tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post4154117006702256383..comments2024-03-10T00:25:04.987-08:00Comments on FLAMBLOGGER ...: OH, RATS !!!ChrisJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-69899246873692593282010-08-17T22:41:59.023-07:002010-08-17T22:41:59.023-07:00Rats may be wonderful for some but not for me.
We ...Rats may be wonderful for some but not for me.<br />We had a bird feeder at our last home and it did encourage the mice and rats. Unfortunately we had to take it down to keep them from invading the house.photowannabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760961275666768173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-25079314431658282432010-08-17T15:08:00.527-07:002010-08-17T15:08:00.527-07:00What an entertaining story! I went to comment on E...What an entertaining story! I went to comment on Eyam and got sidetracked by this post! LOL! My, it seems like you cannot win that bird food battle there. At the home I grew up on on Molokai, we have a Macadamia nut tree next to our house with an electric wire that runs right by it to the crawl space under the roof. This is how I learned about tree rats (but have never seen any since they are nocturnal where our home is). Anyway, they bring the macadamia nuts in to the attic in the space that was above my parent's room. Mother could hear them at night sometimes-well what she heard was the mac nuts rolling around as the tree rats used the attic as a storage place.Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358261311454047999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-90361342968538159292010-08-17T12:45:34.078-07:002010-08-17T12:45:34.078-07:00These rats look quite cute and rats do make good p...These rats look quite cute and rats do make good pets but wild rats of any species carry diseases that humans can catch. Rats in City centres are not obvious because they can get around out of sight, but if you travel on the London Underground you will see them scuttling along besides the tracks in every station. They do say you are never more than 100 feet away from a sewer rat in any large conurbation.snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588812293454033077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-28577656272520741102010-08-17T10:54:17.541-07:002010-08-17T10:54:17.541-07:00They do look cleaner than sewer rats. But they are...They do look cleaner than sewer rats. But they are rats nevertheless and rats have a bad rep. lolJosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057386419079395375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-8535407327774843372010-08-17T10:23:02.267-07:002010-08-17T10:23:02.267-07:00Must say that those rats are rather pretty. Here ...Must say that those rats are rather pretty. Here on the farm rats get very short shrift I am afraid.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-44951433899322365332010-08-17T01:29:14.997-07:002010-08-17T01:29:14.997-07:00I laughed out loud at your realisation of the pric...I laughed out loud at your realisation of the price of the pepper. I think you're right - you'd have to spread it inches thick, but I doubt it would work even then.<br />Periodically we have rats in the garden, both because we feed the birds and we have a pond. Currently, there are three (at least) baby rats exploring their territory (our garden) so we know there are bigger rats around. We would soon be overrun so Barry shoots them. I always regret it for I like rodents of all sorts, but I can't keep them free of disease so they must be despatched.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-44389714121248907302010-08-16T03:36:34.131-07:002010-08-16T03:36:34.131-07:00Ah well. If you're paying $35 a bag for the fe...Ah well. If you're paying $35 a bag for the feed that counts as a "crop" so you wouldn't want them eating it. I agree.<br /><br />I lived in Liverpool for a while. Strangely I've had worse rat problems in the country than I ever did there. <br /><br />They got into my kitchen a couple of years back and I had no qualms about calling the exterminator.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-10723666633576273372010-08-15T12:51:46.527-07:002010-08-15T12:51:46.527-07:00AJ: I really don't mind them in the back yard...AJ: I really don't mind them in the back yard, but I keep hearing horror stories of what they do if they get into your roof. Our houses in S. California are not nearly so tight (holes blocked etc. against cold weather) as homes in the more northerly climes. And it is true that they carry bubonic plague in parts of CA. In addition my husband is a city boy from Liverpool so rats have bad connotations for him.<br /><br />My complaint is that they eat all the bird's seed along with the ground squirrels, so I don't want to be buying bird seed at $35 a bag just to feed the rats! <br /><br />But I'll tolerate them if they don't get in the house.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-60237226270920734642010-08-15T08:05:05.675-07:002010-08-15T08:05:05.675-07:00Now that's one thing I haven't seen in my ...Now that's one thing I haven't seen in my back yard.<br /><br /><br />Years ago, my daughter had two rats as pets...(from the pet store) Cleopatra and Ashley Ben....<br /><br />I'll stick to cats and dogs.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941735389982354519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-81649605824267514342010-08-15T05:36:14.961-07:002010-08-15T05:36:14.961-07:00Oh my Chris. Yikes!Oh my Chris. Yikes!Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-23779583006555404752010-08-15T03:55:37.598-07:002010-08-15T03:55:37.598-07:00OK. I can understand why you wouldn't want rat...OK. I can understand why you wouldn't want rats on an arable farm because they'll eat your crop. But I don't get why people differentiate between rats and other creatures when it comes to putting out food for the wildlife. <br /><br />I used to keep fancy rats (<i>Rattus norvegicus</i>) and they are wonderful, clean, sweet creatures when they don't have to fend for themselves in the wild.<br /><br />I guess it's every person to their own taste.... Personally I can cope with rats in the garden but if they try to get indoors (I live in the country - they try it most years as the weather turns cold) I draw the line.MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520893128143413982.post-7193949723031121402010-08-15T01:40:33.560-07:002010-08-15T01:40:33.560-07:00As we live in a farming community we often have ra...As we live in a farming community we often have rats passing through - If it gets too bigger problem Jon will pop them - more humane than poison!mrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.com