The rat I called “Oscar” was very cautious. He lived under our concrete porch. I would watch for him from our large living room window. He would dash out five feet and feed on the spilled sunflower seed from our feeder overhead. He would only spend a few seconds feeding and immediately dash back to the safety of his entrance.
He would sometimes share the space with the squirrels. Once he actually briefly rubbed noses with a squirrel and then there was a brief tousle and both creatures fled the scene. Sometimes he chases the squirrels away. I never watched a rat so closely. I have seen mice before but this is the first I have ever seen a rat. I am concerned where he will go if we block his openings.
Tags: bird feeder, I never saw a rat before so close up, mice, rat, rat fed on birdseed, rat lived under our porch, squirrels, sunflower seed
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An animal does not know right from wrong–certainly not evil; a cat will chase down chipmunks and birds and mice. They are just programed to do that. A dog will automatically chase a squirrel or rabbit very seldom catching one.
My wife was yelling and screaming. The dogs caught a squirrel that they trapped in my bird feed chest. To make it worst, it was a squirrel we called “stubby”. I was blamed for it for I was told to leave the food chest open so this would not happen.
A squirrel or some other animal gnawed a hole in the chest so they could enter from the outside. I felt bad for the squirrel. Our golden retriever and her two pups were blamed (and me) for its death.
I felt bad about the whole thing. All I could do in the future was leave the chest open or possibly move it to the garage.
Tags: bird feed, bird feed chest, birds, cats, chipmunks, dogs, golden retriever, mice, my wife, pets, rabbit, right from wrong, squirrel
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