What are they?

We trapped these animals under a house recently. We had trapped nine at final count. Most home owners and a lot of beginning techs misidentify these rodents. You can not just throw some bait around and hope to eliminate these comensual (living with humans) rodents.

They look like mice. They are not adult mice, they are very young Norway Rats. Their mother has just weaned them by abandoning them. At this time in their life they are very vulnerable. They are also very stupid and easy to trap. The average Norway rat lives about a year in the wild, and up to 4 or5 years in captivity. The greatest danger to these young  rats is the adult male rat. The mature males hunt the young just like male bears do in the wild. In fact, rats are very closley related to the bear family. 

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