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They sometimes will chew on exposed wires. You really don't want them around your house as their feces and parasites can spread disease to pets. I used to hunt and trap them when I was a youngster. I could sell their hides to a fur company and give away or sell the carcass folks would cook and eat (baked usually). I trapped muskrats for fur and sold their meat as well. Some consider the meat quite a delicacy. Fried them up like big squirrels.
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Most folks back home catch them alive and keep them a week or two and control what they eat to "clean" them of anything disgusting they might have eaten. The often caught them near gardens or in apple trees...but they will eat most anything.