[BJungNan]

Don't try this at home. Your punishment will include heavy fines and jail time!

Can you do it to a rat you catch in your house? I have one sitting here at my desk. The trap did not kill it, just pinned him in. I'm searching for applicable law - the animal control does not seem to work on Sunday.

Cute little thing except for the tail and the fact he chewed through the water pipe that feeds the ice maker on my fridge.

Maybe we should put it to a vote. Do I drown him, feed him some rat poison or let him stay in the trap until Monday when animal control can come get him to properly euthanasia him.

[ncountylee]

I complete my cats unfinished projects as quickly as possible. Don't let it suffer.

[porkchops 4 mahound]

Don't you have any big hungry snakes?

That way would be "organic".

[rock58seg]

Place a newspaper on the floor. Place the trap, rat and all on the newspaper. Put on a pair of hiking boots. Now stomp on the rat and crush it's f'ing head. Roll everything up in the newspaper and throw it in the garbage.

On general principal, throw the rest of the NY times out also.

[beckysueb]

Same thing happened to me with a mouse who didn't die in the trap. He looked at me with these sad little eyes. It was pitiful. I put him outside but it was really cold and he was trying to get across the porch back to the house so I took him in, made him a little bed in a box. He died the next day but at least he was warm. Sometimes I hate being so tenderhearted.

[e_castillo]

Fix your crappy house and just turn the critter loose in the yard if you are so worried about it...