Thanks to HT for sending from Mt. Pleasant: “Clearly thought the little guy was coming back from the dead with all that tape. They used half a roll.”
Clearly the owners read this post…
rats
“Dear PoPville,
Rat-spotting continues!
This hefty boy stood on bricks so we could exactly how large he is.
Seen at 11th & V NW.”
*Monday
Katdroidd writes: “Y’ALL. Look who popped out of a tree in broad daylight at McPherson Square as I was walking by” (more…)
“Cookie and Pepper in Adams Morgan want to know why DC rats get a bad rap.”
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Thanks, for the nightmares, to B. for sending this morning from Truxton Circle. Extra points for the newspaper bag for scale. Jesus. That fella ate well.
There are of course perils to eating too well.
Our record holder for monster rat continues to be this guy.
Other contenders (more…)
Thanks, I think, to S. for sending this unfortunate sight from the Parkview Rec Center.
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to ask for advice from longterm DMV residents who might know a thing or two about waging a war against both rats and corporate landlords. I live in an apartment building that has an ongoing rat infestation; our community message board is blowing up with posts from tenants on every floor (in a ten-story building!) talking about dealing with rats in their apartments and in community spaces. We’ve had posts about rats scratching in the walls at night, chewing holes through the walls, being sighted in apartments and common spaces like the laundry room, gym, and elevators, coming up through sinks and chewing through rubber gaskets (!), even posts about rats getting stuck in the AC units, dying, and then rotting. Our management’s response has been tepid at best. Back in May, (more…)
Spotted in Mount Pleasant.
“Dear PoPville,
I live in a building that backs into an alley with a community garden with a MAJOR rat problem. The garden has a big compost container and also has a large shed where they store gardening equipment. The area under the shed seems to serve as a very hospitable rat burrow, as just walking by it at night I’ll see several rats scurrying from residential trash cans back under it. The compost also seems to attract the rats, as I’ve seen them trying to get in and out of it, especially in the winter when it’s a source of heat.
I tried contacting 311 about the rodent problem, (more…)
After yesterday’s post from Shaw, Rachel spotted two guys like this, above, in Noma.
Fortunately Aaron spotted some snake reinforcements coming to the rescue: (more…)