thread: Things that go bump in the night!!!

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  1. #1
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    May 2008
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    updated question.....
    OK....i saw them last night,went down when they were banging around and there one was...but im pretty sure its not a rat. For a start it was light grey. It had a long thinish pink tail and its face wasnt long and pointy like a rat, more squashed. and its ears were bigger and a little more stuck out. Still quite big, about small rat sized, Is it just that im used to seeing fancy rats in the pet shop or is it a different animal?? Do you think i could trap them and then have the 'dealt with' if they were rats or relocated if they were something else, somthing native.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2008
    Just Coasting
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    Hmm, they could be a little native marsupial. Maybe ring a native animal sanctuary or parks and wildlife and run it by them and see what they say.

  3. #3
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    Dec 2008
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    sounds like they are possums to me.

    I think you can get possum traps from the local council so you can relocate them.

  4. #4
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    May 2008
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    well, that what I thought at first, we have ringtails in the tree in our garden but they we too small i think...unless you get mini possums??