Houdini the Rat !

[Webbo]

I have often been engaged in conversation about how small a hole a Rat could get through as it is said they have the abilty to collapse there skeleton, sad I know.

I was checking my live cage traps this afternoon, and in one of my Rabbit cages there was a Rat normal size about 8 to 9 inches body length. The mesh this cage is made from is 70mm x 20mm about the size of a Mans Thumb. The Rat actually sqeezed through the mesh and legged it. If I had not have seen it I would never of believed it ! So any small holes in your shed etc beware....

[slobodan]

Don't they say 'if it can get it's head through, then it's body will fit through'

[Webbo]

[QUOTE=slobodan;756975]Don't they say 'if it can get it's head through, then it's body will fit through'


Must be true, as he tried to get his head through I chuckled to myself and said you have no chance Mr, could not believe what I saw.

[si tate]

Is it true they have good eyesight cos every time I fire a .22 at them they never see it coming.

[DaveHMS]

I gave the choked barrel of no6 .410 from about 10' to one in the garden - it as good as evaporated......

[Andy Pandy]

I use air charged .22 air rifle and scope bye bye RATTY.

[Webbo]

Is it true they have good eyesight cos every time I fire a .22 at them they never see it coming.

Very good that, they are supposed to have very good everything. But cant dodge subsonic bullets. Shot one with HMR yesterday you can imagine what happened.........

[GBV8]

Last week we seen one of the little (big) bast*rds making it's way up a ships bow line. We grabbed the rope which had a bit of slack in it and gave it a good rattle. Off he went into the drink and I thought he'd had it. You want to of seen that little sh*t swim and the speed of him. He swam away off up the quay where he got onto a wooden pontoon, along another rope and up into the rocks.
So much for a "drowned Rat!"

[slobodan]

Is no rat.

Is Siberian Hamster.

[Albannach]

What does Rat meat taste like? Is it like chicken; or, as they are metabolically similar to us, more like pork?

[JUDWAK]

if you dont know what rat taste like by now
its time to give up

[Albannach]

if you dont know what rat taste like by now
its time to give up

I might know, I've eaten in some dodgy places in my time.

[JUDWAK]

i would try it any way my tash loves rat of a different kind

[Webbo]

Last week we seen one of the little (big) bast*rds making it's way up a ships bow line. We grabbed the rope which had a bit of slack in it and gave it a good rattle. Off he went into the drink and I thought he'd had it. You want to of seen that little sh*t swim and the speed of him. He swam away off up the quay where he got onto a wooden pontoon, along another rope and up into the rocks.
So much for a "drowned Rat!"

Didnt you have a Gun nearby.........

[Webbo]

What does Rat meat taste like? Is it like chicken; or, as they are metabolically similar to us, more like pork?

I think its the Chinese that I have seen on Globe Trecker Drop them alive in boiling water to release the skin and fur easily.

I dont think I would eat one if my life depended on it.... Yuck.