Re: World Rat Day

On 4/5/2026 9:46 AM, jojo wrote:
> Dawn Flood wrote:
>> On 4/3/2026 11:23 PM, David Dalton wrote:
>>> April 4 is World Rat Day.
>>>
>>> That is significant to me since Rat is a SSOSOSS (species someone
>>> of other species of significant sign) to me, so is a minor deity to me.
>>> I received a sign from Rat early in the Year of the Rat in 1996
>>> as described on https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/rat.html . In
>>> case you don’t want to click on that, here is the relevant paragraph:
>>>
>>> "Early in the Chinese year, in the Year of the Rat, when I, my sister 
>>> Anne
>>> and her two daughters were travelling west from St. John's to Lakeview
>>> along the Conception Bay Highway, a large rat raced Olympic fashion
>>> rapidly to the edge of the road and made a flying leap to hit our 
>>> car. We
>>> backed up to find it was dead and I dragged it off the road, and later
>>> thought that it had committed self-sacrifice and would be reincarnated i
>>> n higher form after hitting the `car of ma.’ “
>>>
>>> Anyway, I plan to next try a mystic attempt beginning in the early
>>> evening of April 4 and leading up to Easter Sunday morning,
>>> and will report progress on alt.religion.druid .
>>>
>>
>> In my opinion, the fact that we humans and rats share a recent common 
>> ancestor makes them special!  Still, I cannot & will not tolerate one 
>> living in my home!!  I would do my best to capture it humanely & 
>> safely, and then, it needs to go live out in the countryside far away 
>> from other homes!
>>
>> Dawn
> 
> what kind of traps have you used? i think there is only 1 humane trap 
> and it can be overpowered by the rat.
> 

I don't have any; no issues so far!  (Knock on wood.)  I had a coworker 
who trapped one in his home and transported it out to the country safely.