there was only the one rat, I really liked
seeing her about.
-paghat the ratgirl
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Posted by Jangchub on August 14, 2008, 11:36 am
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:05:53 -0700, gardenSPAM-ME-NOT@paghat.com
(paghat) wrote:
>I trade ya my rat in the yard "happy" story.
>
>I once lived happily with an elderly loner female rat living under the
>house & enjoyed watching her doing her "rounds" through the lawn & garden.
>When the neighbor's dog was fed, the elderly rat would tramp across the
>lawn to next door in order to steal some dog-biscuits. Her little path was
>very well-worn.
>
>She never came in the house, she had no mate so there was not an
>ever-increasing population; she was so poky & arthritic I doubt she was
>able to reproduce, & she never made any noise to speak of. If she had
>been in the walls where she might chew wiring, or busily reproducing,
>I'd've done something about her, but as she only regarded a bit of ground
>under the house as her nest & there was only the one rat, I really liked
>seeing her about.
>
>-paghat the ratgirl
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Posted by Jangchub on August 14, 2008, 11:53 am
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:05:53 -0700, gardenSPAM-ME-NOT@paghat.com
(paghat) wrote:
>I trade ya my rat in the yard "happy" story.
>
>I once lived happily with an elderly loner female rat living under the
>house & enjoyed watching her doing her "rounds" through the lawn & garden.
>When the neighbor's dog was fed, the elderly rat would tramp across the
>lawn to next door in order to steal some dog-biscuits. Her little path was
>very well-worn.
>
>She never came in the house, she had no mate so there was not an
>ever-increasing population; she was so poky & arthritic I doubt she was
>able to reproduce, & she never made any noise to speak of. If she had
>been in the walls where she might chew wiring, or busily reproducing,
>I'd've done something about her, but as she only regarded a bit of ground
>under the house as her nest & there was only the one rat, I really liked
>seeing her about.
>
>-paghat the ratgirl
I feel so sad for people who can't appreciate how precious all life
is. My backyard wildlife habitat is so friendly to animals they would
be crazy to come in the house. I find it funny how there are humans
who think they've killed every rat and mouse in their yard! That is
so hilarious to me. If a rat did come in the house I'd use a
Havaheart trap and release it out by their brush pile.
Our last house had rats in the attic and it was a bit troublesome, but
never enough for me to want them dead. The problem was humans came in
a bulldozed the entire area to build another CVS, Bed Bath and Beyond,
Petco, Target, Macaroni Grill, Applebee's, Ulta, Pier One, Michael's,
Walmart, Outback, Old Navy, Marshall's, Ross, Home Depot, Lowes, Hobby
Lobby, ad nauseam.
I don't know about the PNW and their list of chain stores with the
exact same merch as a store in Central TX, but these dozers are
moving animals out of their native habitats and so I try to provide
one for them. I also believe in karma so if I get some weird illness
from a rat, it's karma ripening. I'm sure people's heads will now
explode in rec.gardens! How funny they are.
Your female rat sounds very similar to our rats. I don't freak out
when I hear a scamper. Just yesterday my husband said it will only be
a matter of time before the snakes figure out there is food back here.
While that does not please me, I hate to see anything kill any other
thing, it is the fact of nature and if people let it balance out, it
does. We have rat snakes, corn snakes, and in the pond we now have a
Texas blotched water snake. I am not happy he's in there since he/she
is most likely eating our tadpoles and pollywogs.
Thank you for your kind story. Underneath it all your humanity is
evident. We've had our times, you and I. Maybe I grew up a bit, but I
have grown fond of you Paggers. I respect your intellect and the
ability to voice it. Thank you.
Victoria
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