My Ballard reader “Old Lady” emailed us this photo and asks, “What is this?”
She explains: “This guy showed up on our deck tonight on Seaview Ave. At first I thought it was a big rat and then thought it might be a nutria, but when I checked out information on nutria, it sounds like they are a lot bigger and have tails. This didn’t have a tail and was about the size of a guinea pig, say 10” long and about 3-4 lbs. It didn’t have any fear of us at all. I had to prod it gently with a barbecue fork to get it away from my pea vines.”