Hoe do I kill an opossum?
Andrew Gore
I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
poison>
Joe Gallo
oughtta do the trick!
Joe
Andrew Gore wrote in message <36EA4194...@primenet.com>...
Tom James
the mice is to lay out a bowl of soda pop. Their stomaches will quite
literally explode after drinking some. Messy and painful I'm sure, but
effective.
Chris Herzog
<savag...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I don't know about the opossum, but an old farmer's trick for killing off
>the mice is to lay out a bowl of soda pop. Their stomaches will quite
>literally explode after drinking some. Messy and painful I'm sure, but
>effective.
>
>
That's simply ludicrous.
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>
>I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>poison>
Put in a road in your back yard?
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Tom James
Chris Herzog wrote in message <36eab496....@news.mytownonline.com>...
>On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:06:42 -0500, "Tom James"
><savag...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>I don't know about the opossum, but an old farmer's trick for killing off
>>the mice is to lay out a bowl of soda pop. Their stomaches will quite
>>literally explode after drinking some. Messy and painful I'm sure, but
>>effective.
>>
>>
>
>That's simply ludicrous.
>
Sorry, but it's true. Rats and mice can't burp. The gasses build up in their
stomache and kablamo. I can't say it happens everytime but I've seen the
results. If you're really in doubt, check some webpages or books on rat
care. Many will warn of the dangers of carbonated beverages.
However, if you demand peer-reviewed science journal articles on the
subject, well, I don't know of any.
GrapeApe
>stomache and kablamo.
Cecil has done the bit on flying rats (pigeons, other birds) eating the
uncooked wedding ricem and sort of debunked seagulls and alkaseltzer. Can we
investigate exploding mice with an equal throughness while we are at it?
Related questions.
If a rat eats rat poison, a blood thinner, and a cat immediately catches Rat as
it is feeling woozy and eats it, will the cat be poisoned?
Paul Legato
>
> I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
> mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
> poison>
A shotgun should do it nicely. If you think your neighbors will be
bothered by the noise, try a sword or two large knives.
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Bear
>
> Andrew Gore wrote:
> >
> > I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
> > mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
> > poison>
>
> A shotgun should do it nicely. If you think your neighbors will be
> bothered by the noise, try a sword or two large knives.
Adolescent 'possums might fit in that Y2K-compliant bread slicer we saw
in here, a couple of weeks ago.
--
Bear
K. DASKAWICZ
>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>poison>
A shotgun usually works, but I suppose your town has ordinances against that
sort of this. Yeah, rat poison will work, if you can get him to eat it.
Most animals won't eat the stuff (especially the stuff that is
paraffin-coated) if they have anything better to eat. So, make sure there
is no handy supply of dog food, cat food, bird seed, compost heap, garbage,
etc. that is attracting the critter to your yard.
-GD
Beckett209
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>I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>poison>
Would antifreeze in a pie tin work? The only thing is, it would also kill all
of the stray cats and neighbor's dogs.....but if you can live with that,
well....
Beckett
***disclaimer***
Beckett loves dogs and some cats. Don't let my blithe poisoning statement fool
you! :)
Lord Jubjub
(GrapeApe) wrote:
> >Sorry, but it's true. Rats and mice can't burp. The gasses build up in >their
> >stomache and kablamo.
>
> Cecil has done the bit on flying rats (pigeons, other birds) eating the
> uncooked wedding ricem and sort of debunked seagulls and alkaseltzer. Can we
> investigate exploding mice with an equal throughness while we are at it?
Rats, and rodents in general, cannot constrict the stomach sufficiently to
open the esophogeal sphincter from below. This is due to special
structures within the rat's stomach. This is one reason rats are used to
toxicity testing. They can not vomit the test chemicals. If the rat were
to drink sufficient soda, the stomach would burst. But that doesn't mean
the RAT will explode. The rat will simply die from the stomach acids
eating their way through the rodent's innards.
> Related questions.
>
> If a rat eats rat poison, a blood thinner, and a cat immediately catches
Rat as
> it is feeling woozy and eats it, will the cat be poisoned?
A clarification. Blood thinner poisons take 3-6 days to take effect--no
matter what the dose. If a rat is woosy from the thinners, there will be
no poison left to pass on to the cat. However, if a rat is caught and
eaten with a day of the rat eating the poison, then the poison will be
passed on to the cat. If a cat eats enough rats, the cat will die within
a few days.
--
Lord Jubjub, Ruler of the Jabberwocky, Guardian of the Wabe
Kurt Foster
. If a rat eats rat poison, a blood thinner, and a cat immediately catches
. Rat as it is feeling woozy and eats it, will the cat be poisoned?
According to the Merck Veterinary Manual (Sixth edition), (TOXICOLOGY,
the section POISONING BY RODENTICIDES):
+ "Many poisons have been used against rodent pests. Farm animals, pets,
+ and wildlife often gain access to these poisons via the baits or
+ destroyed pests, or by malicious intent."
Under the subheading "Anticoagulant rodenticides (Warfarin and
congeners)" it says
+ "The anticoagulant rodenticides are potentially dangerous to all mammals
+ and birds."
So assuming the cat ate a recently poisoned rat (which is questionable
if the rat were already "woozy") it's likely it would get poisoned.
GrapeApe
>if the rat were already "woozy") it's likely it would get poisoned.
But is there a point where the warfarin is no longer active? That is, it has
already done all the biochemical reacting it is going to do and is relatively
inert? Or does the thinned blood of a dead rat still work as thinner?
DrFidelius
>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>poison>
I did not know you had to kill possums, I had always believed they were born on
the side of the road dead.
Dr. Fidelius
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Associate Curator Anomalous Paleontology, Miskatonic University
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Lord Jubjub
grap...@aol.com (GrapeApe) wrote:
Coumadin is the usual poison. It isn't as effective in humans as it is in
rodents. It works by blocking the action of vitamin K. This keeps the
body from producing a vital component to the blood clotting process. Once
the poison is used up and excreted, it no longer poses a problem.
However, it has already done its work and the animal that ingested the
poison will go through a period of a week or so where the clotting
mechanism is reduced or completely disabled. During that time, there is
no poison to pass on.
Alexander Stroup
Paul Legato <pjle...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>Andrew Gore wrote:
>> I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
>> mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>> poison>
>bothered by the noise, try a sword or two large knives.
Things to remember:
a) A cornered opossum is potentially a _very_ mean opossum. So keep
your distance.
b) Opossum's have surprisingly thick skulls, so avoid bludgeoning
methods (especially as they require you to violate a).
A story: When my dad was in high school someone in a class made use
of an opossum, with the plan of killing it at the end of the day.
My dad didn't like that so he offered to take it home and release
it. On the way home it escaped from its cage and was loose in his
trunk. When he found the irate opossum dad decided that death
wasn't such a bad option and beat it to death with the only thing
handy, a crowbar. It took many solid whacks to the head before
moving on to the great hereafter.
I grew up with a big yard and occassionally our dog would corner
an opossum (a fight the dog would likely lose). Our response was
usually one shot of a .22 to the head. Pretty successful, much
less noise than a shotgun. Eventually you get used to continuously
buying new dogs.
Alex
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DrFidelius
>On 14 Mar 1999 14:36:18 GMT, drfid...@aol.comNOSPAM (DrFidelius)
>wrote:
>
>>>I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
>>>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>>>poison>
>>
>>I did not know you had to kill possums, I had always believed they were born
>on
>>the side of the road dead.
>
>No, that's armadillos...
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GrapeApe
the same size, you might consider a live trap, such as the "hav- a- hart'
brand, which cages the animal when it comes to steal food. Then you can safely
carry the cage away and drop the opossum far away somewhere. Farm supply
companies or coops should have them. You may have to shift the feeding for your
own domestic pets, but they will can the traps more often than the wild and
feral beasties will anyway, so you still have to make a daily check of the
cage.
The down side to a cage, is maybe you'll catch a skunk. We have racoons possums
and skunks sharing food with our dogs and cats.
Bear
> A story: When my dad was in high school someone in a class made use
> of an opossum, with the plan of killing it at the end of the day.
"Made use of an opossum"?
Our collective imagination runs rampant.
This is not a pretty thing.
--
Bear
Eric Boyd
(GrapeApe) wrote:
Your local Animal Control or Wildlefe Service might help you too. When I
was a kid we had a possum that liked to hide in the attic. The County
loaned my dad a live trap on the condition that we release the critter a
certain distance from human habitation.
A pack of agressive dogs works too. A friend's pack of beagles did them in
regularly. These were actual working beagles trained for flushing out
game.
-seric
Alexander Stroup
It was part of a biology report on opossums. Kind of a show and tell
thing. In our era of constant liability evaluation I doubt a school
these days would allow anyone to bring in a live, wild opossum.
I was also reminded of the time I was cleaning out our woodshed and
accidentally cornered _three_ opossums all at once. My initial
feminine shriek turned quickly to embarrassment when I realized they
were all juvenile (and cute as hell).
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Paul Legato
> I was also reminded of the time I was cleaning out our woodshed and
> accidentally cornered _three_ opossums all at once. My initial
> feminine shriek turned quickly to embarrassment when I realized they
> were all juvenile (and cute as hell).
"There's a family of opossums living on the fire extinguisher, Homer."
"I call the big one `Bitey'."
Bill Baldwin
>My father told me of a friend of his <Yes, a FOAFtale...> that had
>asked how to get rid of armadillos <A problem in florida...>..they
>sent him a book that was three pages of how to trap them, and 15 pages
>of recipes...
In Baton Rouge I saw our next door neighbor handle an armadillo. He didn't want
to kill it, just send it back into the woods where it belonged. He picked it up
by its tail and just kept swinging it back and forth as he walked to the woods.
The dillo wasn't able to overcome the centripetal acceleration sufficiently to
curl up on itself and bite or claw him. When he got to the edge of the woods he
heaved it 10 or 15 feet. The animal took a few seconds to regain its composure
and then walked off away from us into the woods.
As usual I make no warranty express or implied for someone who tries this trick
and doesn't get it quite right.
Bill Baldwin
>them...And running up a hill, he tripped. Naturally, you throw your
>arms out in front of you to stop a fall...and when their feet hit the
>ground, both skunks went off like claymores...
Well *that's* the image of the week. The rest of you can stop competing until
Monday.
zerg...@my-dejanews.com
> >Sorry, but it's true. Rats and mice can't burp. The gasses build up in >their
> >stomache and kablamo.
>
No it's not true, not at all.
The gasses just go out the other end.
Blowing up rodents? Uh huh sure whatever.
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>
> > >Sorry, but it's true. Rats and mice can't burp. The gasses build
> > >up in their stomache and kablamo.
> >
>
> No it's not true, not at all.
>
> The gasses just go out the other end.
>
> Blowing up rodents? Uh huh sure whatever.
Oh gawd! Rats are bad enough, but rats with gas? Yuck!
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Ellen Kline
>
>I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
>mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
>poison>
>
You may want to try MCHamster's squirrel death totem.
GrapeApe
>I specially recognize you.
I know, this is one of those simple questions any good dictionary should be
able to answer but...
Whats the difference between "especially" and "specially"? Is one a
bastardization of the other?
Lalbert1
(GrapeApe) writes:
>I know, this is one of those simple questions any good dictionary should be
>able to answer but...
>
>Whats the difference between "especially" and "specially"? Is one a
>bastardization of the other?
The OED has "special" as the definition of "especial". For "special" it says,
"aphetic [adaptation] of especial". It seems kind of circular, but that's what
it says.
Les
Ellen Kline
following:
><grin> My father had a friend as a kid who hunted skunks for a furrier
>of some sort...If you wait till they start stomping their hind feet,
>they'll lift their tail and you can grab them by it and pick them
>up...This action seems to throw their butts out of gear so they can't
>spray you..
>
There's another one for the "who was the idiot who figured that out"
box.
Bailey Cameron
birds and other "friendly" creatures might be harmed by poison, and
exploding gassy rodents are messy and undesired, why not just call your
local humane society?
The humane society can either A) come out and get it for you; or B) give
you a non-kill trap that will enable you to relocate the possum and be
ultimately better for your karma.
I agree with the post-ers who said to avoid confrontation with the
possum. They are not friendly creatures, nor are they reasonable, and
saying, "But I own this land, you can't live here," will have no
effect. Further, you risk rabies and a host of other nasties if you are
bitten or scratched.
Perhaps you should move and let the poor creatures have their home back?
Sincerely,
Bailey Cameron
Bill Baldwin
>The humane society can either A) come out and get it for you; or B) give
>you a non-kill trap that will enable you to relocate the possum and be
>ultimately better for your karma.
Karma schmarma. If I come back as a possum, kill me as quick as you can. I
might come back as something worse, but I'll roll those dice to avoid a
lifetime of dumpster diving.
Lalbert1
<ju...@micronet.net> writes:
>Karma schmarma. If I come back as a possum, kill me as quick as you can. I
>might come back as something worse, but I'll roll those dice to avoid a
>lifetime of dumpster diving.
>
>
If I have a life to live over then I want to live it over a delicatessan.
Les
Gerry Harris
>
>I agree with the post-ers who said to avoid confrontation with the
>possum. They are not friendly creatures, nor are they reasonable, and
>saying, "But I own this land, you can't live here," will have no
>effect. Further, you risk rabies and a host of other nasties if you are
>bitten or scratched.
>
Opossums are generally not considered to be carriers of rabies (like
raccoons, skunks, bats,...), though there have been rare instances of
opossums having rabies.
Thanks, ...Gerry
Bailey Cameron
Gerry Harris wrote:
> >effect. Further, you risk rabies and a host of other nasties if you are
> >bitten or scratched.
> >
> Not to be nitpicky, but...
> Opossums are generally not considered to be carriers of rabies (like
> raccoons, skunks, bats,...), though there have been rare instances of
> opossums having rabies.
>
> Thanks, ...Gerry
"Rare instances" are still enough to make me avoid possums, considering that
if I do happen to find the one possum in 1000 that carries rabies, I'm going
to have to get 25 or so shots in the stomach. Being rather needle shy, I'll
stick with my "Stay away from critters" rule. Besides, considering the fact
that they are dumpster divers, as someone pointed out earlier, they can not
possibly be clean and sanitary. At best, you'll get a nasty infection of
some sort. Doesn't sound like my idea of a fun summer vacation.
Happy hunting,
Bailey
Duquette Vick Pray Marotta Family
state. Personally I've seen a possum acting real strange, i.e. it didn't
run away, was foaming at the mouth, and walking wobbly, we following it for
the better part of a half hour (in the safety of our car) until animal
control showed up.
min
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Duquette Vick Pray Marotta Family
the state. I remember it was on the local news with a map of the areas
where rabid possums and racoons had been found in some quantity.
minmei
Gerry Harris <ger...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>In article <7d9jni$78l$1...@ron.uri.edu>, dpra...@postoffice.nospam.uri.edu
>says...
>I agree entirely with your "rule" and was not contesting it. I
>was simply pointing out that opossums are generally not considered
>to be carriers of rabies. However, dpra1102 appears to have a cite
>of an instance where there is concern. So dpra1102, are the warnings
>coming from public health authorities or just being passed by word
>of mouth among the locals?
>
>Thanks, ...Gerry
>
>
Gerry Harris
>state. Personally I've seen a possum acting real strange, i.e. it didn't
>run away, was foaming at the mouth, and walking wobbly, we following it for
>the better part of a half hour (in the safety of our car) until animal
>control showed up.
> min
>Bailey Cameron <bail...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:36F7EFD8...@hotmail.com...
>>
>>"Rare instances" are still enough to make me avoid possums
I agree entirely with your "rule" and was not contesting it. I
Gerry Harris
and came up near empty. Since animal rabies is reportable to the CDC, I
checked there first. The most recent complete data on their site (that
I found) was 1996. Of the 7,128 cases of animal rabies reported, only 2
were from opossums: 1 in Delaware and 1 in Virginia.
I assumed you're from Rhode Island (*.uri.edu) so I went to their Dept. of
Health page. For the period 1/1/98 to 7/4/98 they report "36 rabid
animals": 22 skunks, 11 raccoons, 2 bats, 1 woodchuck, and 1 fox (and
yes, I know, that adds to 37). No opossums.
Then I searched the ProJo and Boston Globe archives for rabies and opossums
and came up empty - this search included both 1998 and 1999.
So I suspect you were misinformed. If you still think otherwise, please
give a specific cite. (Obviously this is of some interest to me and
my work!)
In article <7db7h7$j9p$1...@ron.uri.edu>, dpra...@postoffice.nospam.uri.edu
says...
theopos...@gmail.com
> I have an opossum that hangs around in my back yard. And a few
> mice and other such vermin. How do I get rid of him? rat
> poison>
Beaver Fever
Howard
19 years since Andrew Gore wrote that, the possum just died of old age.
Beaver Fever
Les Albert
<Beaver...@live.com> wrote:
>For awhile summer 2014 we had to take 45 min lunches and my side hustle hadn't quite started yet and I would go to this park down the street and hang out with this squirrel and share my lunch with him. We even took a selfie together. Sometimes I wonder what happened to that little guy.
Les
Questor
>On Saturday, March 13, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Andrew Gore wrote:
