jeannettep
Active Member
So I thought something was going on & told my husband we have a rat. We have bait, he said it's not really getting touched. But our torts moved out of their house at night recently. Our box turtle is not where she normally would be & I'm having to look for everyone, so unusual. The inside cat has been going crazy at night & knocking stuff off the window ledge. I woke up frequently at night & checked the security cam & nothing. I had caught a rat that way years ago. So I put a 2nd cam up to keep an eye on one of their houses last night & it went off several times. Not waking my husband I thought that was a BIG rat, the body was as big as the stepping stone. So I've been Telling him all day that I'm putting everyone inside, separated of course. This evening I showed him the recordings & said he has to take care of this problem. He said that's an opossum, that's not a rat. Now what? I have the yard divided for box turtle, red foot 8 inch, red foot 7 I'm putting back in the aviary (should not be a problem with her), currently 4x8 leopard 5 in. Not worried about the leopard she is only there for 4-5 hrs a day, but one day she will have considerably large yard. All are females, I am not breeding. Do I need to do anything? I'm assuming so because they are not using their night house. What do I do? I have no dig spikes around the perimeter, I put pvc netting around the outside to keep the dog out, shes old & doesnt care but it is not her bathroom. Wood timbers for 3 sides, our house for the 4th side. I have some tall plants in their enclosure, so covering it would be a challenge cause I would have to go around them or relocate something. Ideas? Thanks!