Rats' lower incisors are opposable. They can split into a V shape so the uppers can fit into them like a lock

It bit into and sawed through half of her ear before she could get it off

It had always been aggressive, and we had been trying to socialize that out of her.

😬

Yeah thats a gassing

Petra went into the chamber kicking, then died with a smile when we dropped the last treat block in there.

Place a bowl of baking soda inside, pour in an equal amount of vinegar, and close the lid

3 minutes later, open it up and check for the tongue turning blue. Done

Ok

I'd expect the soda to be powerful enough to blow up the lid tbh

Another way to humanely kill a rat is to pin their neck down, with your thumb, then give their tail a firm jerk

It'll sever the spine

Why not just break it's neck?

Just in case you want to do this with a person use a disposable nitrogen canister, carbon dioxide is one of the more painful ways

hmm a bite on the finger = gassed

punishment doesn't seem to fit the crime

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It almost severed her ear, my dude

If the rat jews out, seems appropriate to me

@Sdeck37 because putting myself in close physical contact with a known aggressive rat is a bad idea

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Dunno how aggressive she actually was in the end

I'm surprised none of y'all have made bantz about me keeping rats and having a disorganized house being connected

Or it?

Tbh I don't care, I've dealt with catched mice and rats mostly with the water bucket method. Admittly there's nothing human in that.

She. We named her Petra

Her sister rat, Ender, got sick and died a few months before

No Rat = female by default in German. That was my thinking.

Rats only live like, 2 years under perfect conditions

If I catch a bucket full of rats I suppose two barrels of birdshot would be more humane than water now I think of it

Then again that is a waste of a perfectly good bucket

Cut a wooden circle to fit, place it on top, then stomp

>wasting bullets on rats

>shotgun shells

It wouldnt be sporting otherwise.

>bullets

Choose one

A shotgun is like many tiny bullets

Matthew, still sounds messy to clean after

Hose it out

I would simply bury the bucket