War of the Rats

[RAT900]

Simple traps...maybe fill the buckets with water or anti-freeze so they are too busy swimming to chew their way out

Bait with diaper cream or cheese  

I hope you put your wood in a crib or some sort of cradle that keeps it off the ground....direct on the ground is a guaranteed nesting spot

how do I know?  I have large piles of unsplit wood left on the property...under tarps to keep it and the rats nice and dry!!!  Like the shed I cannot disturb the wood until winter


TRAP A MOUSE OR ANY RODENT

Live Mouse Traps 7: Rotating Bottle Trap

[cokey]

Got 2 with glue traps..   i dont let them suffer too long..  cutoff their air supply..  with a baby in the house, theres no mercy... 

[somegirl]

Simple traps...maybe fill the buckets with water or anti-freeze so they are too busy swimming to chew their way out

Cannot do with toddler and dogs.

I hope you put your wood in a crib or some sort of cradle that keeps it off the ground....direct on the ground is a guaranteed nesting spot

The wood for the house is up on shelves but there are piles on the ground elsewhere (tenant's wood).  I'm sure there are plenty of places a rat could nest on the property, actually.

[Buckethead]

Hmm... Wonder if I could import one of these guys...

OWL transformer

[fastwin]

That's pretty damn cool. I love the evil owl look!! Where the hell did that display come from? Kept expecting it to whip out a samurai sword!!

[AJ]

Sorry to hear the rat was chillin in your living room, somegirl.   Hopefully you had spare diaper cream elsewhere.   (Could it really have been that tasty??)

I hope the owl boxes are feasible!

My dad had an outdoor cat, it spent a lot of time on the roof, as it was coyote country.
I came home one night, saw the cat on the edge of the roof... "Hi Mr. Cat".
Cat sprouted wings and flew away.
Damn near stopped my heart. 

[somegirl]

The power cord for the phone (was between the piano and the wall along with a few other cords).  Wish it had found something more high voltage!

[RAT900]

The power cord for the phone (was between the piano and the wall along with a few other cords).  Wish it had found something more high voltage!

Nice floors!!

and what in the hell did you do to piss this rat off like this....mine are sneaky scurriers afraid to do more than venture in and out of the basement

you have a bunch of punk-rockers trashing your place......... and liking electrical wires...

THAT is scary and is the stuff that says it is time for big nasty glue traps and a baseball bat

[Triple J]

The power cord for the phone (was between the piano and the wall along with a few other cords).  Wish it had found something more high voltage!

You have some evil rats! 

Time to take the dogs to the kennel for a while and drop off the kid at grandmas...then declare war. Pellet guns, redneck antifreeze traps, glue traps, snap traps, poison, flame throwers, etc!

I'm surprised your dogs don't take care of it. We have nothing living in our yard due to my dogs.

[Mother]

remember that thing that dave (peeny hahahahhahahah)

sorry

remember that thing that dave did with the generator?

you guys should try that again and see if you can cook the little bastards

[somegirl]

Per a coworker's recommendation I have wrapped the replacement telephone cord in aluminum foil but I would also have to do the whole entertainment system and computer equipment.

I guess I need to step things up.  It's a bad time for MrI to be away.  

The dogs get a pass, one is 13.5 years old and the other is 14.5 years old.

[somegirl]

remember that thing that dave (peeny hahahahhahahah)

sorry

remember that thing that dave did with the generator?

you guys should try that again and see if you can cook the little bastards

That was a very expensive bit of miswiring!  I am not backfeeding the whole house again even to get the rat.

[Triple J]

The dogs get a pass, one is 13.5 years old and the other is 14.5 years old.

That makes sense. Mine are quite a bit younger.

Good luck! 

[somegirl]

Don't know why it didn't occur to me before I can put bucket trap behind safety gate.  Just built this, this is where the tube of diaper cream was.

Only using water though.  No antifreeze.

[somegirl]

Oops, can tell from the picture I need to align ramp and dowel slightly better.