Be carefull cat owners. Dumb thing I did.

k0ua · Feb 28, 2019

MossRoad said:
Working downtown for about 30 years, many night shifts, I can't count the number of times people would come running into the building screaming about the huge rat they just saw in the warehouse or alley....

it was always a possum. :laughing:

Well, rat...possum...meh...six of one, half dozen of the other...

k0ua · Feb 28, 2019

Wagtail said:
James, I love the description of the coffee-table toy.

However, just like Roger Rabbit would explode (despite holding it in as long as possible):

It's TWO bits!!!!!! As in a Quarter. 25 cents. The "bits" comes from the Spanish coin pieces-of-eight, which could be broken into equal portions to make, well, change.

I think that the modern equivalent would be to sing, "Take me hoooome, country rooad..."

I will make you one and ship it to Tassie for some coin!.. (you could probably build one yourself)

MossRoad · Feb 28, 2019

k0ua said:
Well, rat...possum...meh...six of one, half dozen of the other...

One of my daughters was out running with her high school cross country team along the river. They stopped for a break and some of the girls start screaming about a huge rat!!!!! OMG!!!!

My daughter starts laughing at them.... it was a muskrat.

k0ua · Feb 28, 2019

MossRoad said:
One of my daughters was out running with her high school cross country team along the river. They stopped for a break and some of the girls start screaming about a huge rat!!!!! OMG!!!!

My daughter starts laughing at them.... it was a muskrat.

yeah, there's you another one... A water rat!. We don't have capybara's up here but that is a big-un!

Capybara - Wikipedia

MossRoad · Feb 28, 2019

How about Nutria?

oosik · Feb 28, 2019

John - I see you are back. What did your Dr tell you?

Teachu2 · Feb 28, 2019

vvanders said:
My only experience was something similar, racoon out in broad daylight stumbling around a suburb north of Seattle. Pretty obviously a high chance of rabies.

Called the non-emergency line to get animal control out. Was told that there's no animal control available in the area, period. Asked if I could dispatch and was told only under life threatening conditions despite the fact that it had climbed the side of the house and was trying to get in through the windows.

Ended up camping out in the house for an hour or so until it wandered off and always wondered what happened to it. Seems short-sighted to not have animal control and yet strongly discourage dealing with a feral animal from a distance. I know wasn't going to get within 30ft of the thing, racoons can be fast and gnarly when they set their mind to it.

Should have shot first, then called. "I tried to run it off, and it charged me."

Jstpssng · Feb 28, 2019

MossRoad said:
How about Nutria?

Wow! I've heard of nutria, usually in trapping magazines but never realized how big they are. They look like a cross between a muskrat and a beaver; a little smaller than the latter but easier to skin.

atsah · Feb 28, 2019

Tale is worth $5.00, Gator and python food is what they are.. They are ruining the marsh..

vvanders · Feb 28, 2019

Teachu2 said:
Should have shot first, then called. "I tried to run it off, and it charged me."

Discharging a firearm in a dense suburban environment isn't something to be taken lightly. I have no problem dispatching pests but I'll take hanging out in the house and a bit of pest damage over unlawful discharge of a firearm. Was more just floored that there wasn't any animal control funded by the city.