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They are, after all, California rats. I am sure they are quite mellow. ;-)
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They are, after all, California rats. I am sure they are quite mellow. ;-) OH, these are the ones that live around all those 'medical' m stores I guess.
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The Reptile House at my local zoo is interested.  Now that's what I call a "green" response--not leaving a big carbon footprint--or even a blood trail.  Bob
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Hehehe. LOL. 
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The Reptile House at my local zoo is interested. lol!!!! Now there is a kind gesture in offering domicile to the poor rats!! LOL!!!!
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As I noted earlier rates do not live very long. It appears this thread may outlive the lot of them. With so many options available the keepers may just be in a quandary as to which course of action to pursue next.
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Someone, however, will have to lift a lot of tails and segregate them, or we will have "Rats in Need: the Next Generation." Ahh, there we go. Beam them all to the Klingon engine room . . .
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Beam them all to the Klingon engine room . . . I suggest Capitol Hill. They would be right at home in our real "National Zoo".
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I suggest Capitol Hill.
They would be right at home in our real "National Zoo". That just seems so . . .cruel . . . Klingons, sure. Dropped in acid, maybe. But turned over to congresscritters???
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As I noted earlier rates do not live very long. JimG: Christ is in our midst!! If rats don't live very long, how do some of the river rats around my neighborhood grow to be so large? A couple years ago, some young men threw a cat over the bank and these big monsters almost tore the poor creature to pieces. Some of these rats were as big as the cat. ???? Bob
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Bob,
Perhaps you just need bigger and tougher cats. Your average house kitty may not be enough.
I recommend Maine coons; they are reportedly the largest domestic cats, up to 40 inches long. I knew a six-fingered one who was very lean, very nimble, and was fierce and domineering enough that he certainly wasn't every human's cup of tea. I'd imagine he'd make short work of these rats.
If a Maine coon isn't enough kitty, perhaps it's time to recruit the lions at your local zoo.
Markos
[this thread's now gone full circle - from bringing the rats to the zoo to bringing the zoo to the rats]
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Bob
I think you answered your own question. No doubt, a steady diet of house cats will result in rapid growth of the rats. On the other hand it is quite possible that industrial waste in that river could have resulted in a mutant super rat in which case all of my comments about short lives are off. Mutant super rats are the stuff of movies not of raids by the SPCA.
Jim
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