finally evicted!!!!

   
 I first noticed damage to things in the studio a couple months back. Gnawed on wood things, bags shredded, paper shredded, cloth chewed upon, things knocked off of shelves (including two of my Bison tools, which snapped like dry twigs. 

Suffice to say I have not been happy with this visitor, but tried live traps unsuccessfully before resorting to poison. 
Three days ago one of my poison packs was eaten, but no body or smell followed. This morning I came in to the studio to see this rat scamper toward the stairs, before turning around and hiding under my throwing stool. It was looking a little shaky, and I’m guessing the poison has made it sick. I must say I’m surprised the poison didn’t kill it. 

I went for a bucket, and the rat went for a hiding place in some studio stuff, but left its tail exposed. After getting a stoking glove I fished it out by its tail, took it to the mountain and released it. I hope it doesn’t make any predators sick, but I didn’t have it in me to snuff it outright. 

This is the first rat I’ve had in the studio. Field mice are pretty common, and they do MUCH less damage. Anyway, good riddance…