Mon - Wed chat

Cuppycake · Guru

RE: Mon - Wed chat

Cuppycake · Guru

Now I'm rambling alone.

Let me give you the run down on what just happened:

1. Joe and I go out to smoke.
2. We see a muskrat that's been around for a year but we hadn't seen in a few months.
3. Joe says, "I'm going to take a picture of it."
4. I say, "Can you zoom?" since he's grabbing his phone.
5. He says no, and proceeds to walk out to the creek to get closer.
6. Muskrat sees Joe and hauls ass (Wow, they are quick) - TOWARDS him.
7. Joe runs like hell.
8. I call the city building to see if I can shoot it.
9. She laughs for like an hour, then says no.
10. She tells me I can rent a trap for $50 from city hall.
11. Then she tells me that I can't release it anywhere that isn't my property once I catch it.
12. I tell her that IF I trap it, that effer will die of starvation because I am NOT going and picking up a trap that has a live, angry, large animal in it.
13. She gives me a list of places to call to have them catch it.
14. Every place is like, "Oh, HELL no." AND they all say that this time of year, it's illegal to catch them without a special permit. Like a muskrat catching permit. Wtf? Uhm, OK. And that I should call another company, but if THEY will help, they are doing it illegally.
15. I call the city building back, and she lets me know that I also cannot poison it, but I can club it to death.

I call bs on the whole thing.

Boots and Bananas · Guru

Cuppycake wrote:

Now I'm rambling alone.

Let me give you the run down on what just happened:

1. Joe and I go out to smoke.
2. We see a muskrat that's been around for a year but we hadn't seen in a few months.
3. Joe says, "I'm going to take a picture of it."
4. I say, "Can you zoom?" since he's grabbing his phone.
5. He says no, and proceeds to walk out to the creek to get closer.
6. Muskrat sees Joe and hauls ass (Wow, they are quick) - TOWARDS him.
7. Joe runs like hell.
8. I call the city building to see if I can shoot it.
9. She laughs for like an hour, then says no.
10. She tells me I can rent a trap for $50 from city hall.
11. Then she tells me that I can't release it anywhere that isn't my property once I catch it.
12. I tell her that IF I trap it, that effer will die of starvation because I am NOT going and picking up a trap that has a live, angry, large animal in it.
13. She gives me a list of places to call to have them catch it.
14. Every place is like, "Oh, HELL no." AND they all say that this time of year, it's illegal to catch them without a special permit. Like a muskrat catching permit. Wtf? Uhm, OK. And that I should call another company, but if THEY will help, they are doing it illegally.
15. I call the city building back, and she lets me know that I also cannot poison it, but I can club it to death.

I call bs on the whole thing.

Um ewwwwwww.

How is it not animal control's responsibility??? And how the eff are there not pest control places you can pay to properly remove it???? Are muskrats endangered or something??

btw if you decide to club it to death I expect video

Boots and Bananas · Guru

I could really use a nap too bad Lucas will be home in 10 minutes.

Picture-Perfect · Guru

Cuppycake wrote:

Now I'm rambling alone.

Let me give you the run down on what just happened:

1. Joe and I go out to smoke.
2. We see a muskrat that's been around for a year but we hadn't seen in a few months.
3. Joe says, "I'm going to take a picture of it."
4. I say, "Can you zoom?" since he's grabbing his phone.
5. He says no, and proceeds to walk out to the creek to get closer.
6. Muskrat sees Joe and hauls ass (Wow, they are quick) - TOWARDS him.
7. Joe runs like hell.
8. I call the city building to see if I can shoot it.
9. She laughs for like an hour, then says no.
10. She tells me I can rent a trap for $50 from city hall.
11. Then she tells me that I can't release it anywhere that isn't my property once I catch it.
12. I tell her that IF I trap it, that effer will die of starvation because I am NOT going and picking up a trap that has a live, angry, large animal in it.
13. She gives me a list of places to call to have them catch it.
14. Every place is like, "Oh, HELL no." AND they all say that this time of year, it's illegal to catch them without a special permit. Like a muskrat catching permit. Wtf? Uhm, OK. And that I should call another company, but if THEY will help, they are doing it illegally.
15. I call the city building back, and she lets me know that I also cannot poison it, but I can club it to death.

I call bs on the whole thing.

Catch that mothereffer, take it out into bfe and release it. Return the trap and say oh the little bugger must have moved on couldn't catch him for nothin! biggrin

Picture-Perfect · Guru

What the heck is a muskrat anyhow? I should google.

Picture-Perfect · Guru

Ok then. Now I know. Can you keep it as a pet??

Ok sorry not funny. Those are some funny looking animals!

-- Edited by Picture-Perfect on Wednesday 19th of May 2010 02:41:58 PM

Cuppycake · Guru

Picture-Perfect wrote:

Ok then. Now I know. Can you keep it as a pet?? Ok sorry not funny. Those are some funny looking animals!

-- Edited by Picture-Perfect on Wednesday 19th of May 2010 02:41:58 PM

When we first saw it, we thought it was a baby otter (they are super slick when wet, and are a spitting image, I swear.)

I was at the creek (or the crick, if you are country folk) and had facebooked about it, and Joe's bff called screaming, "THAT'S NOT AN OTTER! RUN!!!!"

In 30 seconds that thing went from being "omg, sooooo cute!" to the most vile thing I'd ever seen. Little known fact - their teeth look like chinese throwing stars (which btw, I'm also not allowed to use - totally asked.) and they have a zillion of them. I'm pretty sure they feast on the souls of young children.

Boots and Bananas · Guru

Cuppycake wrote:

Picture-Perfect wrote:

Ok then. Now I know. Can you keep it as a pet?? Ok sorry not funny. Those are some funny looking animals!

-- Edited by Picture-Perfect on Wednesday 19th of May 2010 02:41:58 PM

When we first saw it, we thought it was a baby otter (they are super slick when wet, and are a spitting image, I swear.)
I was at the creek (or the crick, if you are country folk) and had facebooked about it, and Joe's bff called screaming, "THAT'S NOT AN OTTER! RUN!!!!"
In 30 seconds that thing went from being "omg, sooooo cute!" to the most vile thing I'd ever seen. Little known fact - their teeth look like chinese throwing stars (which btw, I'm also not allowed to use - totally asked.) and they have a zillion of them. I'm pretty sure they feast on the souls of young children.

LMMFAO

That is exactly how to describe a muskrat. I swear they are cousins of the chupacabra.

I only have racoons to deal with and that is enough for me (although they are huge and unafraid of people and I am convinced they are going to eat my dog one night when I am walking him)

Cuppycake · Guru

Joe's office mate just called to tell me that muskrats eat frogs.

... and that I should catch some frogs, kill them, fill them with rat poison and lay them along the creek.

Seriously, this is the kind of shiz country folk come up with when you can't just give them a gun.

See?

Just let me shoot it, po-po.

I'm too lazy for all that. And, that's a lot of work that one bullet could solve in 15 seconds. (Not that either would be peta approved. But, Peta's not here saving my dog from getting bitten from some rabid soul-eater so....)

Alicia · Senior Member

" It plays an important role in nature and is a resource of food and fur for humans, as well as being an introduced species in much of its present range."(Wikipedia)

Food and fur but you can't kill it? Aquatic rodent would be all the info I needed. I would totally let my DH or DS kill it. Who would want to introduce that animal to an area it's not normally in?

Boots and Bananas · Guru

I have lived here almost three months and finally finished my curtains and hung them up. (they are just panels and had been cut ages ago all I had to do with hem tape them LOL)

I did it because you can see in my living room window and I am terrified 5 is gonna peek in my window or something when I am asleep. Yeah I am a paranoid freak.