[QUOTE=equinelibrium;8951174]
I too didn’t realize that pack rats were a real animal! Glad you got the little bugger. A quick google search found this monstosity - OMG!!![/QUOTE]
Judging from the relative diameter of that pole, it appears to be a large-ish packrat. However, it is also an excellent example of photographic foreshortening.
Glad you got him! …As someone who also fights the rat/mice population because my barn cat thinks her world is to play with them and them release them, or bring in ones from the field to the barn,…I wonder if there is ever a market to rehome them as pets or food for people with snakes? Anyone tried it? As plentiful as they are, there just has to be a goldmine in there somewhere that we are not tapping into. Think of the new saddle pads we could buy…:lol:
[QUOTE=specifiedcupcake;8951215]
Holy hell. I don’t even think a salty unfed barn cat will help with that. Maybe a nasty tempered terrier?[/QUOTE]
Holy cow!!! I’ve heard they can be as big as a cat…but this one was living very well. I didn’t know car wiring was so nutritious!!!
[QUOTE=Where’sMyWhite;8951476]
FWIW, that doesn’t look like any pack rat photos I’ve ever seen…
They are more usually about the size of a Norway rat. They tend to love small, bright, shiny objects and those are often found in their nests.[/QUOTE]
And very expensive saddle pads…and leather tack I understand!!! Good riddens!
[QUOTE=mountainhorse;8951586]
Glad you got him! …As someone who also fights the rat/mice population because my barn cat thinks her world is to play with them and them release them, or bring in ones from the field to the barn,…I wonder if there is ever a market to rehome them as pets or food for people with snakes? Anyone tried it? As plentiful as they are, there just has to be a goldmine in there somewhere that we are not tapping into. Think of the new saddle pads we could buy…:lol:[/QUOTE]
I’m not into feeding live critters to snakes!! Or snakes in general…I think the 22 was a kinder end…especially on a very full stomach!!!
[QUOTE=mountainhorse;8951586]
Glad you got him! …As someone who also fights the rat/mice population because my barn cat thinks her world is to play with them and them release them, or bring in ones from the field to the barn,…I wonder if there is ever a market to rehome them as pets or food for people with snakes? Anyone tried it? As plentiful as they are, there just has to be a goldmine in there somewhere that we are not tapping into. Think of the new saddle pads we could buy…:lol:[/QUOTE]
And my only barn cat is older…and pensioned…apparently!! He won’t even get a mouse that is caught in a feed bin!! He’d have laughed if I suggested he get the pack rat!!!
[QUOTE=equinelibrium;8951174]
I too didn’t realize that pack rats were a real animal! Glad you got the little bugger. A quick google search found this monstosity - OMG!!![/QUOTE]
i don’t think that is a packrat… looks like a normal norway rat. woodrats/packrats look more like squirrels. bushy tail, bright eyed.
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