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rodents and pitcher plants #95277 January 2nd, 2007 at 05:21 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 USA carnivorousplantgrower7 OP Member
OP carnivorousplantgrower7 Member Joined: Sep 2006 USA	Hey Im curious to know if anyone's pitcher plant has ever caught a rodent or lizard or something bigger than a bug or if you feed it rodents?

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Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95278 January 2nd, 2007 at 06:41 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Grandprairie,Texas angelblossom Member
angelblossom Member Joined: Oct 2005 Grandprairie,Texas	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95279 January 5th, 2007 at 01:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 USA carnivorousplantgrower7 OP Member
OP carnivorousplantgrower7 Member Joined: Sep 2006 USA	Yeah thats what I figured. I guess you could douse the rat in rubbing alcohol to disinfect it and kill anything living on it but that would be cruel. But then again letting a rat slowly digest in a plant is also cruel. I wouldnt try it I was just curious.

Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95280 January 6th, 2007 at 04:19 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Grandprairie,Texas angelblossom Member
angelblossom Member Joined: Oct 2005 Grandprairie,Texas	Ohh Whewwwww Glad to hear you really wouldn't do it!!!

Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95281 January 7th, 2007 at 11:49 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 USA carnivorousplantgrower7 OP Member
OP carnivorousplantgrower7 Member Joined: Sep 2006 USA	No.... I may be cruel but not that cruel.

Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95282 January 14th, 2007 at 12:28 AM
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TomR Member T Joined: Oct 2003 Dutchess county,N.Y.	Quote Originally posted by carnivorousplantgrower7: Hey Im curious to know if anyone's pitcher plant has ever caught a rodent or lizard or something bigger than a bug or if you feed it rodents? There is a picture on the net somewhere of a mouse they found in a Nep pitcher. Wait, here go see! http://www.wlwt.com/news/9981163/detail.html

Re: rodents and pitcher plants #95283 January 14th, 2007 at 07:43 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 USA carnivorousplantgrower7 OP Member
OP carnivorousplantgrower7 Member Joined: Sep 2006 USA	Wow! Thats so cool but gross at the same time! Thanks for sharing this with me!