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Old 06-12-2012, 10:16 AM
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We have been invaded by what at first I thought was a large rat.It has chewed a hole bigger than a silver dollar both under the kitchen sink cabinett and one in the linen cloth cabinett in the bathroom!!!And to make matters worse it chewed a plastic hose going into the water tank part of the commod and caused a major leak and caused me a trip to Lowes to repair the line!!!I set 2 glue traps last night but it tore though them with ease!!!Worst it is getting into the spoon fork and knife drawers!!!......this is all out war!!! mancoman
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Old 06-12-2012, 02:10 PM
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Forget the sticky traps get the old school snap traps. I always use peanut butter & just put it in the curled part. If It's that big you may want the bigger rat traps.
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Old 06-12-2012, 03:28 PM
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Yup, all is fair in love and war...get the spring traps, put that suckers lights out MM
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Old 06-17-2012, 06:21 PM
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True but if your going that route at least be sporting, and make it a challenge use a 22lr hand gun.
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Old 06-17-2012, 07:08 PM
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I still have not seen the thing to even know what I'm up against!When it chewed the hole in the kitchen cabinett floor there is a drain pipe to the left and so this forces it to come out at a straight angle and then it has to turn left the right is wall.I set 3 heavy duty rat traps slighly apart so it has to step on one of em to get by and it worked 2 nights ago springing one trap but it did not catch it and we have not heard a peep from it since.........I still have the traps and baited and waiting for it to make to make the next move. mancoman
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I still have not seen the thing to even know what I'm up against!When it chewed the hole in the kitchen cabinett floor there is a drain pipe to the left and so this forces it to come out at a straight angle and then it has to turn left the right is wall.I set 3 heavy duty rat traps slighly apart so it has to step on one of em to get by and it worked 2 nights ago springing one trap but it did not catch it and we have not heard a peep from it since.........I still have the traps and baited and waiting for it to make to make the next move. mancoman

LOL...I can see it now.... Wyle E. Coyote (Mancoman) setting traps for the rat(Road Runner)....WAR has been declared!
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17cal. pellet gun shooting a sharpened nail, it's quite and he stays where you shoot him!
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17cal. pellet gun shooting a sharpened nail, it's quite and he stays where you shoot him!
Hvae you seen some of the new pellets they have out...steel BB's (1) in each pellet for super penetration, pointed plastic ballistic tips for maximum expansion...man they got more pellets out now, than I ever dreamed of as a kid... about 45 pages of pellets and realted stuff. I love to buy from these people. Since they aren't Bugguy related, maybe they'll let me slide on this link, LOL..

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What about the shot pellet.Something like rat shot.I once lived in a house lhat had some bad rats even my cat would not mess with them.It was in the middle of a hay field and when the owner cut hay the hous would fill up.We had to findly move.
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We can't move right now!!!Man that sounds horrible!!!We still have not heard nothing from the "thing" since it snapped the trap the other night.Trap must have hurt some-waiting game now??? mancoman
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Old 06-19-2012, 09:36 AM
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May have broke his nose and he is dieing.Smell should be next.
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May have broke his nose and he is dieing.Smell should be next.
Ouch! tearing the walls apart sucks!
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Old 06-19-2012, 03:39 PM
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Maybe you will be lucky and he went outside,do you have any cats.They will do away with him if he is wounded.LOL
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Checked out the pellet site, they have some really cool stuff!
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Don't have a cat of our own but cats near by but like you said cat's run from it.We still have not heard anything from it..........maybe it did find somewhere else to live ?If so I aint gonna miss it!!! mancoman
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Old 06-20-2012, 06:10 AM
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Going on the 5th night and still nothing?My wife asked me if I have heard it and no I have not and my 18yr old son sits up very late on the computer and he has not heard it.........I fought an enemy I never got to see but the question is did I win or is this just a stalmate in the fight? mancoman
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As mentioned before- it may just be a "STALE"mate if it's dead in the walls. Winner to be decided at a later date or with a "FOUL"odor.
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Old 06-22-2012, 10:43 PM
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metalstudman1 I hope this is not the case.Maybe it just got discouraged and left on it's own? mancoman
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Old 06-23-2012, 04:16 AM
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Hopefully, you at least scared him off. Dad had one die in the attic once, it still makes him sick thinking about recoverring the carcass and getting it out of the house...
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Old 06-23-2012, 06:33 AM
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Well you could have wounded hm and a big ol rat snake got him.LOL
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Old 06-25-2012, 08:58 PM
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The stalemate has been broken!!!It made the first move!!!It is a young possum WAR is in effect will keep you posted operation B going now. mancoman
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Old 06-25-2012, 09:20 PM
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You will need a bigger gun.
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Old 06-26-2012, 07:42 PM
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We have won the war!!!See the monster on video!!! mancoman
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Don't know that I've seen one move that fast before!!! Good job.
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Old 06-27-2012, 07:18 AM
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Good catch and release. At work a guy came running out of a starage building yelling big rat, big rat! It turned out to be a opossum.
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This "monster" may not have been that big but it was ready to fight!!!So stay away from em guys!Seen an adult mother with baby's in her pouch get mowed over twice by cars after it was trying to cross the road and it was still alive!!!....the baby's no. mancoman
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Just when we thought this was over we caught it's brother or sister!!!Both were the same size and I picked at this one to get it rilled up for the camera.My wife and I had to let this one go and I did'nt know how to open the the trap but we did it. mancoman
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Good deal, glad you were able to let them go.
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Bad thing is possoms usely have three to four babbies.LOL
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Zapper as you have seen we caught 2 so far.So if you get a box delivered to your home I'll make sure it has lots of air holes curtesy of mancoman .
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You know that a pay-back is always a bitchThey taste pretty good if cooked right
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Zapper bet our critters are tuffer and have less meat than your local meat,let me know? mancoman
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This is the 3rd possum we have caught!!!What a way to start the July 4th holiday!!!.My 18yr old son is the one who let it loose as I shot the video-the stupid thing did not want to leave the cage!!!but finally it it took off............I was going to give Zapper one for free but he wants to sail-a-rabbit.Happy 4th of July everyone. mancoman
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Hope you are through now ,but there could be one more and the mother lol
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We have a name for this kind of trap we call it the"possum & toss em". mancoman
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We have a name for this kind of trap we call it the"possum & toss em". mancoman
Give them hell ,Manco!
I applaud your catch & release method but I'm afraid your fighting a loosing battle. What you relocate just makes room for more to move in.

I found a couple of babies while removing a dead momma from the end of my driveway. Not having the heart to kill them, I took them to the barn and put them in a box. I was curious about them so for snits and giggles tried to raise them. I was very shocked and learned alot these little guys. They are very shy, cautious and nocturnal. So I doubt that's what was coming up through your floor. They were very friendly, affectionate and personable The wild ones can get very viscious when cornered and provocted but will try any means possible to avoid a confrontation, These never showed any sign of agression. . Their curiosity and mischief was very entertaining! I learned they never have rabies as their internal body temputures are too low to support the virus. They were very clean and spent hours cleaning and pruning themselves, like cats. Most folks consider them nasty and smelly but people would think the same of me if they only saw me while in the act of dumpster diving! They are scavengers by nature so they did a great job of keeping the yard and barn clean! They play an important role in the ecosystem. Rats, mice and snakes got gone! The rats and mice were compititon so the possums run them off and snakes were on the menu. So as long as a possum was on patrol these pests were history! They would sometimes hit the trash if I neglected to hand out cat food. They loved eggs! They would come up to the back door if they smelled eggs cooking. They lived in complete harmony with the cats and dogs and the kids for several years.

Know how many possums it takes to breed? ..... Three!

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ckau yes they remind me of house cats in some ways.But I'm not the kind to want to raise any as I would have called animal control to come and get them this not being crule or mean but we don't have the room for them.Ants are a bad problem here and pet food of any kind hundred invade!I will talk to you later my friend. mancoman
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