Re: always something new in the garden

Is it a rat or mouse?B  A mouse I would release...part of the ecosystem.B  A
rat I would not be as converned about.
----- Original Message -----
From: "droman" <djroman@worldnet.att.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:40:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [CHAT] always something new in the garden

I would take it about 5 miles away to a wooded area and release it.

Dan in PA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Theresa" <macycat3@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] always something new in the garden


> Umm- and then exactly what am I supposed to do with a live rat in a trap??
> Theresa
>
> droman wrote:
>> A small Havahart trap should do it. Some hardware stores rent them as
>> do some animal shelters and rental stores.
>>
>> Dan in PA
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa" <macycat3@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] always something new in the garden
>>
>>
>>> Good thought- but no. B And really if the pet got injured or bitten at
>>> all.... not a risk I'd be willing to take (if I knew anyone that is).
>>> Theresa
>>>
>>> BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:
>>>> Do any of your friends or neighbors have a terrier? They were
>>>> originally bred to take care of rats for farmers.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa" <macycat3@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:11:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>>>> Eastern
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] always something new in the garden
>>>>
>>>> Traps would be great, except there are incredibly stupid cats in my
>>>> neighborhood who step into traps and get a leg broken and then one
>>>> neighbor suing another (this actually happened).
>>>> So there is the delimma. If someone has any other ideas of how to get
>>>> rid of the rat, I'm certainly open to suggestion.
>>>> Theresa
>>>>
>>>> Jesse Bell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just a word about rat poison...simply because I do wildlife rescue and
>>>>> have seen owls and hawks (and other predators) die from eating a mouse
>>>>> or rat that was poisoned. It sets off a very bad chain reaction. And
>>>>> it is a slow, horrible death for the animal that eats that rat as it
>>>>> stumbles around, sick, and dying.
>>>>> Just a thought. Traps are better.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/13/09, Theresa <macycat3@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bad news-
>>>>>> Something has eaten off all the leaves from my fairly large
>>>>>> japanese painted
>>>>>> fern! Noticed this morning. What did this (we don't have wildlife
>>>>>> here)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good news-
>>>>>> My coral tree (which is still tiny, but about 5 yrs old) have
>>>>>> blossoms on
>>>>>> it! It is going to bloom!! yeah. It better hurry up though. It is
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> marginally hardy here (most years has died back to the ground).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bad news-
>>>>>> There is a huge, fat, damned rat in my birdfeeder! Yuck! Now I
>>>>>> know what
>>>>>> ate my fern. Need to get rat poison from HD.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good news-
>>>>>> Loquat is blooming : ) A little worried bc I haven't seen many
>>>>>> bees....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Happy weekend all-
>>>>>> Theresa
>>>>>>
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