dpack
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rat day, or weekarea clearance to use a military term
it can get messy, i have tape for trouser legs and big gloves but so far i have not chosen CQB primary weapon
i aint got much space for swinging(ooh errr, no really it is very tight  ) so a short of some sort seems ideal
no pitchfork luck this time 
kukri is probably my chum in a shed or wood store:twisted:
buster crabbe's toothpick is a bit too close for comfort
see you later for buns and medals, i love and loathe rats, worthy allies or foes
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dpack
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weapon chosen, a victorian ball head turnscrew about 13" long
fast, adaptable, ideal for CQB with a small fast target in confined spaces
 
whack a mole or splat a rat would never be the same again
tucked in, as it is put
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dpack
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the rat aspect is no prob so far, the hidden water ready to escape in a 40 litre+ surge from two containers in a heap at the touch of a bit a scaff platform was a "betty, i had a woopsie" moment, a wash and new filthy clothes
i evaded most of the splash but it was pretty good
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dpack
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the splash would be perfect SFX for Rubbery Peck's first blockbuster action movie 
he has a stunt double just in case
nowt to directly to do with rats, but making the film would make rats move
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Shan
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I ended up resorting to bait boxes. I dislike doing it but sometimes necessary.
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dpack
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wood shed spun, no resident rats and rather oddly no dead ones
(see other folk and poison etc)
plenty of shredding etc but no one did it
big shed inside and under are next
a muckaway for 4cu yards is booked for tuesday which makes access easier if any do show up
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dpack
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still no live or dead ones, i found some ace stuff and some to go stuff in the shed
the one where i had to double take was a new alarm kit i thought i chucked 10 yrs ago when it got flooded before it could be put in.
oops
the second charger for the bikes was factory wrapped and in good condition
how many dead bike lights can two people collect"for spares"?
far too many
spose it balances out, i will pose a question elsewhere
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dpack
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shed sort of cleared, lots of why was that in the shed?
D minus 20 mins, perhaps, it will be nice when it has all gone
no live or dead rodents but signs of activity abound
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dpack
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gone in a tidy manner
the lack of rodents, apart from historical signs, make me wonder where they may be if there are any active in the area
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Mistress Rose
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Do you have wooden floors in the house? In the terraced house we used to live in they lived under there and ran along between all the houses.
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dpack
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indoors is not an issue, only one wood floor indoors downstairs the rest is slab
never had a house mouse since tt moved in the 1980s 
(there was a long tail sammi got a ride in a recycling basket and took 2 days to find the kitchen door )
a terrace i had in south yorks was a mousy interstate junction
at least the issues are external and i do get the feeling that there might have been a mass poisoning including sammison bycatch, daytime drinking rats is a big hint
a well-chosen and set trap is selective, toxic grain in a box is not 
even after a few days of clearances etc i sort of feel ok and only managed to "kiss" a bit of guttering so i now am turning into a unicorn, well i have a perfectly placed mini horn bud
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dpack
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ps browns are unlikely to go upstairs, too warm and dry for them, blacks like attics etc
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Mistress Rose
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If there is sign of activity but no bodies or live ones, sounds as if someone has been poisoning them. Hope some of your Sammison friends survived.
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Shan
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Bizarrely enough, our house mice seem to have disappeared after the electrician lifted various floorboards to trace a wire. Before then, they were having loud parties every night.
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dpack
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when i had a cat she would be given underfloor access if there might have been a problem
best was 6 squeaks and "i'm finished now"
the historic half wolf was horrified(not the black one who was 7/8, he was above vermin or verminators )
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Shan
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Hmmmm... I might have been wrong about the meece... I checked the trap underneath the loose floorboard and there was a maggot filled meece in it.... 
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dpack
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best to remove such things
under floor maggotymousery? not hard to decide
domestic slut silver medal maam.
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dpack
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i got a rural gold for "losing" a fenn and eventually removing a mummified rat, a 20 litre plastic tub can do preservation better than a pyramid
in warm weather the "ah bisto" moment passes in a few days and not finding one of many tucked into quiet corners is my only excuse
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Shan
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best to remove such things
under floor maggotymousery? not hard to decide
domestic slut silver medal maam. |
