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July 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| There's something alive down there...
So I'm not a rodent person, so I'm not really happy with things right now. THere is a samll furry creature in my basement. It's not a mouse more of a vole or shrew type creature. Apparently they can't be caught with mouse traps so I'm now sitting down here with a net hoping to catch the little rotter. He's kinda cute, maybe I should keep him as a pet in the cracked ten gal of mine  | 
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July 30th, 2009
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| Well at least you're being productive and trying to catch him instead of standing on a chair and screaming at the top of your lungs hoping someone hears you  | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| build a snare? bait with food lol | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by bolivianbaby  Well at least you're being productive and trying to catch him instead of standing on a chair and screaming at the top of your lungs hoping someone hears you |  I did that already, I just want him out of my little space now. Quote:
Originally Posted by gmen4life build a snare? bait with food lol | hehe, it's only like 2" long not counting the tail. | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| omg LOL id be freaking..just knowing hes there..try some peanut buttah  thats how I catch all our basement critters | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| He sounds cute, if you catch him, send him to me | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Maybe he's a weasel or a stoat of some kind. I love teeny little fuzzy friends, provided they aren't rabid, LOL!
Good luck with catching the little guy, hope he's friendly! | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Oh my gosh Red. I would not be brave enough to even be in the same house. Let alone down in the basement with it with a net..ROFL..I just couldn't do it, but I'm sooo proud of you for doing it... I can't even handle spiders. I called Jeff the other day because their was a HUGE spider crawling across the floor..He said and I quote. "Cescha, I'm at work, it's a spider your a human, your bigger, figure it out". I was furious at first..lol..I hung up on him and called my grandma..LOL..
SOOOO good luck with it Red. I'm cheering for ya! | |
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July 30th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Red1313 apparently they can't be caught with mouse traps | You just don't have the right kind of mouse trap... 
guaranteed to work every time  | |
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July 30th, 2009
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Oh my gosh Tavel, that looks like my cat when I want to pet her (except mine's white). LOL | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy
Oh my gosh Tavel, that looks like my cat when I want to pet her (except mine's white). LOL | 
You know I love your cat stories.  | |
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July 30th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Tavel You just don't have the right kind of mouse trap...
guaranteed to work every time | | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Tavel You just don't have the right kind of mouse trap...
guaranteed to work every time | hehehe ooh that's cute
mom and dad won't let the house cat back in because he likes to irritate mom when she sleeps and jump on the counters and eat off dad's plate.
However I managed to catch him with a folgers coffee can. He's definatly a shew-type creature of some kind. He doesn't see very well I think (hence why I could get the coffee can over top of him.) I've got the lid on it now and don't know what to do with him. I kinda wanna keep him but at the same time I have never ever had a pet rodant before. | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Ok so here's a pic of him taken with my laptop web cam kinda bad but I can't find my camera. I'll see if I can install my other cam and get a better pic. | |
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July 30th, 2009
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|  That was cute Tavel. Beautiful cat! | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Slightly better pics here.
There's a handful of old aquarium sand left in the ten gal, will that hurt him or can I just leave it for now? The aquarium has been sitting outside for over two months so I'm pretty sure that there's nothing harmful left in the sand.
Last edited by Red1313; July 30th, 2009 at 01:00 PM.
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July 30th, 2009
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| He's so cute! Are you sure he's not a mouse or do I need glasses? | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Until you know what it is, it'll be hard to care for it properly. (Without a better pic, I wouldn't want to guess.) Maybe you could contact fish and wildlife (or the Canadian equivalent? I'm not sure if they're called something different up your way) to help you ID him, and to determine if it is legal to keep at home, and/or how to care for it. Another option might be local Audobon societies, or similar wildlife groups. Either group could at least tell you what the next step would be. | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Take him to a field and turn him loose  Problem solved.
Carol | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| hahaha little critters. | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Carol has the best suggestion.
When I want to ID some thing I take it to the local state park. The rangers/naturalist can usually tell me what it is and we release it there. (providing it's not an invasive species) | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Sorry, Red. I have old eyes | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| no prob | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Yeah. I think I'm with Carol on this one. Let the little guy go. But I dont' like rodents so that's easy for me to say. . Either way Good luck Id'ing the guy | |
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July 30th, 2009
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| Actually I'd leave em down there. They eat BUGS!!!! He prob found a good source of foooooooood  like spiders
Last edited by MizRamzi; July 30th, 2009 at 06:40 PM.
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