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Free-range feeders

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  • 04-25-2005, 03:08 PM
    Smulkin
    Free-range feeders
    One thing I have noticed . . . the rat escapees are not quite unobtrusive as escape snakes. I have at LEAST two distinct escapees haunting the basement, maybe three or one is just that fast.

    One in particular has been driving me nuts all weekend and keeps climbing up the back of all the computers and peeking out under my monitor - then diving back into the safety of the tangled mess of cord-hell behind the computer desk. I am about ready to throw a trap down for him or go buy a blowgun and zap him with some curare.

    On the upside it gives some small comfort in knowing that any escaped snakes may well come across a suitable meal in their wanderings.
  • 04-25-2005, 03:46 PM
    Adam_Wysocki
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Escaped rodents over the years have turned me into a sniper with the ole pellet gun! :D

    -adam
  • 04-25-2005, 04:08 PM
    Kara
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
    Escaped rodents over the years have turned me into a sniper with the ole pellet gun! :D

    -adam


    YEP!!!!

    Ferrets also work well for dispatching escaped rodents. I let one go in our rodent room from time to time - works like a charm!

    K~
  • 04-25-2005, 04:10 PM
    Smulkin
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Heheh my unspoken thouhts exactlyu , but should my aim falter I dont want to boof me lovely new monitor - and that's where he always shows himself. I tried catching him with the business end of a shop-vac but couldnt maneuver closer quick enough (and yes I know shop-vacs are so quiet and stealthy they are the offical ninja weapon this millenium). About ready to call in a napalm strike on him if he doesn't chew through one of the many cables back there and fry himself. The cat is too old and lazy to be bothered with the whole ordeal - floppy old wench WORK FOR YER VITTLES!

    Oh well, it's an old house (1902) - he can just melt into the plaster and lathe and join his wild relatives.
  • 04-25-2005, 08:13 PM
    Shelby
    Re: Free-range feeders
    My cats are good at cornering mouse escapees.. occasionally they kill one. Escapee rats though.. the cats fear them. lol
  • 04-25-2005, 08:50 PM
    Jeanne
    Re: Free-range feeders
    In the past when I had problems with escapee rodents, one of my 3 ferrets have always gotten them for me. In fact- one ferret was in the pet shop I worked at because his past owners gave him back because the ferret escaped and ate thier hamster collection over night. I dont breed them anymore, but the ferrets are still catching the occassional rodent that thinks my house is the place to be instead of outside.
  • 04-25-2005, 09:06 PM
    RobertCoombs
    Re: Free-range feeders
    The rat napper.
    http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ePets/rott.JPG
    He usually sits contently and patiently behind me while cleaning racks ... just in case one of those little nasty vermin make a break for it
  • 04-25-2005, 09:23 PM
    Buckeye
    Re: Free-range feeders
    nice rottie ive got one myself but he is of no use to me in that department he is one of the laziest animals i have ever met
  • 04-25-2005, 09:54 PM
    Jeanne
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by RobertCoombs
    The rat napper.
    http://www.chondrosunlimited.com/Pho...ePets/rott.JPG
    He usually sits contently and patiently behind me while cleaning racks ... just in case one of those little nasty vermin make a break for it



    Beautiful Rat Napper!!!!!!
  • 04-26-2005, 09:03 AM
    Marla
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Curare, huh? Sounds like what you need is to borrow a ferret from a friend, as long as you don't currently have any loose snakes in the house that you'd like back.
  • 04-26-2005, 09:41 AM
    Smulkin
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Curare yes - or quaff some ayahuasca and raise the rat zombie army again to hunt down the infidels.
  • 04-26-2005, 10:19 AM
    frankykeno
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Ha! our german shepherd, big snow white male topped out at about 125 or more was terrified of mice or rats...you'd trip over him fleeing to cower in the bedroom if one got in the house LOL....on the upside our female cat (passed on last year at the ripe old age of 18) made her last official "kill" just after she turned 17...poor ole lady brought me the wee beastie as her teeth were too dull to do the job...wierd tho for a hunting female she would never touch our pet hamsters even when one escaped and hid out in her covered litter box (now that ladies and gents is one duuuuuuuumb hamster!)

    Err edit that...one doesn't "trip" over a shepherd that size...one is "bowled over" by a shepherd that size LOL
  • 04-26-2005, 11:32 AM
    frankykeno
    Re: Free-range feeders
    Actual advice here (rather than my usual goofy ramblings). If any of our rats get loose for some reason making a little tic tic sound (put your tongue against the roof of your mouth and click it) seems irrestible to them. They just can't help but come out and see what is making that sound. Sit still, make the tic tic sound and then grab em quick when they get close enough. Works everytime for me. Don't laugh but for some odd reason rats love me and always come to that sound (or is it the peanut butter dabbed behind my ears LOL...dang goofy again!)
  • 04-29-2005, 01:10 PM
    Ginevive
    Re: Free-range feeders
    You'll think I have no life when I say this... but catching escapee rats can be fun! I had one of my males get out a few months ago, and my cat and I made a game outta hunting him down and finally getting him alive. I did not want him killed off, since he was a great producer.
    I have never worked in a team situation with a cat before, but he seriously was a big help. The rat got under our washing machine, and Inky the kitty would run to one side, and the rat would run toward me on the other side, and finally I grabbed the sucker's tail and nabbed him.
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