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Dworkin

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7. Daniel the rat

Reply to Dworkin (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 06:44 AM

Apr 2020

Folks,

This might seem a bit strange, but I once took a wild rat to a vet in order to have him painlessly euthanised. He had got into our very old house through the basement and I trapped him in the bedroom. We then put a non lethal trap in there, baited with peanut butter. Anyway, once he was in the trap I felt sorry for him and named him Daniel.

Really, I wanted to release him somewhere, but my wife was not happy about that. She thought we might get bitten while trying to let him out of the cage. So it was the vet. They said that in 25 years of business, they had never had a person bring in a wild rat to their surgery. They didn't charge me for the service.

D.

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Rats [View all] Dworkin Apr 2020 OP

It is because of a couple of things Soph0571 Apr 2020 #1

Hi sopho Dworkin Apr 2020 #2

Probably delirious with hunger!!! Soph0571 Apr 2020 #3

It's historically true that rat's play but people pay! abqtommy Apr 2020 #4

Packs of rats were all over the Paris streets BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #5

I know what you mean. Here in the US the rats are scampering all over the White House. marble falls Apr 2020 #6

Daniel the rat Dworkin Apr 2020 #7

Among my circle of friends.... T_i_B Apr 2020 #8