chandelierman Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) I have killed a few rats in the yard of nextdoors empty property,i have no means of scaling 12ft down the wall to recover the dead ones so i have just left them where they fall the one thing i have noticed is that they are disappearing do they eat each other? the first one i killed about 3 months ago is still there but all the others have gone Edited July 7, 2009 by chandelierman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroku4399 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 maybe hungry maggots !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Jeezzz bet its starting to pong a bit now!! The others cat or fox prehaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyr8 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 they do eat each other,used to have problems with them eating my seed and fertilizer stores so i set some of the old spring loaded rat traps.used to find the traps had been dragged across the floor and left with just a bit of skin in them.blood everywere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Rats recover and hide away their own dead, given the opportunity. I am not sure whether they are cannibalistic, but I have watched rats dragging other dead rats many times, in and around our farm buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 cannibalistic they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandelierman Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 cannibalistic they are Cannibalistic aye that should save me a few quid on baiting thebastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 They will eat their own kind. Often eating the brain first. It is thought because this contains a whole basketfull of essential minerals and nutrients whereas the rest of the corpse is basically protein and fat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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