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I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

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petros
#1Jan 8th, 2013
I wonder if anyone has applied for this job thinking it was the Rat Patrol like in TV?


CALGARY - City officials have confirmed a rodent found in a New Brighton home is a roof rat, and provincial rat catchers will be scouring the area in case there's more.

On Thursday, Dan Reiter discovered a large dead rat that fell victim to bait in an attempt to catch whatever was roaming around his garage.

On Friday night, Animal and Bylaw Services picked up the rodent and confirmed it was a roof rat, said operations manager Doug Frizzell. Frizzell said the province's specialist has been contacted about the rat, which seems to be the only sighting.

So much for AB being a "Rat Free Zone"
 
spaminator
#2

Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
my mom older sister are fans of billy the exterminator.

Billy the Exterminator - Episodes, Video & Schedule - aetv.com
 
L Gilbert
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by petrosView Post

I wonder if anyone has applied for this job thinking it was the Rat Patrol like in TV?


CALGARY - City officials have confirmed a rodent found in a New Brighton home is a roof rat, and provincial rat catchers will be scouring the area in case there's more.

On Thursday, Dan Reiter discovered a large dead rat that fell victim to bait in an attempt to catch whatever was roaming around his garage.

On Friday night, Animal and Bylaw Services picked up the rodent and confirmed it was a roof rat, said operations manager Doug Frizzell. Frizzell said the province's specialist has been contacted about the rat, which seems to be the only sighting.

So much for AB being a "Rat Free Zone"

lol Um, grain spillage + railyards + lots of places to hide = rat Disneyland.
 
petros
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by L GilbertView Post

lol Um, grain spillage + railyards + lots of places to hide = rat Disneyland.

A rat can eat $5 in grain a day.
 
L Gilbert
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by petrosView Post

A rat can eat $5 in grain a day.

And a female can produce upwards of 70 kids a year. One Rat Patrol couldn't handle the job.
 
taxslave
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Amazing where one can find politicians.
 
petros
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by L GilbertView Post

And a female can produce upwards of 70 kids a year. One Rat Patrol couldn't handle the job.

That's what poisoned bait is for in cities.

Cats on a farm work for a living.
 
L Gilbert
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by petrosView Post

That's what poisoned bait is for in cities.

Cats on a farm work for a living.

Obviously, neither are 100% effective. lol
 
petros
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 8th, 2013
There aren't many in the coutryside. No-one is stupid enough to have them for pets or food for pet.

When you add in farm dogs, coyotes, foxes, weasles, ferets martins, badgers, falcons, hawks eagles and snakes the cats have lots of help and mainly keep the mice in check by living under and around the grain bins. If a rat actually makes it to the grain bin alive, he's met his maker or hit the jackpot for a day.

But just one day.
 
Mowich
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 10th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by petrosView Post

There aren't many in the coutryside. No-one is stupid enough to have them for pets or food for pet.

When you add in farm dogs, coyotes, foxes, weasles, ferets martins, badgers, falcons, hawks eagles and snakes the cats have lots of help and mainly keep the mice in check by living under and around the grain bins. If a rat actually makes it to the grain bin alive, he's met his maker or hit the jackpot for a day.

But just one day.

The 'roof' rat you refer to, is that also called the Norway rat, petros?

We don't have Norway rats in our area. We do have pack rats/wood rats - the bushy-tailed species and they have all the nasty habits of other rats plus a couple of their own. They steal things........mind you they always leave something in the objects place but still. They love anything shiny and can somehow manage to carry a soup spoon up to a nest built in the insulation of a ceiling. Reason I know this is that I had a neighbor who never did get around to putting anything other than clear plastic over that insulation. You could sit on the couch and look up at coins, spoons, bits of tin foil, a belt buckle...........it was like some kind of weird museum. The other nasty habit they possess is the a highly offensive odor left behind by their urine - it is of long-lasting duration.
 
Tonington
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 10th, 2013
The roof rat is a black rat, Rattus rattus. The Norwegian rat is a brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Found this nifty comparison on Wikipedia:
 
captain morgan
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 10th, 2013
Quote: Originally Posted by ToningtonView Post

The roof rat is a black rat, Rattus rattus. The Norwegian rat is a brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Found this nifty comparison on Wikipedia:

You missed the obvious tonnington... Norwegian rats require a ratport (passport for Euro trash rats)... That's what is really at issue here; undocumented foreign rats stealing rat jobs from Canadian rats.

It's a big problem
 
L Gilbert
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Re: I'm surprised Discover Channel isn't following these unsung heroes around....

Jan 11th, 2013
No black or brown rats around here, just pack rats. Annoying little rodents who also stink, make messes of feed bins, etc. Fortunately, we also have a plethora of predators like martens, mink, owls, eagles, cougar, bobcat, lynx, coyotes, bear, etc. besides us pissed-off hummin beans.
 

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