A pair of rats set up housekeeping in my mom's semi-feral backyard early this spring. Not long afterwards, a weasel in winter white fur moved in. No more rats!
Your little friend was probably waiting for some climber-fattened ground squirrels. Good 'Evans!
By Rich Morgan From: Coal Creek Canyon Oct 9, 2007
I've never heard of rats doing housekeeping! You should have kept them around for awhile!