Thread: Decades of 1080….before and after

Originally Posted by sore head stoat

No mast years enhance the food supply, then the rats breed like buggery.

It's a little more complicated than that, as different species 'mast' at different times. The 'mega mast' events they keep going on about I am told come about through multiple species going to seed one after the other. Knocking competition out of the running helps the rats, but also multiple litters throughout a year with warm temps and ample food just explodes things more. Rats are capable of reproducting at around the 10-weeks mark, gestation of 3 weeks and rinse and repeat. Efficient...