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03-15-11, 06:26 PM
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Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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03-15-11, 06:27 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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03-15-11, 06:28 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
Thats why my guys will never get anything but f/t. Hope it cleans up well for you/her.
Great pics by the way!!
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03-15-11, 06:31 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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Originally Posted by Lankyrob
Thats why my guys will never get anything but f/t. Hope it cleans up well for you/her.
Great pics by the way!!
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I know I feel terrible 
Like I said, she is on a F/T diet, but I got a freebie jumbo and thought my knock on the head was good enough... hell I I swung it by it's tail on caught it's head on the side of an oak dresser!
Any suggestions how to care for it other than cleaning it up daily with some diluted alcohol?
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03-15-11, 06:28 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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03-15-11, 06:32 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
Iwant to say Neosporin?? Dont take my word this time of night tho, my brain is drug scrambled this close to bed time, am sure otheres will give a better answer.
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03-15-11, 07:10 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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Iwant to say Neosporin?? Dont take my word this time of night tho, my brain is drug scrambled this close to bed time, am sure otheres will give a better answer.
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Your right Rob.
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03-15-11, 06:45 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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03-15-11, 09:36 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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No idea on how to treat it but man it sounds like you had a field day trying to kill the fella! Should you ever get another live for whatever reason, I've seen this method used on mice. Not sure if it'd work for a jumbo rat, but if you attempt it, be sure to pull the tail one way, the head the other in one quick, strong motion to dislocate the spine and have a relatively painless death.
I've also heard of people placing the live prey item in a pillow case and slinging it against the wall. It's horrible, but I find this method to be funny. Whack-a-rat! 
For the record, though, I don't support glue traps. |
Cervical dislocation works great on mice and small rats, but not to be used on larger rats.
Glue traps suck! I live in the country and get unwanted mice (unless they are in the freezer, they are not allowed in my house!). So a few nights ago my boyfriend put a glue trap down. Around midnight I heard the mouse. So I went and got the trap..all happy to have caught one..then realized the mouse was alive.........LOL. So I had to do the dirty work. Not the traps for me. I want the trap to do ALL the work.
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03-15-11, 09:42 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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I want the trap to do ALL the work.
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"Just get like 5 Corn Snakes and let them wander around"
Who all's heard that one from one of the poor souls in our lives who don't get the whole snake thing? lol
Back on topic, I agree with Nenna, from where I am right now, I am WAAAAY to worrisome to try feeding something as relatively large as that rabbit that's in your Scrubby, Percey...I'll have to bite the bullet soon though, 'Celli's ready to move up to fuzzies. /Gulp.
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03-16-11, 10:56 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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I live in the country and get unwanted mice (unless they are in the freezer, they are not allowed in my house!)..
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You live in the country and don't have a cat?
Where I live, a cat is mandatory unless you like mice in the house.
On topic, wow! what an amazing sequence of photos!
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03-16-11, 11:11 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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Originally Posted by infernalis
You live in the country and don't have a cat?
Where I live, a cat is mandatory unless you like mice in the house.
On topic, wow! what an amazing sequence of photos!
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You are sooo very right!! I need a cat and almost got one this winter....but I have a jack russell that kills everything, including cats. She would kill the mice but she isn't out at night when they are and she has problems on take off (she can't get traction on hardwood). I was just really afraid for any cat that would be so unlucky to live here....
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03-15-11, 06:54 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
Wack-a-rat! Haha
I'm not squeamish about killing small animals in any way, I just didn't think I needed to wail on a rat that hard...
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03-15-11, 06:59 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
Well he is a big boy. I assume with larger prey, comes a larger beat down. I was contemplating buying live rabbits and killing them for my ferrets(it's cheaper to just buy chicken for them), and I figured that, since rabbits are larger, I'd either have to give a few good swings to the wall or just one -strong- swing. A swing so strong you'd probably hear the loud 'THWUMP!' throughout the house.
"What was that?!"
"Uh... Nothing! I fell." LOL
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03-15-11, 08:28 PM
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Re: Adult Carpet takes down Jumbo Rat
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Originally Posted by Sapphyr
Well he is a big boy. I assume with larger prey, comes a larger beat down. I was contemplating buying live rabbits and killing them for my ferrets(it's cheaper to just buy chicken for them), and I figured that, since rabbits are larger, I'd either have to give a few good swings to the wall or just one -strong- swing. A swing so strong you'd probably hear the loud 'THWUMP!' throughout the house.
"What was that?!"
"Uh... Nothing! I fell." LOL
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Im picturing rabbit shaped holes in your wall lol
I dont really like killing mice, I tend to want to pet them. if I had to tho I think Id use the head/tail pull as mentioned above.
Hope your snake has a quick recovery and Im glad its doing well
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