"The PA black rats, at least the ones I've seen around here, are real nice. They get jet black and big. If I get any this summer I'm thinking of keeping them."

I am too.
I have a coal black 6 1/2' male I've been wanting to get a mate for. We had them in our area when I was a kid (way, way back)but were driven out.
Alot of habitat has been restored since then and the woods behind my home is overrun with deer mice and a multitude of frog species that could support a population of them. My male is from a gene pool close by and I'd like to find a female that is too in the interest of keeping a repopulation as proper as I can. No luck as yet with an adult. All I've found are young that are a long ways off from breeding.
Not being a canable and with a primarily rodent/bird diet they wouldn't threaten the coastal plains milk population we have either so I really want to give it a go.
Hey sooner or later an adult female will turn uo right?
Mike.

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• Caught this guy last night. - a153fish, Tue Jun 8 07:16:50 2010
• RE: Caught this guy last night. - KevinM, Tue Jun 8 08:36:31 2010
• Here's one from last year. - a153fish, Tue Jun 8 17:00:51 2010
• RE: Caught this guy last night. - pgcc0912, Tue Jun 8 14:05:37 2010
• Garters are cool! - a153fish, Tue Jun 8 16:55:30 2010
• RE: Garters are cool! - pgcc0912, Tue Jun 8 17:49:57 2010
• RE: Caught this guy last night. - donv, Tue Jun 8 14:25:48 2010
• LOL!! - KevinM, Tue Jun 8 14:32:52 2010
• RE: LOL!! - a153fish, Tue Jun 8 16:48:47 2010
• RE: LOL!! - donv, Tue Jun 8 19:31:35 2010
• Junk Collector!! - KevinM, Tue Jun 8 21:34:49 2010
• RE: Junk Collector!! - a153fish, Wed Jun 9 07:15:51 2010
• RE: Junk Collector!! - donv, Wed Jun 9 15:38:17 2010
• RE: Junk Collector!! - pinelandsghost, Fri Jun 11 23:46:43 2010
• RE: LOL!! - donv, Tue Jun 8 19:38:09 2010
• RE: Caught this guy last night. - cochran, Tue Jun 8 18:31:18 2010
• RE: Caught this guy last night. - cochran, Tue Jun 8 18:33:25 2010
• Thanks Jeff - a153fish, Wed Jun 9 07:47:24 2010