Neutralization of a High Value Target
Nothing makes me happier in the morning than coming outside and finding a large dead rat of breeding age in one of my many rat traps.
Since my neighbors and I, all have a number of fruit trees that produce fruit all the year around, rats and mice are a constant issue.
I believe the large male rat pictured above was one of the two that I had seen on numerous occasions hollowing out fruit on my Morro Blood Orange tree.
I had neutralized three other rats in this tree with the use of the BB gun since the fruit became ripe in December of 2009, but two of these organisms had eluded both my projectiles, and my traps much to my chagrin.
Too bad I striped off the rest of the oranges from the blood orange and the satsumas off the tangerine tree, now there is nothing to eat on that side of the yard and they will probably go after my cherimoya next.
Organism: Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) Link
Trap type: T-Rex manufactured by Bell Laboratories. These are great because they do not require bait when inserted in a "run" used by rodents and can be wire tied on a branch or pipe.
Location: Orange County California.
(February 14, 2010)
Neutralization of a High Value Target
Nothing makes me happier in the morning than coming outside and finding a large dead rat of breeding age in one of my many rat traps.
Since my neighbors and I, all have a number of fruit trees that produce fruit all the year around, rats and mice are a constant issue.
I believe the large male rat pictured above was one of the two that I had seen on numerous occasions hollowing out fruit on my Morro Blood Orange tree.
I had neutralized three other rats in this tree with the use of the BB gun since the fruit became ripe in December of 2009, but two of these organisms had eluded both my projectiles, and my traps much to my chagrin.
Too bad I striped off the rest of the oranges from the blood orange and the satsumas off the tangerine tree, now there is nothing to eat on that side of the yard and they will probably go after my cherimoya next.
Organism: Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) Link
Trap type: T-Rex manufactured by Bell Laboratories. These are great because they do not require bait when inserted in a "run" used by rodents and can be wire tied on a branch or pipe.
Location: Orange County California.
(February 14, 2010)