{"id":7286,"date":"2020-02-21T21:51:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T05:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2020-03-01T22:04:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T06:04:19","slug":"billbergia-nutans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=7286","title":{"rendered":"Billbergia nutans and Rats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all the Billbergia nutans flowers have been eaten in the back garden. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Bromeliads2_IMG_6742.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Damage\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BromeliadDamage_IMG_6736.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Damage\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BromeliadDamaged_IMG_6732.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Damage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who did it? We have had families of squirrels, mice, and roof rats hanging out in the gardens. <\/p>\n<p>I baited our humane traps with orange peel, peanut butter, and seeds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Bait_IMG_6727.jpg\" alt=\"Bait\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I wait\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Checked the traps at 7:00 pm. A rat ran down the tree from the bird feeder, but the trap was empty.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I found in the trap in the back garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat1_IMG_0428.jpg\" alt=\"Rat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 2 7:50 pm. Rat two capture. Noticed that nearly all of the orange peel and seed is gone. Must have been a hungry little one.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat2_IMG_6828.jpg\" alt=\"Rat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 4 6:50 pm Rat three. He is quite calm considering he was trapped.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat3_IMG_6924.jpg\" alt=\"Rat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 5 7:54 pm Rat 4. The largest rat we have found in the trap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat4_IMG_6966.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 4\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat4_IMG_6968.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 6 5:45 pm Rat 5, part of a family of three little ones. Waiting to catch at least one more, don\u2019t want to send such a small rat into its new location on its own. While I was waiting to trap an least one of the other wee rats, number 5 managed to escape in the garage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat5_IMG_6994.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 5\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat5_IMG_6992.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 6 7:30 pm Rat 6 and 7<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat6_IMG_7003.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 6\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat7_IMG_7001.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 7\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rats 6 and 7 are in a tall trash can, topped with a lid.<br \/>\nBaited both traps and placed them near captured 6 and 7.<\/p>\n<p>Rat 5 recaptured. He is in the container with Rats 6 and 7. Rats 6 and 7 and in a little furry pile.<\/p>\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" name=\"Rat 5\" src=\"\/movies\/Rat5.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Day 7 Rat 8 8:50 PM, the largest rat yet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rat8_IMG_7082.jpg\" alt=\"Rat 8\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Bromeliad1_IMG_6695.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Tucked In\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Bromeliad2_IMG_6696.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Tucked In\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Bromeliad_IMG_4851.jpg\" alt=\"Bromeliad Blooming\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Information on Billbergia nutans\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smgrowers.com\/products\/plants\/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=254\" >San Marcos Growers<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all the Billbergia nutans flowers have been eaten in the back garden. Who did it? We have had families of squirrels, mice, and roof rats hanging out in the gardens. I baited our humane traps with orange peel, peanut butter, and seeds. Now I wait\u2026 Checked the traps at 7:00 pm. A rat ran &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=7286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Billbergia nutans and Rats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,30,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critters","category-gardens","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7286"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7308,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7286\/revisions\/7308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}