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Roof Rats?!?

by Tony Manes , posted Dec 11 2012 5:01PM

EVER HEARD OF A "ROOF RAT"?..

I HADN'T..

UNTIL YESTERDAY..

FOR THE LAST 6-MONTHS..

WE'VE BEEN FINDING DEAD..

& "LIVE"

MICE..IN OUR HOUSE..

"MORE" THAN WE'VE FOUND IN THE PREVIOUS "12"-YEARS..

& "I"..

HAVE "PERSONALLY"

CAPTURED "MORE"-MICE..

THAN OUR "2"-CATS COMBINED..

(I USED AN OVEN MITT TO SWEEP ONE OUT OF THE PANTRY & IN TO THE TRASH CAN ON SATURDAY)..

WELL YESTERDAY..

A LISTENER CALLED-IN & TOLD ME ABOUT "ROOF RATS"..

APPARENTLY THEY'RE COMMON TO BAKERSFIELD?..

(I'VE LIVED HERE 19-YEARS..& I'VE "NEVER" HEARD OF "ROOF RATS")..

WELL SHE SAID..

THEY "LIVE" IN NEIGHBORHOODS..

& THEY TRAVEL ALONG FENCE LINES..

"&"..BY "ROOF"..

& IT "REMINDED"-ME..

I "THOUGHT" I SAW "SOMETHING" RUNNING ON TOP OF THE FENCE
1-NIGHT..

& 1-LATE "AFTERNOON"..

I "THOUGHT" I SAW A MOUSE ON MY NEIGHBORS GARAGE ROOF..

SO..WHAT SHE "SAID"

MADE SENSE..

SO I LOOKED-UP "ROOF RATS" ON WIKIPEDIA..

& I FOUND SOME "INTERESTING" FACTS..

SUCH AS..

THE FEMALE "ROOF RAT" PRODUCES "6"-TO-"8" LITTERS A "YEAR"..

WITH LITTERS

OF UP-TO-"10"..

THAT MEANS..

THEY ARE OUT IN MY BACKYARD "RIGHT"-NOW..

"REPRODUCING"..

"FASTER" THAN THE CATS & I..

(WELL "MAINLY" I)..

CAN CAPTURE..& KILL THEM..

"&"..

ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA..

SOCIAL GROUPS OF UP TO "60"..
CAN BE FORMED..

SO..

FIGURING THAT "HALF" THOSE ARE FEMALES..

THAT WOULD BE "30" FEMALES..

PRODUCING 6-TO-8 LITTERS A YEAR..

OF UP TO "10" OFFSPRING..

THAT'S-LIKE..

30,000 OFFSPRING A YEAR..

WE'RE GOING TO NEED "MORE"-CATS..

THAT'S WHY "I"..

WILL BE HEADING OUT TO HART PARK THIS WEEKEND

TO GRAB A COUPLE-DOZEN STRAYS..

(IS IT "WORSE" TO BE
THE "CRAZY CAT PEOPLE"?..
OR..
THE "CRAZY ROOF RAT PEOPLE"?)..

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