June Photo Comp - "Pets" (307)

Jun 4, 2014 8:22 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Happygolucky4u
Happygolucky4uHappygolucky4uTreasure Coast, Florida USA25 Threads 4 Polls 6,241 Posts
Merriweather: Story:
Had visitors staying at mine 3 weeks ago.. and one of my house guests was a little girl dog..

Her owner decided she needed a bath, so, poor little thing, into the laundry trough she went... I saw her little face, and decided it needed to be snapped.. so I took this photo...

It speaks of ... Get me out... I am behaving, but I want out..

so that is my title.. : Get me out.
Aww let that baby out!blues
Jun 4, 2014 8:24 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Happygolucky4u
Happygolucky4uHappygolucky4uTreasure Coast, Florida USA25 Threads 4 Polls 6,241 Posts
epirb: NOT FOR VOTING , one of the body snatchers from march comp nailed a 155lb154lb boar Sunday (it lost a LB since I first heard )from right under the nose of one of my neighbours who has sneaked the odd deer from my place . ,found deer heads . Real tough looking pig , pleased I had not run into it with my dogs as the tusks are large and very sharp .

More trouble Sunday night , woolshed next door in the forestry had a hunter camping there , it had a wall shone up by a poacher on my sons place . None of us heard any shooting so hopefully they missed out . Shell case is from a .378 WEB MAGNUM I found on the road not far from our places .I think they are used to kill big elephants . Lot of them around here .
crying


But your doggies are cute!
Jun 4, 2014 8:27 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Happygolucky4u
Happygolucky4uHappygolucky4uTreasure Coast, Florida USA25 Threads 4 Polls 6,241 Posts
robplum: NOT FOR VOTING
Australian water rat
I have never seen one before wow Do they serve a purpose?writing
Jun 4, 2014 1:00 PM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
Happygolucky4u: I have never seen one before Do they serve a purpose?









The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
Common Water-rat

Well adapted to aquatic life with its webbed hind feet and waterproof coat, the Water-rat can be identified by its large size and long tail with a white tip. The main characteristics that help distinguish the Water-rat from other rodents include:

Front teeth: One pair of distinctive chisel shaped incisors with hard yellow enamel on front surfaces.
Head: Flattened head, long blunt nose, with abundant whiskers, small eyes.
Ears: Notably small ears.
Colouring: Variable. Near-black, grey to brown, with white to orange belly. Thick soft waterproof fur.
Main feature: webbed hind-feet.
Tail: Thick, white-tipped.

Size range

Body 231 mm - 370 mm, tail 242 mm - 345 mm, weight 340 g - 1275 g.
Distribution

The Water-rat is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (south-west and north), Northern Territory.
Habitat

The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of fresh or brackish water.The Water-rat is one of Australia's only two amphibious mammals (the platypus is the other). They live in burrows alongside river and lake banks.
Feeding and Diet

The Water-rat feeds on a wide range of prey including large insects, crustaceans, mussels and fishes, and even frogs, lizards, small mammals and water birds. It forages by swimming underwater. Once it catches its prey, it usually carries it back to a regular feeding site.
Other behaviours and adaptations

Although native rodents are usually nocturnal, the Water-rat is most active around sunset and may even forage during the day.

The burrow is usually hidden among vegetation and built along the banks of rivers and lakes. The round entrance has a diameter of about 15 cm. In dense populations, males are territorial and defend their areas aggressively. In these circumstances, it is common to see Water-rats with damaged tails as a result of these fights.
Conservation Status

During the depression in the 1930s, a ban was placed on the import of furred skins (mostly American Muskrat). The Water-rat was seen as a perfect substitute and the price of a Water-rat pelt increased from four shillings in 1931 to 10 shillings in 1941. The species was heavily hunted during this time until protective legislation was introduced. Populations seem to have made a recovery.

The main threats to the Water-rat today are habitat alteration as a result of flood mitigation and swamp drainage, and predation by introduced animals such as cats and foxes. Also peeps with slug guns
rolling on the floor laughing groundhog
Jun 4, 2014 1:17 PM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
epirb: Don't count on it , last Thursday rats were noring on the door , can't see why as the have a bloody hole that a cat size one can get through . MUST be elefant rats ,rather than the large bush rats planning on coming in . I caught one bush rat in my trap and shot another three with my slug gun before I withdrew retired upstairs to listen to the rest chewing my house . My son met one Saturday night going out the same door he was coming in , very funny . Tying dogs up at the door most nights ,none gone missing yet but did have a bush rat eaten by other rats after it was caught in a gin trap in my roof little while back .




rolling on the floor laughing elephant groundhog
Jun 4, 2014 3:57 PM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
epirb
epirbepirbDannevirke, Hawke's Bay New Zealand32 Threads 2 Polls 7,379 Posts
Lookin4missright: The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
Common Water-rat

Well adapted to aquatic life with its webbed hind feet and waterproof coat, the Water-rat can be identified by its large size and long tail with a white tip. The main characteristics that help distinguish the Water-rat from other rodents include:

Front teeth: One pair of distinctive chisel shaped incisors with hard yellow enamel on front surfaces.
Head: Flattened head, long blunt nose, with abundant whiskers, small eyes.
Ears: Notably small ears.
Colouring: Variable. Near-black, grey to brown, with white to orange belly. Thick soft waterproof fur.
Main feature: webbed hind-feet.
Tail: Thick, white-tipped.

Size range

Body 231 mm - 370 mm, tail 242 mm - 345 mm, weight 340 g - 1275 g.
Distribution

The Water-rat is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (south-west and north), Northern Territory.
Habitat

The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of fresh or brackish water.The Water-rat is one of Australia's only two amphibious mammals (the platypus is the other). They live in burrows alongside river and lake banks.
Feeding and Diet

The Water-rat feeds on a wide range of prey including large insects, crustaceans, mussels and fishes, and even frogs, lizards, small mammals and water birds. It forages by swimming underwater. Once it catches its prey, it usually carries it back to a regular feeding site.
Other behaviours and adaptations

Although native rodents are usually nocturnal, the Water-rat is most active around sunset and may even forage during the day.

The burrow is usually hidden among vegetation and built along the banks of rivers and lakes. The round entrance has a diameter of about 15 cm. In dense populations, males are territorial and defend their areas aggressively. In these circumstances, it is common to see Water-rats with damaged tails as a result of these fights.
Conservation Status

During the depression in the 1930s, a ban was placed on the import of furred skins (mostly American Muskrat). The Water-rat was seen as a perfect substitute and the price of a Water-rat pelt increased from four shillings in 1931 to 10 shillings in 1941. The species was heavily hunted during this time until protective legislation was introduced. Populations seem to have made a recovery.

The main threats to the Water-rat today are habitat alteration as a result of flood mitigation and swamp drainage, and predation by introduced animals such as cats and foxes. Also peeps with slug guns
A real problem for our native birds here , many millions is spent every year to control rats in some of our forests . Same poison that kills the possums is used at the same toxin % to nail rats . Unfortunately nobody told the rats to eat it as there is many unopened bags of poison sitting in containers around my place , some close enough to my house to nail the locals .
Jun 5, 2014 2:37 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
LiLee
LiLeeLiLeeIpswich, Queensland Australia53 Threads 1,760 Posts
Lookin4missright: Don't really know hun just having a crack I don't know where miss lilee has gone i thought she would be doing the adding up stuff



I'm still around wink bit like a bad penny you know laugh

Will do the adding up for ya lookin, am better behind the scenes, while your a much better up front man grin

Great pics so far all teddybear
Jun 5, 2014 2:39 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
serene56
serene56serene56Myplace, New South Wales Australia543 Threads 10 Polls 27,957 Posts
LiLee: I'm still around bit like a bad penny you know

Will do the adding up for ya lookin, am better behind the scenes, while your a much better up front man

Great pics so far all



Hey chicky wave How you doing grin
Jun 5, 2014 2:45 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
LiLee
LiLeeLiLeeIpswich, Queensland Australia53 Threads 1,760 Posts
serene56: Hey chicky How you doing


Hi Serene,

Really good here grin Hope your the same hug
Jun 5, 2014 2:47 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
serene56
serene56serene56Myplace, New South Wales Australia543 Threads 10 Polls 27,957 Posts
LiLee: Hi Serene,

Really good here Hope your the same




Just fine thank you hug


Glad to hear all is well with you bouquet
Jun 5, 2014 2:59 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
epirb: A real problem for our native birds here , many millions is spent every year to control rats in some of our forests . Same poison that kills the possums is used at the same toxin % to nail rats . Unfortunately nobody told the rats to eat it as there is many unopened bags of poison sitting in containers around my place , some close enough to my house to nail the locals .



And the corrupt plods sir bobby sir bobby sir bobby sir bobby sir bobby thumbs up laugh
Jun 5, 2014 3:15 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
LiLee: I'm still around bit like a bad penny you know

Will do the adding up for ya lookin, am better behind the scenes, while your a much better up front man

Great pics so far all




Thank you jeezers innocent buddah, alah whoever kiss kiss kiss


cswelcome Miss Lilee hug lips teddybear bouquet hug

Now lets get this thread crackin!!! banana handshake


Does anyone have a pic of a pet duck?


ps, where's Miss T judy moping
Jun 5, 2014 4:54 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
wash2u
wash2uwash2uMelbourne, Victoria Australia79 Threads 1 Polls 3,768 Posts
Lookin4missright: The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
Common Water-rat

Well adapted to aquatic life with its webbed hind feet and waterproof coat, the Water-rat can be identified by its large size and long tail with a white tip. The main characteristics that help distinguish the Water-rat from other rodents include:

Front teeth: One pair of distinctive chisel shaped incisors with hard yellow enamel on front surfaces.
Head: Flattened head, long blunt nose, with abundant whiskers, small eyes.
Ears: Notably small ears.
Colouring: Variable. Near-black, grey to brown, with white to orange belly. Thick soft waterproof fur.
Main feature: webbed hind-feet.
Tail: Thick, white-tipped.

Size range

Body 231 mm - 370 mm, tail 242 mm - 345 mm, weight 340 g - 1275 g.
Distribution

The Water-rat is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (south-west and north), Northern Territory.
Habitat

The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of fresh or brackish water.The Water-rat is one of Australia's only two amphibious mammals (the platypus is the other). They live in burrows alongside river and lake banks.
Feeding and Diet

The Water-rat feeds on a wide range of prey including large insects, crustaceans, mussels and fishes, and even frogs, lizards, small mammals and water birds. It forages by swimming underwater. Once it catches its prey, it usually carries it back to a regular feeding site.
Other behaviours and adaptations

Although native rodents are usually nocturnal, the Water-rat is most active around sunset and may even forage during the day.

The burrow is usually hidden among vegetation and built along the banks of rivers and lakes. The round entrance has a diameter of about 15 cm. In dense populations, males are territorial and defend their areas aggressively. In these circumstances, it is common to see Water-rats with damaged tails as a result of these fights.
Conservation Status

During the depression in the 1930s, a ban was placed on the import of furred skins (mostly American Muskrat). The Water-rat was seen as a perfect substitute and the price of a Water-rat pelt increased from four shillings in 1931 to 10 shillings in 1941. The species was heavily hunted during this time until protective legislation was introduced. Populations seem to have made a recovery.

The main threats to the Water-rat today are habitat alteration as a result of flood mitigation and swamp drainage, and predation by introduced animals such as cats and foxes. Also peeps with slug guns
Jun 5, 2014 5:08 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
wash2u
wash2uwash2uMelbourne, Victoria Australia79 Threads 1 Polls 3,768 Posts
Lookin4missright: The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
Common Water-rat

Well adapted to aquatic life with its webbed hind feet and waterproof coat, the Water-rat can be identified by its large size and long tail with a white tip. The main characteristics that help distinguish the Water-rat from other rodents include:

Front teeth: One pair of distinctive chisel shaped incisors with hard yellow enamel on front surfaces.
Head: Flattened head, long blunt nose, with abundant whiskers, small eyes.
Ears: Notably small ears.
Colouring: Variable. Near-black, grey to brown, with white to orange belly. Thick soft waterproof fur.
Main feature: webbed hind-feet.
Tail: Thick, white-tipped.

Size range

Body 231 mm - 370 mm, tail 242 mm - 345 mm, weight 340 g - 1275 g.
Distribution

The Water-rat is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (south-west and north), Northern Territory.
Habitat

The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of fresh or brackish water.The Water-rat is one of Australia's only two amphibious mammals (the platypus is the other). They live in burrows alongside river and lake banks.
Feeding and Diet

The Water-rat feeds on a wide range of prey including large insects, crustaceans, mussels and fishes, and even frogs, lizards, small mammals and water birds. It forages by swimming underwater. Once it catches its prey, it usually carries it back to a regular feeding site.
Other behaviours and adaptations

Although native rodents are usually nocturnal, the Water-rat is most active around sunset and may even forage during the day.

The burrow is usually hidden among vegetation and built along the banks of rivers and lakes. The round entrance has a diameter of about 15 cm. In dense populations, males are territorial and defend their areas aggressively. In these circumstances, it is common to see Water-rats with damaged tails as a result of these fights.
Conservation Status

During the depression in the 1930s, a ban was placed on the import of furred skins (mostly American Muskrat). The Water-rat was seen as a perfect substitute and the price of a Water-rat pelt increased from four shillings in 1931 to 10 shillings in 1941. The species was heavily hunted during this time until protective legislation was introduced. Populations seem to have made a recovery.

The main threats to the Water-rat today are habitat alteration as a result of flood mitigation and swamp drainage, and predation by introduced animals such as cats and foxes. Also peeps with slug guns


My parents built their home on the back of a swamp in 1958 on land that mum's father had sold them. That swamp had some unusual characteristics. Was the first attempt at commercial growing the Sydney Rock Oyster by Thomas Holt but did fail because of a lot of misconceptions about oysters. But in the mid 60s was developed as "reclaimed land" for Sylvania Waters (dad should have bought the whole lot and I/we would have been very rich).

We suffered a lot from bandicoots loving the "lawn" that dad tried to grow. Water Rats loved the availabity of the "free food on offer" from my brother's pidgeon loft. I do recall my mum saying much later at the time we did not realise that there was a difference between the common rat to the native Water Rats we experienced. We did not know at that time.
Jun 5, 2014 5:17 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Jun 5, 2014 6:43 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Merriweather
MerriweatherMerriweatherAdelaide, South Australia Australia51 Threads 11,403 Posts
Question for you boys...

Ok.. any suggestions for getting rid of the possum who has taken residence in the wall cavity. ??

I am serious now..

I have glued the tiles on the roof on the fourth tile row in, which is where the wall cavity is..

I have only one room which is brick veneer.. and this is the room that has had possums before..
Last time I had possums, I used to get a cage and put it in the ceiling with food in it.. I would catch the same possum every night, and by law, have to release it outside the house..

and finally, after 7 years.. I had to replace the ceiling in the room, because of the piddle ..

the only way I managed to stop it all was by putting large cement pavers on the roof ... all over the place.. and it was really a mess.

For years now.. I have been possum free, but now this business is starting again...

I could poison, but worried I am going to have dead possum in the cavity..

I don't have the strength anymore to continually put up a possum trap in the manhole.. and bring down a possum daily..

so , any ideas or suggestions would be really appreciated..

I am besides myself.. more because I don't want to replace the ceiling again.. ??


help
Jun 5, 2014 7:09 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
perhaps you could just this one last time, manhandle the trap back up into the ceiling, catch and dear weee possum and take her for a long, long drive then release it, the other side of town.

Otherwise have you worked out how he is actually getting in?
Perhaps there is a gap on the eves (by the guttering), or is he moving the roof tiles?
To my mind it seems unlikely he/she is shifting tiles, could there be a hole where the power goes in, or at the top of the roof gable, or is there an open man hole or vent under the house allowing it to climb up inside the walls? Most brick walls have vents in them, if one those is broken she could be getting in that way.
Some way or another sounds like its accessing the ceiling or you wouldn't have got it in the trap in there.
so i'd suggest looking around the bottom of the house to
Jun 5, 2014 7:42 AM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
serene56
serene56serene56Myplace, New South Wales Australia543 Threads 10 Polls 27,957 Posts
robplum: perhaps you could just this one last time, manhandle the trap back up into the ceiling, catch and dear weee possum and take her for a long, long drive then release it, the other side of town.


thumbs up Or call Wires or a similar wildlife society for a HUMANE solution to this problem??

I cannot believe anyone would even consider poison to be an option very mad
Jun 5, 2014 1:20 PM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
Merriweather: Question for you boys...

Ok.. any suggestions for getting rid of the possum who has taken residence in the wall cavity. ??

I am serious now..

I have glued the tiles on the roof on the fourth tile row in, which is where the wall cavity is..

I have only one room which is brick veneer.. and this is the room that has had possums before..
Last time I had possums, I used to get a cage and put it in the ceiling with food in it.. I would catch the same possum every night, and by law, have to release it outside the house..

and finally, after 7 years.. I had to replace the ceiling in the room, because of the piddle ..

the only way I managed to stop it all was by putting large cement pavers on the roof ... all over the place.. and it was really a mess.

For years now.. I have been possum free, but now this business is starting again...

I could poison, but worried I am going to have dead possum in the cavity..

I don't have the strength anymore to continually put up a possum trap in the manhole.. and bring down a possum daily..

so , any ideas or suggestions would be really appreciated..

I am besides myself.. more because I don't want to replace the ceiling again.. ??









Plan "A"
Invite Mr Epirb and Mr Pebblesinapond/stream/river confused over one weekend for a bbq (or summin)wink hug

1/ ..Mr E can blow the possum out of the wall with his shotty groundhog
2/ ..Then Mr P in the pond/stream/river can fix hole being he is a plasterer thumbs up

Plan "B"
The law did'nt state outside which house professor So take it to tony abbotts house groundhog laugh thumbs up australia and let it piddle in his roof rolling on the floor laughing He prolly has a tax for piddling possums and can claim for new ceiling australia groundhog


Serious though hug
I would'nt really know how to solve your prob dunno as i have a piddling cat that has terrorized me for years cats meow blues and thanks for tip professor hug bouquet A cement paver would do the trick professor grin laugh
Jun 5, 2014 1:39 PM CST June Photo Comp - "Pets"
Lookin4missright
Lookin4missrightLookin4missrightmelbourne, Victoria Australia400 Threads 24,032 Posts
ps, Plan "C" laugh

At work a lot of companies have a recording going of birds playing (aggressive ones i think) confused as to keep other birds from flying into their warehouses and eating their stock etc...

Maybe try putting a recorder in roof of a bigger possum growling or summin thumbs up laugh or "Piddler On The Roof" violin rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

Sorry lips teddybear bouquet wave ..................super
Post Comment - Post a comment on this Forum Thread
We use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience possible on our website. Read Our Privacy Policy Here