theres something living in my pump shed. should i kill it?

[Alienwidow]

'It' is more than likely 'they'. Most critters like company

Ya and rats breed fast. Oh ya lots of rats, rats everywhere.

 

[tytheguy111]

I guess you can call that ground beef. good god lol

theres some WAY more nastier pics btw hahaha

like a deer that got shot in the neck

 

[Red1966]

This seems even worst now because i just posted what kind of animal id like to be in another thread.

Ive been living in a rent house a little over a year. We have a 1500 gal water tank in the back that supplies the house with all our water. Theres a shed right next to the tank with a water pump and some other stuff that im not sure what its purpose is.
Ive been aware that theres some sort of huge rat (bigger than my dads chuahaha) living in the shed. I didnt give two shits about it, thought it was kinda cool actually. Well i just now poked my head in the shed to see whats been goin on in there this past i winter, and to my surprise, dam near all the insulation has been shreadded off the walls. theres also cactus and dog shit everywhere. Also noticed a small tube was hanging off the water pump,which i think will cause the pump to spew water out of the side, when the tank is full.
cost about 100$ to fill up the tank. we filler up about once a month.
with the tube hanging off the side, theres no telling how much water has been wasted, if any.
Should i try to kill this fucker? if so , how? Seems like a cruel thing to do. Maybe some kind of trap? but then id be afraid to go in there and release it from the trap...Help me riu! what should i do?!

Use a trap. Don't release it inside the pumphouse.

 

[Doobius1]

For rats..here is your weapon. Live releasing is no option

 

[tytheguy111]

here @OP

 

[Will Ferrell]

ive seen this thing once. I would say definitely not a rat. Looks just like a rat, but like 10 times bigger.

 

[Doobius1]

Could it be an opossum?

 

[Will Ferrell]

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[Will Ferrell]

Could it be an opossum?
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I think it did look like that.
when I saw it , I just got a good look at the face and butt. It was hiding under the pressure tank and I could see this huge rat face, then it turned around to leave and I remember the back end being about the size of the rabbits, but I don't remember seeing a tail

 

[R1b3n4]

I think this is the only sensible option.......

 

[Doobius1]

Thats quite the mess. You have a lot of work to clean that up. Wait til your crop is done and call the landlord to have him deal with it

 

[gws35]

If it was a rat id say to use a rat trap on it, WHACK! Only because rats can carry some pretty nasty diseases, think bubonic plague for starters..as much as I dont like to hurt critters ....lots of damage, youre gonna want to call your landlord...heres what id do, I just cked ebay and they have live catch possum traps (youve got a possum) for 23 bucks delivered...put some catfood or sardines in it, catch him..then release him a couple miles away...problem solved and didnt hurt him...

 

[Unclebaldrick]

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I am not a pest tech, but I am very familiar with this scene. This was no boating accident. What you've got here is the unfrenzied feeding of a pack of sock puppets. This is what happens when you don't nip them in the bud. They just fuck shit up for everybody.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

theres some WAY more nastier pics btw hahaha

like a deer that got shot in the neck

I've seen a lot of bad ideas in my time, Ty...

 

[bluntmassa1]

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I'd be fucking pissed you got yourself a family in their I'd feed them some rat poison in ground beef just make sure you can get to them rotting animals stink. Or call the landlord and he can deal with it that shit ain't going to be easy.

 

[BarnBuster]

if the landlord won;t do anything about it professionally, havahart trap and garbage can full of water to drown the fucker. possums and racoons are the new urban rats. watch out cleaning up the shit as it's probably loaded with roundworm(s) eggs that can infect humans by inhaling or oral ingestion. also can have fleas which carry a form of typhus. wear a mask.

 

[BarnBuster]

I'd be fucking pissed you got yourself a family in their I'd feed them some rat poison in ground beef just make sure you can get to them rotting animals stink. Or call the landlord and he can deal with it that shit ain't going to be easy.

golden malrin mixed with reg Coke was my go to raccoon/possum poison. make sure dogs, cats, and kids can't get to it. works fast

 

[Unclebaldrick]

You could skin it and make a toupe like Donald Trump?

 

[Doobius1]

if the landlord won;t do anything about it professionally, havahart trap and garbage can full of water to drown the fucker. possums and racoons are the new urban rats. watch out cleaning up the shit as it's probably loaded with roundworm(s) eggs that can infect humans by inhaling or oral ingestion. also can have fleas which carry a form of typhus. wear a mask.

This great advice!,

 

[Red1966]

You could skin it and make a toupe like Donald Trump?

That would be a much better toupee than Trump's/