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Rodenticide Poisoning
Rodent bait used to exterminate mice and rats can also be deadly to dogs and cats. If you have pets then rodenticides should be used with extreme caution.
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Getting Rodents Out of Your House
When uninvited mice, rats, and squirrels invade your home you need to know how to get rid of them. Here are some suggestions as well as how to prevent them from entering.
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Hoppy Holiday Shopping: Part II. The Rodent Roundup
Shopping tips for the rodents on your holiday list
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Leave It to Beaver Families, or Rodent Family Values
Beavers build strong dams and even stronger families
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beavers
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family values
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animal parenting
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rodent family life
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beaver families
Mending Human-Rodent Relations
Rodents are the most successful and diverse mammals on the planet. It's time we admitted we just can't beat them.
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NATIONAL SYMBOL - A RODENT?
The beaver is probably Canada's strongest symbol after our flag. This rodent, the largest in the country, has greatly influenced Canada's history.
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Wildlife in the Pantanal
Brazil's 54,000 miles of wetlands are home to an embarrassment of exotic species as well as creatures that look vaguely familiar--even when they aren't .
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brazilian wildlife
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rainy season
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Rhyming Rabbits & Rodents & More - Part II
A sneak preview of the Pet Poetry Contest entries from pets and pet lovers.
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Rhyming Rabbits and Rodents
A riot of rabbit and rodent rhymes
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Rodents Just Want to Have Fun
prevent rodent delinquency with creative play ideas
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The Rodents of Madison Avenue
Dogs and cats may still dominate in the advertising world, but rodents and rabbits can make very persuasive salescritters. And they're funny, too.
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commercials
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advertising
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animals in commercials
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Big Game Hunting on the Squirrel Preserves
Have you ever made friends with a squirrel?
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genius
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Exotic Squirrels
The ubiquitous squirrel comes in a surprising variety of sizes and colors. Meet four exotic southeast Asian species.
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prevost's squirrel
Gophers
Gophers not only make a mess of your yard, but they eat your plants overnight. Stop them by trying out some of the tips I have for you.
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Happy Marmota Monax Day
Celebration of the world's greatest weather predicting rodent - the groundhog
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Nuts About Them!
Squirrels -- cute fuzzy critters or darkly devastating little fuzzballs? This week we look at the lighter side of these nutty creatures.
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Parasite Causes Rats to Commit Suicide
Parasite removes rat's fear of cats.
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gondii
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The Naked Truth About Molerats
These hairless, bucktoothed, underground rats are probably the strangest rodents you'll ever meet. The naked molerat defies all the rules.
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A Mule Deer's Antlers
For a Mule Deer buck, removing the velvet from his antlers is something like taking off the kid gloves. But, he can only use them for a couple of months and they aren't just used to do battle.
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odocoilius hemionus
Animals of the Rainforest
Some information on the various animal that thrive in the rainforests.
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rainforests
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Appreciating Squirrels
Squirrels may be pesky, mischievous, and ubiquitous, but they'll keep you entertained and on your toes.
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Gnawing Animals
Information on responding to gnawing animal damage.
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animal damage
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property
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repellents
Heroic Rats
Pet rats rescue their human famlies - tales of rodent bravery
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rats
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heroic pets
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animal courage
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human-animal bond
Home on the Range? The Disappearing Prairie Dog
Prairie dogs are losing the battle for the survival of their prairie town, but human allies won't let these lovable rodents disappear without a fight.
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Rats and Other Animals
Some ideas to help your rats make friends (or not!) with your other animals.
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Rats and Their Control Part 2
Information on the lethal control of rats using traps and poisons.
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Rhyming Rabbits, Cats, Dogs and Parrots
Final entries in Pet Poetry contest, with more rabbit, dog, cat, and bird poetry.
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Some Squirrelly Thoughts on a Rainy Spring Afternoon
thoughts about the pros and cons of living with squirrels
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beatrix potter
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white house squirrels
Squirrels Behaving Badly
At their best squirrels are rude, crude, and in your face - that's why we love them
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Squirrels vs. Eastpointe City Council
city council attacks squirrel feeding woman
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Squirrely Neighbors
Living with squirrels can be frustrating but there are perks - like plenty of photo ops
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The Literary Lapin
Great rabbit tales for children
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The Lowdown on Lemmings
Everyone knows that lemmings blindly leap off cliffs and plunge into oceans in massive numbers, but there really is some method to their madness.
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ecology
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arctic tundra
The Mice with Colored Whiskers
A short fable for today.
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The Rat that Ate Florida
giant rats are eating their way across the North American continent
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wetlands
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marsh
The Social Life of Guinea Pigs
If you think all guinea pigs do is eat, sleep and squeek, you're in for a surprise. These little rodents are complex social creatures.
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Ultrasound
relative effectiveness of ultrasound
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wildlife damage control
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Voles
Information on the characteristics and the control of voles.
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Voles
If you prize your garden veggies, watch out for voles. They sneak in unseen in most cases and your plants disappear overnight. Read this article and see the methods I have and maybe help others of us come up with new ones.
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Why Squirrels Will Never Get Rich in the Stock Market
Have you ever wondered what would happen if squirrels started playing the stock market? Maybe they have already! It would certainly explain a few things!
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Winning Pet Poetry
Pet Poetry contest winner and runners up
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Squirrel Madness
Thieving squirrels may drive dedicated bird feeders nuts, but life is no picnic for the social-climbing squirrel, either. Check out these two madly entertaining squirrel sites.
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Protect Bulbs from Animal Damage
Ten simple ways to stop wild animals from digging, eating or stealing your newly planted tulips & crocus. Save your bulbs from hungry wildlife or destructive critters!
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Mighty Mousers
Great mousers and why they are.
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Prairie Dog Tails: Part 1
Prairie dogs are a key species on shortgrass prairies in Colorado. What kind of dogs are they, anyway? And what is the disadvantage of being a "key species?" All this and more in Part 1 of a two-part article on prairie dogs.
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Resident Groundhogs in Pennsylvania
Groundhogs have earned a reputation for predicting future weather trends. Pennsylvania resident Punxsutawny Phil is one such weather forecaster, but his lifestyle may differ somewhat from those animals in the wild.
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Should You Get a Rat for a Pet?
Thinking of getting a rat? Here are a few points to ponder before you get in too deep!
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Degus and Dormice and Duprasi . . . Oh My!
Plucky little rodents you've probably never heard of
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Food Pre-preparation: Part 13
... called rotating the stock and is standard practice in all storage. First in, first out is the universal rule. Dating stock as it is shelved aids in efficient rotation and use ...
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Gadgets For the Garden
Gadgets for the garden. Ways to make gardening a little easier each day.I
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