NZ Pests

These are some NZ pests, hope you learn something new!

Ferrets, Stoats, And Weasels

These are very common pests. They all do the same thing, they will kill an animal suck a bit of blood and then leave them to rot. as well as that they will eat bird eggs as an example Kiwi eggs.

Mice and Rats

Rats have constantly growing incisor teeth in both their upper and lower jaw. As a result rats constantly gnaw objects to wear them down and keep them from growing too long. Mice and rats have a bad habit of gnawing on electrical cables. on top of that they are very likely to carry diseases.

Cats

Cats will eat native and non-native birds as well as their eggs. they will also eat bats, lizards, weta and other insects. but there is a bright side in these feline creatures. they eat pests including rabbits, hares, mice, and rats.

Rabbits

Rabbits aren't pests themselves, they are pests because of their homes. Burrowing and scrapes cause extensive damage to erosion-prone soils, so much that agricultural soils can be rendered useless. They also eat native and 

non-native plants.

How They All Got Here
Now we have hooked you up with the basics lets learn how they all even go here. So lets take a trip back in time to when the Maori came to New Zealand way back between 1250 and 1300, it was unknown if the rats just jumped on there boat or if they had brought them for food. More types of rats came when the early European settlers came to New Zealand on ships, making there population grow. They where destroying the land, they had to do something. So they introduced Ferrets, Stoats, and Weasels. Throughout the years there populations grew leaving us with the problem we have today.