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When Rats Attack !!

Darold Petty

By Darold Petty
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On 4/17/2017, 1:21:17, edbrown_III said:

these fellas seem to be getting my problme in hand as well as barred owls and hawks in the back yard 

 

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Cool stuff! Never seen a wild tokay gecko in Florida. They are 100% invasive, but I feel like most the reptiles I see down here already are. haha

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Former South Florida resident living in the Greater Orlando Area, zone 9b.

Constantly wishing I could still grow zone 10 palms worry-free, but also trying to appease my strange fixation with Washingtonias. 

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Matt in OC Grand Master

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Rats have recently started running wild in my yard. It got really bad with my orange tree this past winter. Then they dug out several Hedyscepe seeds in community pots recently, which was a bummer, but not unexpected as I had read this thread a while back.

But after potting up close to a dozen H. belmoreana seedlings from community pots to 1 gal. last weekend they took them all out overnight. I thought they would leave them alone since they hadn't shown an interest before, but I was wrong. Beware. I will now be taking out the rats. :rant:

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Palm Tree Jim Grand Master

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22 minutes ago, Matt in OC said:

Rats have recently started running wild in my hard. It got really bad with my orange tree this past winter. Then they dug out several Hedyscepe seeds in community pots recently, which was a bummer, but not unexpected as I had read this thread a while back.

But after potting up close to a dozen H. belmoreana seedlings from community pots to 1 gal. last weekend they took them all out overnight. I thought they would leave them alone since they hadn't shown an interest before, but I was wrong. Beware. I will now be taking out the rats. :rant:

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Not good news Matt......

sandgroper Veteran

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It could be worse, have a look at this rat recently caught in London!

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Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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16 hours ago, Matt in OC said:

Rats have recently started running wild in my yard. It got really bad with my orange tree this past winter. Then they dug out several Hedyscepe seeds in community pots recently, which was a bummer, but not unexpected as I had read this thread a while back.

But after potting up close to a dozen H. belmoreana seedlings from community pots to 1 gal. last weekend they took them all out overnight. I thought they would leave them alone since they hadn't shown an interest before, but I was wrong. Beware. I will now be taking out the rats. :rant:

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That's a horrible feeling coming across that sort of problem.

Kill them. Kill them all!!!!!!

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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