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(8 votes) 7:59 pm
May 24, 2010
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I walked past the lot about 7:30pm and running in and out of the bushes along the wall on North Venice were at least 3 very large rats. One of them was almost a foot long in size. Seriously. There's also about 3 homeless folks sleeping on the sidewalk right next to them. Is there anything that can be done about this? I'll make the call if I know who the right people to talk to are. Thanks!
8:18 pm
February 24, 2010
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Send an email to Jim Murez; he manages the Farmers Market and should be concerned about the creatures living there. murez@venice.net
8:25 pm
May 24, 2010
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Will do. Thanks Mark.
10:47 am
February 17, 2010
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benska said
I walked past the lot about 7:30pm and running in and out of the bushes along the wall on North Venice were at least 3 very large rats. One of them was almost a foot long in size. Seriously. There's also about 3 homeless folks sleeping on the sidewalk right next to them.
If you had snapped a photo, it would help clean up both problems. The rats and the Transients sleeping on the sidewalk.
Please snap a photo next time, the rats and the people are not shy especially since we want to help this situation.
9:08 am
March 29, 2010
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benska said
I walked past the lot about 7:30pm and running in and out of the bushes along the wall on North Venice were at least 3 very large rats. One of them was almost a foot long in size. Seriously. There's also about 3 homeless folks sleeping on the sidewalk right next to them. Is there anything that can be done about this? I'll make the call if I know who the right people to talk to are. Thanks!
It's likely they're roof rats. They love untrimmed palm trees and can be a huge pest if they get into attics and crawl spaces. Often people don't even know they have an infestation until their roof springs an unexpected leak. When we lived on the canals 15 years ago I remember they were pretty common. I was told it was because of the close proximity of homes, palm trees, and power lines, which they used as a kind of rat highway.
11:32 am
January 20, 2012
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All of you are mistaken, those rats running around are the VNC.
7:02 pm
March 23, 2010
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I suspect some of the work we've been doing on the roofs along with thinning the vegetation on the property have displaced them.
But yeah, there are a bunch of them around here now.
7:32 pm
July 27, 2010
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epidemics start with unsanitary conditions that invite rats, the rats then help spread disease…
this is just the beginning of a health hazard if the problem is not dealt with swiftly.
Hantavirus, Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Leptospirosis, Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis, Plague, Rat-Bite Fever, Salmonellosis (it is a farmers market on Fridays), Tularemia, whooping cough, dysentery, typhoid are all possibilities
8:48 pm
October 15, 2009
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fastfredddy said
epidemics start with unsanitary conditions that invite rats, the rats then help spread disease…
Like the Occupy Movement?
I'm salty and that's what keeps me spicy ©
8:49 pm
October 15, 2009
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SaltWater said
fastfredddy said
epidemics start with unsanitary conditions that invite rats…
Like the Occupy Movement?
I'm salty and that's what keeps me spicy ©
9:10 pm
March 23, 2010
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Have also seen some baby possums around here too, and they could be mistaken for very large rats if seen from a distance or through the underbrush.
