Spaying or Neutering Rats?!?!?

[wolf-deer88]

Alrighty! And we appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Geckolady]

OK, the rat sympathizers will be happy to know I just served it a nice one course meal of rat poison, wished it bon appetit, and saw it begin its experience in fine dining. Or something like that.

Should it experience a cafe coronary, burial will be via secure trash can so nothing can eat it and get sick.

 

[wolf-deer88]

Is it painful for the rat? Not that I care or anything. LOL.

 

[Folly's place]

I'd use my .22, useful for most smaller varmits caught in our live traps.
Mary

 

[rosemarythyme]

Well having a rat spayed or neutered is also really expensive, so not at all an option for a pest someone trapped. I had one of my males neutered years ago... they sent him home with the world's tiniest cone of shame which stayed on for about 5 seconds (since a rat's neck is about the size of its head and body).

 

[McChooky]

It would be more humane to chop its head off lol

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We use a snap trap or live trap and release far away into a wash. I avoid poisons as the creatures (hawks, eagles, falcons, and owls) who eat rats and mice then ingest the poison.

 

[samanthaoverton]

I wonder to myself...are people really that stupid.....lmao. I can't imagine neutering a rodent and then letting it go..

 

[Ginmary]

FYI: Pet rats are occasionally neutered but they must be younger than 6 mos old and only certain vets are qualified. Definitely not for wild ones!

 

[Geckolady]

I wonder to myself...are people really that stupid.....lmao. I can't imagine neutering a rodent and then letting it go..

Yes, I had to reread that a few times for it to sink in that somebody, somewhere thinks this is how to deal with rats. They walk among us.