Recent Visit.. Spotted REAL RODENT 😳

[Model3 McQueen]

Better a rat than a GATOR

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Bring in some of those Feral Cats that are in abundance in Disneyland.

I know my kitty would have a blast. Or maybe not. Probably not.

 

[ford91exploder]

Better a rat than a GATOR

I know my kitty would have a blast. Or maybe not. Probably not.

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Needs the Old Star Trek attack music to make it complete!

Our cats live to catch and eat mice, They occasionally leave us with one as a gift to show their appreciation.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Our cats live to catch and eat mice, They occasionally leave us with one as a gift to show their appreciation.

That's amazing I remember reading that cats think we don't eat so they have to hunt for us

 

[Skibum1970]

I grew up in the country, surrounded by soybeans, corn, and cattle. My mother kept a clean house but that didn't stop field mice from coming in, especially since our house was built in 1904 and had plenty of boltholes. One evening, a rat ran through the kitchen and scared my sisters to death. After that, we had rat traps that could break your finger. Never saw the offender again. At least, not alive.

Also, when we brought our cats indoor to catch mice, they thought that it was a great vacation and spent most of the time sleeping on our beds.

Point being, it doesn't matter what you do. Rodents are all around us but are generally sneaky enough that we don't see them often. Rats, in particular, are fairly intelligent and hide quite well. I could argue that they are smarter than a fair number of WDW guests. The food, trash, woods, and open air environment just provide a perfect place to live as a rat. Kind of an American version of Ratatouille.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I grew up in the country, surrounded by soybeans, corn, and cattle. My mother kept a clean house but that didn't stop field mice from coming in, especially since our house was built in 1904 and had plenty of boltholes. One evening, a rat ran through the kitchen and scared my sisters to death. After that, we had rat traps that could break your finger. Never saw the offender again. At least, not alive.

Also, when we brought our cats indoor to catch mice, they thought that it was a great vacation and spent most of the time sleeping on our beds.

Point being, it doesn't matter what you do. Rodents are all around us but are generally sneaky enough that we don't see them often. Rats, in particular, are fairly intelligent and hide quite well. I could argue that they are smarter than a fair number of WDW guests. The food, trash, woods, and open air environment just provide a perfect place to live as a rat. Kind of an American version of Ratatouille.

Yes, common misconception is the you get rodents because you have a dirty house or are a generally a bad housekeeper. They don't come in for the atmosphere, they come in looking for food and that is amazingly easy to find in most places.

 

[sxeensweet]

Yes, common misconception is the you get rodents because you have a dirty house or are a generally a bad housekeeper. They don't come in for the atmosphere, they come in looking for food and that is amazingly easy to find in most places.

Yep exactly they come in no matter how clean a home you have if they want to. And will eat through food boxes that are saved or closed/sealed packages to get what they want. So even if you don’t have a crumb to be found on your floor or counter they will find something. Just like those huge American roaches/palmetto bugs they aren’t a cleanliness issue they actually prefer outside but come in when door is open etc mainly in the summer and where it’s moist in the south (only the smaller roach species like one example German roaches prefer Inside and usually are the ones that infest homes). People freak out for One roach and it’s like as long as that’s all you see kill it and move on. Happens in the cleanest of homes on occasion.

 

[Driver]

At Epcot, it's not the rats you have to worry about.

LOL those are just tree rats

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yep exactly they come in no matter how clean a home you have if they want to. And will eat through food boxes that are saved or closed/sealed packages to get what they want. So even if you don’t have a crumb to be found on your floor or counter they will find something. Just like those huge American roaches/palmetto bugs they aren’t a cleanliness issue they actually prefer outside but come in when door is open etc mainly in the summer and where it’s moist in the south (only the smaller roach species like one example German roaches prefer Inside and usually are the ones that infest homes). People freak out for One roach and it’s like as long as that’s all you see kill it and move on. Happens in the cleanest of homes on occasion.

One of my pet peaves. Those roaches are always wrongly identified as Cockroaches. They aren't. Cockroaches will live inside probably longer then humans. The roaches you are talking about a fairly good sized but they are slow and are frequently seen out in the open casually tooling along. Easy to stomp on or drop a big book on. If left alone they die very shortly after finding their way inside. Not enough moisture in the house to sustain them. Around here they are called water roaches or lawn roaches. Cockroaches are much smarter otherwise they wouldn't have survived since dino's wandered the earth. The only occasionally get seen if you turn a light on in the dark, but, they don't stay out there very long.

 

[ProfSavage]

One of my pet peaves. Those roaches are always wrongly identified as Cockroaches. They aren't. Cockroaches will live inside probably longer then humans. The roaches you are talking about a fairly good sized but they are slow and are frequently seen out in the open casually tooling along. Easy to stomp on or drop a big book on. If left alone they die very shortly after finding their way inside. Not enough moisture in the house to sustain them. Around here they are called water roaches or lawn roaches. Cockroaches are much smarter otherwise they wouldn't have survived since dino's wandered the earth. The only occasionally get seen if you turn a light on in the dark, but, they don't stay out there very long.

Here in the south, we call those Palmetto Bugs, but I know exactly what you're talking about. They're actually American Cockroaches (with the Palmetto Bug actually being Florida woods cockroach). They're in the cockroach family but not nearly as bad as say... the German cockroach. Have a bunch of those infesting your house? Might as well move.

 

[GSP Guy]

Exactly...the armadillos are too hard to eat

Armadillos=Opossum on the Half Shell!

 

[Sonconato]

I know my kitty would have a blast. Or maybe not. Probably not.

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Holy Cow! I thought for a hot second that one of my cats found their way to your house! This looks just like one of my cats.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I know my kitty would have a blast. Or maybe not. Probably not.

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Yeah, looks like a real mouser...

 

[Disney Analyst]

Surprise to everyone, rodents exist everywhere... Even the cleanest of restaurants can have little guys hiding. It's just the reality of the world.

 

[sxeensweet]

Surprise to everyone, rodents exist everywhere... Even the cleanest of restaurants can have little guys hiding. It's just the reality of the world.

Yep I don’t get how someone thinks rodents pick and choose one place over another. Nowhere is totally immune to them no matter how clean something is they will be around at some point.

 

[Minthorne]

I also live in New England and I can confirm that we don’t have rats here. We also don’t have snow, seafood, or great quarterbacks.

 

[marni1971]

Yeah.. real joke... Not many RATS here in New England.. and I'm not laughing after the money we spent at WDW.. so all the folks acting like it's no big deal.. if I didn't care about rats wondering the grounds.. I'd go to Atlantic City or Some cheap Carnival.. Just surprised to see the changes in the conditions of the Park..... Have fun... Experts

It’s called nature. It happens.

But welcome to WDWMagic

 

[Goofyernmost]

Here in the south, we call those Palmetto Bugs, but I know exactly what you're talking about. They're actually American Cockroaches (with the Palmetto Bug actually being Florida woods cockroach). They're in the cockroach family but not nearly as bad as say... the German cockroach. Have a bunch of those infesting your house? Might as well move.

Right.... I forgot to mention the Palmetto Bug. We can't call them that in NC because we have no Palm trees here and that would sound weird, but, yes that is what they are. Harmless and annoying and have a very short life span once inside unlike classic cockroaches that seem to live forever.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Right.... I forgot to mention the Palmetto Bug. We can't call them that in NC because we have no Palm trees here and that would sound weird, but, yes that is what they are. Harmless and annoying and have a very short life span once inside unlike classic cockroaches that seem to live forever.

Seriously? Down here in Fort Lauderdale, you spray those guys with Raid and they turn around and charge at you, sometimes flying at you. Thank God we have regular bug service, haven’t seen one in the house in years.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Seeing a rat wouldn't bother me.

I've seen humans that bother me more, especially those mean ones