Dan Musicant wrote:
Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a
tree. The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted
squash seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control
(somewhat) the problem.

This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
but when I turned my back it darted away.

Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?


Do you have a neighbor you don't like?

Does he have a wooden front door?

Do you have a nail?