Rats in My Garden

[iPhoneNYC]

I live in Manhattan and have a small but nice outdoor area. They are times that rats (which are in every block of this fine city) will come and spent the night munching on my beautiful plants. When I moved in last year, I didn't know and they ate my entire garden - I had a complete garden disaster. In the fall, they ate whole huge mum plants. This year is different: I've put up chicken wire, use mothballs, etc. And have a bunch of traps. Here is an early result:

[MacAndy74]

:eek: where did his head go...

[Blackjack07]

Victory !! :)

[MacBoobsPro]

Solution is:

1. Can of beer
2. Air Rifle

[sammich]

We caught a mouse in the wardrobe with an easter egg (it was easter time :)) in a trap, and one of it's eyeballs popped out.

[iPhoneNYC]

My rats are in my garden. But I once knew a guy who lived in a loft building in Tribeca. The rats in the hall drove him crazy. Baits, traps, etc weren't working. So he would sit there is the dark with his rifle and wait. He was an ex-vet. This was his mission.

[toolbox]

Solution is:

1. Can of beer
2. Air Rifle

Nice sounds fun.

[arkitect]

My rats are in my garden. But I once knew a guy who lived in a loft building in Tribeca. The rats in the hall drove him crazy. Baits, traps, etc weren't working. So he would sit there is the dark with his rifle and wait. He was an ex-vet. This was his mission.

The rats drove him crazy?

Hmmmmmm. ;)

[.Andy]

http://i42.tinypic.com/34z0dpt.jpg
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[Abstract]

He's still sort of cute dangling from that trap. :o

[iBlue]

Eeeuuugh! I hope the trap kills them quickly because it looks mean as hell. :(

[anjinha]

Poor thing... :(

[MacDawg]

Oh please... who let the girls in? :rolleyes:

:)

Woof, Woof - Dawg http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/pawprint.gif

[Silencio]

That's Manhattan living for ya!

And then there's the roaches. Ick.

[redwarrior]

I can handle rats better than I can roaches. *wretch*

Just be happy they're still outside.:o

You should get a snake! At least it would be cool knowing that the rats died for a reason.:D

[rdowns]

I figured someone needs to mention PETA to get some of their loons posting in here. :D

[themoonisdown09]

Please tell me you kept the rat... they make for a good BBQ sandwich.

[redwarrior]

I figured someone needs to mention PETA to get some of their loons posting in here. :D
NO!:eek: I came so close to getting this flipped to the PRSI, but I will behave myself.:rolleyes:

[MacDawg]

Please tell me you kept the rat... they make for a good BBQ sandwich.

http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/rats.png

Woof, Woof - Dawg http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/pawprint.gif

[TheJayWay]

Eeeuuugh! I hope the trap kills them quickly because it looks mean as hell. :(

Those kind of traps are usually pretty good about a good swift kill. Depending on how it gets them, it will either break their neck in the initial snap shut, or asphyxiate them in the ensuing moments.

[arkitect]

I can handle rats better than I can roaches. *wretch*

Just be happy they're still outside.:o

You should get a snake! At least it would be cool knowing that the rats died for a reason.:D

A snake? :eek:

Rats I can deal with… roaches are fine… in fact pretty much any creeping and crawling thing is OK… but snakes scare the living bejeezuses out of me.
Completely irrational I know, but even if I see one on tv I get :eek: eyed.
:o

http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/rats.png

Woof, Woof - Dawg http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/pawprint.gif

I saw that and thought, hummm… :p

[roski11]

I say get a snake. But, it has to be one of those cool poison spitting ones. Then when the snake gets out of hand you haven a excuse to get a mongoose.

[jodelli]

My rats are in my garden. But I once knew a guy who lived in a loft building in Tribeca. The rats in the hall drove him crazy. Baits, traps, etc weren't working. So he would sit there is the dark with his rifle and wait. He was an ex-vet. This was his mission.

We'd wait in the dark in an alley with pellet guns as kids and wait for the noise or movement. Some times someone would use a flashlight but some of the time our vision adapted to the dark so that wasn't necessary.
I could have used a .22 but in those days that would have brought the cops for sure.

[dukebound85]

snake all the way. eat those rats in no time! i like my ball python....this is not it though lol

[redwarrior]

snake all the way. eat those rats in no time! i like my ball python....this is not it though lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQxq5iKHFHA&feature=related
Did you read the comments on that video? Looks like an uncensored PRSI thread.:rolleyes: I like snakes and all, but I don't want to watch them eat live prey. I'm glad there was an error on the video display.:o

[SchneiderMan]

You killed ratatouille :D

[dukebound85]

Did you read the comments on that video? Looks like an uncensored PRSI thread.:rolleyes: I like snakes and all, but I don't want to watch them eat live prey. I'm glad there was an error on the video display.:o

yea it is tough feeding mice to my python. i tried the dead ones but he just wont touch them

[anjinha]

You killed ratatouille :D

That made me chuckle. :D

[iPhoneNYC]

This morning I had the biggest catch yet! Caught right in a box that gets munched a lot:

[NoSmokingBandit]

Killing them is pointless. There are more rats in Manhattan than you have time to trap and kill, even if you quit your job and spent all day hunting them. The best bet is a repellent of sorts. I hear the high-frequency emitter things work well, but they irritate the hell out of pets.

[ich1ban]

I say get a snake. But, it has to be one of those cool poison spitting ones. Then when the snake gets out of hand you haven a excuse to get a mongoose.

Hahaha that's great. :D

[Gonzo3333]

Do you have any pets that may do their business in or near the garden? I know that rats are attracted to feces from other animals. By the way, nice kills!

[iPhoneNYC]

No pets have access to the garden. Other rodents, including squirrels are around all the time. I remember seeing a squirrel delightful hop up Riverside Drive, right next to my apartment, carrying a couple of my mum blooms in its mouth. It was amazing to me - with a whole city and a huge park across the street that they would attack my flowers.

[geoffreak]

There's a place for all God's creatures...

... right next to the potatoes and gravy :D

[iPhoneNYC]

It's been raining for almost a week straight here in NYC which is very good for my plants and also keeps the rats at home. But a sunny day is forecast for tomorrow. If I get any rat trap activity, I'll give you another post...

[anjinha]

This morning I had the biggest catch yet! Caught right in a box that gets munched a lot:

:(