Ewww. A rat. No.
Aha, a bandit.
Let me just say that, despite appearing cute,it is a wild animal. Worthy of your respect.
Now, it realizes this ain't 'momma' coming to the rescue. Probably a dominant male, that left the nest. The 'runts' are passive,and like to stay 'home'. And that big oak tree on the property line? Up 20 feet, is a hole,and that was were this critter came from.
And fully grown, these guys can cause damage. We used to trap them on rooftops, and the Greens. They like to touchy/feely with their front paws. I have seen way too many times where they touchy/feely their way to making asphalt roofing shingles into worthless bits.
Getting two into this cage must have been quite social. Needless to say, their first natural act is to crap,so you know what to expect. These two where about 3 feet long, from nose to tail. I had caught a few that could stand on the bottom of an upright cage, and were able to touch the trap door on top of the 4 foot long cages.
We caught most of these using field corn as bait. And I liked to add salted sunflower seeds, uh well, because I always had them . An apple was sure to catch em also. This was a daily chore, and the traps were only set when we worked the next day. The bandits went for a drive into the hills, and were released live. I rescued one batch of kittens from an attic,and they went home with the maid. Later, I found a batch that weren't so lucky;they literally baked to death in an attic. This is too grizzly to end there - Another time, a batch of kitties fell down into a wall cavity, where momma could not reach them. A guest complained that there were noises coming from behind the television in the bedroom. Almost humorously, we found a kitty trying to get out of the wall through a TV cable box.
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