Have you ever seen this?
Another first for me. We were having coffee this morning when the birds started pecking at the window. Uh oh, must be time to fill the feeder. Two finches were being very persistent. I went out with the feed. There were several chickadees and finches right outside the door. When I got to the feeder I did a double-take. Then I started laughing and came back in for the camera. I took a few photos, then I pulled its tail. It shot out the hole to the ground and ran into the shed.
November 1st, 2005 at 5:09 pm
I’m glad to see that someone else besides me has good stuff like that going on.
November 1st, 2005 at 6:10 pm
It’s too bad there’s not something in the photo to give us some idea of scale–either you have a very small bird feeder, or a very large rat! (The kind that, if he could talk, would say, “Here, kitty, kitty!”) ;=)
Actually, I have a large rat here at my humble Arizona mobile abode…I call her Sheba (among other things).
Kirk who–according to my verification word of the day–should be fixing cannibis muffins, since I “bakhi”.
November 1st, 2005 at 9:08 pm
It seriously fit through that little slot you can see in the picture? That had to hurt!
November 1st, 2005 at 10:38 pm
I’ve had that happen, the big ole’ rat was feeding in the middle of the day…I stopped putting the seed out.
November 2nd, 2005 at 7:19 am
That’s really funny. One of those things you have to see to believe. Linn
November 2nd, 2005 at 7:46 am
LOOKS SORTA LIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW…….GIVE AN INCH AND TAKE A MILE…..BY THE BY WAS IN THE FAIR COUNTY OF CARBON, CITY OF BRIDGER A FEW DAYS AGO….ATE LUNCH WITH SOME GOOD FAMILY AT THE BRIDGER CAFE AND HAD A GREAT TIME…. LOOKS LIKE THE SUGAR BEET HARVEST IS IN FULL SWING AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFRCT…… KH IN MO
November 2nd, 2005 at 6:52 pm
I just still have to wonder how it got to the hole in the first place. Then, how on earth did it squeeze into it! Crazy mouse.
November 2nd, 2005 at 9:25 pm
I’d much rather see that than the possums that used to crawl into our garbage cans in the winter. They’ll scare the poop right out of you.
November 3rd, 2005 at 8:37 am
Whoa! Like the others I can’t imagine how the big rat got through that little hole. No, I have never seen that!
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:12 pm
how on earth did it get in there?!?!?
November 4th, 2005 at 8:55 am
ZG - We’ve always been lucky, haven’t we?!
Kirk - It’s a “normal” size feeder, but the critter was filling it up. We’ve packrats here, but they’re cute compared to NYC wharf/river rats. Save me a couple of muffins. . .
Moosekahl - It was probably lighter when it went in, but you know how those devils can squeeze.
Bonita - Thanks! Good to know it’s not just me. I quit feeding the feral cats when a big black & white kitty kept showing up.
Linn - It doesn’t take much to amuse me - but this really had me laughing.
KH in MO - So why didn’t you stop by?! Yes, we’ve been fortunate with the weather.
Roo - It had no problem getting out, so I’d guess getting in was easier. But those birds were mad.
Robert - We had those too in NYC - I don’t think MT has imported any yet. They wre always good for a startle!
Babs - It wasn’t that big. But I was relieved it went out the hole. I didn’t want to take the feeder down to dump it out.
L - Persistence - or pestistence. It climbed the tree. So far it hasn’t been back.
November 5th, 2005 at 8:00 pm
You pulled its tail!
You meany.
November 6th, 2005 at 8:10 am
Sharon, I didn’t pull it hard!
November 6th, 2005 at 6:39 pm
OH EeeKEEEKKKKK!!! You really should warn rodent phobia people when you post a RAT photo… especially when I looked really hard at it tryint to figure out what kind of squirrel that was…. goosebumps all over now and heebee geebee shivers, too.
November 6th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
So I guess that the photo I took of the mummified bat I discovered on the outhouse seat this morning is out of the question. . .