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'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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Sounds like a plan...
Rats are no slackers on the multiplication front: Two rats alone can have up to 6,000 babies before they die at age 2 or 3. Of course, those babies are also breeding, starting at only 3 months of age. And they don't all disperse, seeking their little rat fortunes and pursuing tiny rodent scholarships out in the world; if there's plenty of food, they'll stick around and take over an entire city.
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Even scarier

Movie monsters are masters of stealth: They either strike from the shadows, or else hide in plain sight. Cthulhu is sunk beneath the ancient seas, Freddy exists as an abstract concept in the dreamscape and the Predator could literally turn invisible. They wouldn't be great monsters if you could just look them up in the phone book to leave bags of flaming poo on their doorsteps, would they?Likewise, it is virtually impossible to find a rat. We don't mean that in a "this would be really hard for you to do over a weekend" sense; we mean that in a "horde of trained specialists equipped with the latest technology took an entire season to find one rat" sense. A group of scientists, hoping to learn more about rats' movements, took one lone rodent to a remote island that otherwise had none. They put a tracking collar on him and spent four weeks learning his favorite spots to sleep, where he ate, the routes he used, everything.Despite laying over three dozen traps, calling in two dogs trained exclusively for the job and digging 15 "tracking tunnels," the researchers couldn't nab one little rat. They couldn't even get close. Even worse, at some point the rat actually managed to lose or break his tracking device, so they had no idea where he was anymore. When they eventually found Rat McClane, 18 weeks later, it was on an entirely different island over a quarter of a mile away. Until then, we had no idea rats could even swim that far.So hey, you saw a rat in your place? Good luck finding it, when all the collective forces of technology and science have tested their mettle against it and were found wanting. But no, we're sure you and your "tie a tiny lasso and try to throw it around him" approach will have no difficulty eradicating that pest.
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Another preferred rat highway is the inside of your pipes, as small as 1.5 inches in diameter. Rats also happen to be champion swimmers. Combine these two things and you have an animal that can and does enter your house through your toilet.
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'Ja said:
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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Sounds like a plan...
Rats are no slackers on the multiplication front: Two rats alone can have up to 6,000 babies before they die at age 2 or 3. Of course, those babies are also breeding, starting at only 3 months of age. And they don't all disperse, seeking their little rat fortunes and pursuing tiny rodent scholarships out in the world; if there's plenty of food, they'll stick around and take over an entire city.
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Yeah, I don't live in a major urban area, so things are a bit different for me. For some reason, I had a bunch of rats and mice move in one winter and I absolutely hate mice/rats...more than spiders, snakes, and anything else combined. 2 weeks of setting traps and no more mice... that I know of. :unsure:
 
Last summer my wife decided to start raising chickens. Wanted fresh eggs.

The roosters hate rodents. I've seen them kill mice and gophers. We don't have rats where I am, but I seriously doubt they would survive those vicious cocks.

I have had no mice in the house this year. Think the roosters drove them all off.

 
'bueno said:
Last summer my wife decided to start raising chickens. Wanted fresh eggs.

The roosters hate rodents. I've seen them kill mice and gophers. We don't have rats where I am, but I seriously doubt they would survive those vicious cocks.

I have had no mice in the house this year. Think the roosters drove them all off.
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Too easy, I'll leave it be.
 
'pittstownkiller said:
'bueno said:
Last summer my wife decided to start raising chickens. Wanted fresh eggs.

The roosters hate rodents. I've seen them kill mice and gophers. We don't have rats where I am, but I seriously doubt they would survive those vicious cocks.

I have had no mice in the house this year. Think the roosters drove them all off.
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Too easy, I'll leave it be.
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could create a whole new genre - zombie pron
 
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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we have a mouse in our place right now. i have set out 4-6 traps for him and used every combination of bait. peanut butter, cheese (2 different kinds), fruit, oreos, bread and even macaroni all have been untouched. i *hate* mice. to this point, we have resisted the glue traps (too cruel) and poisons (i have a toddler) but i'm running out of patience. the thing is, he comes out for a few days and then disappears for a week.
 
'The Z Machine said:
'Hawks64 said:
'Ja said:
Just kidding. We're screwed.
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That was a very disturbing article.
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Especially for someone whose house was recently infested as of a few weeks ago. I poison bombed the house. I don't have pets or kids, so I don't give a crap if there's chunks of poison everywhere.
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When I lived in NYC, I had my car infested by rats (parked on the street and garbage bags were piled next to my car). They stripped wires and tubing to make a nest. It cost me a few hundred bucks to fix everything (mechanic said,"first we have to poison your car..."). The 4th floor apartment I had was infested by mice after they gutted the bodega on the ground floor. The mice just migrated from floor by floor until they reached the top of the building. It's #######
 
'Leroy Hoard said:
'pittstownkiller said:
'bueno said:
Last summer my wife decided to start raising chickens. Wanted fresh eggs.

The roosters hate rodents. I've seen them kill mice and gophers. We don't have rats where I am, but I seriously doubt they would survive those vicious cocks.

I have had no mice in the house this year. Think the roosters drove them all off.
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Too easy, I'll leave it be.
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I'll wait for Dr. Gobbler's take on it.
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I was surprised that made it past the language filter.
 
'saintfool said:
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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we have a mouse in our place right now. i have set out 4-6 traps for him and used every combination of bait. peanut butter, cheese (2 different kinds), fruit, oreos, bread and even macaroni all have been untouched. i *hate* mice. to this point, we have resisted the glue traps (too cruel) and poisons (i have a toddler) but i'm running out of patience. the thing is, he comes out for a few days and then disappears for a week.
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Maybe you're setting the trap wrong. Peanutbutter on a mousetrap always worked for us before we got the raptor wannabes.
 
'saintfool said:
'The Z Machine said:
'Hawks64 said:
'Ja said:
Just kidding. We're screwed.
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That was a very disturbing article.
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Especially for someone whose house was recently infested as of a few weeks ago. I poison bombed the house. I don't have pets or kids, so I don't give a crap if there's chunks of poison everywhere.
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When I lived in NYC, I had my car infested by rats (parked on the street and garbage bags were piled next to my car). They stripped wires and tubing to make a nest. It cost me a few hundred bucks to fix everything (mechanic said,"first we have to poison your car..."). The 4th floor apartment I had was infested by mice after they gutted the bodega on the ground floor. The mice just migrated from floor by floor until they reached the top of the building. It's #######
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Disgusting creatures. They are fairly intelligent though. Smarter than cats or dogs IMO.
 
'bueno said:
'saintfool said:
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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we have a mouse in our place right now. i have set out 4-6 traps for him and used every combination of bait. peanut butter, cheese (2 different kinds), fruit, oreos, bread and even macaroni all have been untouched. i *hate* mice. to this point, we have resisted the glue traps (too cruel) and poisons (i have a toddler) but i'm running out of patience. the thing is, he comes out for a few days and then disappears for a week.
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Maybe you're setting the trap wrong. Peanutbutter on a mousetrap always worked for us before we got the raptor wannabes.
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maybe i should try a simple tapping of my foot?
 
'jplvr said:
'Ja said:
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
Click to expand...
Sounds like a plan...
Rats are no slackers on the multiplication front: Two rats alone can have up to 6,000 babies before they die at age 2 or 3. Of course, those babies are also breeding, starting at only 3 months of age. And they don't all disperse, seeking their little rat fortunes and pursuing tiny rodent scholarships out in the world; if there's plenty of food, they'll stick around and take over an entire city.
Click to expand...
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Yeah, I don't live in a major urban area, so things are a bit different for me. For some reason, I had a bunch of rats and mice move in one winter and I absolutely hate mice/rats...more than spiders, snakes, and anything else combined. 2 weeks of setting traps and no more mice... that I know of. :unsure:
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Still prefer rats to cockroaches, although I've never had a rat problem. Had a mouse problem in Germany but me and my terrier teamed up to rid the house of them as the dog would always alert to their presence. He's retired now and the other dog is not that refined, so let's hope the mice stay away.Great article though, very interesting.
 
'saintfool said:
'jplvr said:
Mousetrap with peanut butter seems to kill them just fine. :shrug:
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we have a mouse in our place right now. i have set out 4-6 traps for him and used every combination of bait. peanut butter, cheese (2 different kinds), fruit, oreos, bread and even macaroni all have been untouched. i *hate* mice. to this point, we have resisted the glue traps (too cruel) and poisons (i have a toddler) but i'm running out of patience. the thing is, he comes out for a few days and then disappears for a week.
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get him soonhe'll find a she or he is a shee, and will get knocked up, and then bam, mice everyhere
 
We live out near the vineyards, so we used to get occasional infestations of mice/rats. Traps, poison, glue all seemed to keep the population at bay, but not kill them off. However, my english bulldog got real good at killing them and we haven't seen any signs for quite some time.

Disturbing article. :mellow:

 
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Oh rats! Study finds New York City rodents found with fleas that could carry bubonic plague, other more dangerous virusesRats all, folks!

Fleas that can carry a slew of potentially deadly diseases — including the bubonic plague, typhus and spotted fever — are living it up on the city’s robust rodent population, according to a cringe-inducing new study.

A study of 133 New York City rats found 6,500 fleas, lice and mites that can carry bacteria that can cause serious diseases in humans, the study by Cornell and Columbia universities found.

Among the creepy critters found were Oriental rat fleas, which are notorious for their role in spreading the bubonic plague, said lead author and Cornell entomologist Matthew Frye.

All it takes is a flea bite to pass on infection: Fleas regurgitate rats’ infected blood and guts when they bite into human hosts, passing along disease, Frye said.

And rat occupancy is through the roof. While a 1925 study found one out of five rats were carrying a flea, the Cornell/Columbia study found an average of four fleas on a rat.

Some unlucky rodents were carrying as many as two dozen of the little bloodsuckers, the study said.

Thanks to advances in modern medicine, New Yorkers don’t have to worry about an outbreak of the Black Death, but the fleas are carrying other viruses that should be monitored, the study says.

Some of the fleas were carrying Bartonella pathogens, the study report.

“These pathogens can cause a wide range of clinical syndromes, some severe,”said the study’s co-author, Cadhla Firth.

Frye said the three areas he studied — a residential building, a mixed-use building and an outdoor space — had different distribution levels of rats, fleas and bacteria, meaning more research is needed to see just where disease is hiding.

“We saw a tremendous amount of variation, and there’s probably a lot more variation within the city,” he said.

The city's Health Department stressed that plague-carrying rats have never been found in the Big Apple.

“Plague requires extreme circumstances besides fleas to pose a threat to human health, and those circumstances do not exist here,” the department said in a statement to the Daily News.

Frye’s study noted that in addition to disease risks , exposure to rodent hair, droppings and urine is linked to a higher risk of allergies and asthma, especially in children.

Even the most hardened of New Yorkers were shaken by the study’s findings.

AP

A look at what the bubonic plague is at a molecular level. The city's Department of Health stressed that no rats in the city have ever been found to be carrying the Black Death.“We think we we’re safe, but turns out everything in New York is worse than we ever ever thought,” said Elvin Lopez, 32, a construction worker from Queens.

“What are you going to do? Rats are everywhere in New York City.”

The skincrawler of a study left other praying away the rodents and their disease-carrying friends.

“Wow. Plague fleas on rats in New York. I would have never imagined.” said Cola Capers, 54, of Harlem. “You take all kinds of precautions in life, but all you can really do is trust in the Lord.”

Frye also recommended good housekeeping.

“Removing food and water and preventing access to shelter are key to knocking back rodent infestations,” he said.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/new-york-city-rats-carry-deadly-bacteria-viruses-study-article-1.2136586

 
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