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[KagomeShuko]

We had rats in our shed & garage ... they moved in when the neighbors dumped their swimming pool and flooded the rats out of their yard...They're smart critters. Used to steal the peanut butter from the traps without sprining them.

Yes, they are very smart. We don't have any old fashioned traps, but we have an electric one and one where they would go in and stay trapped, and they don't get near either of them!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Phoebe]

Yep, they live in our bathroom/closet across from the bathroom. They came in when our landlord started working on the bathroom. They used to be outside. We're still trying to figure out how to get rid of them!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

Borrow someone's pet Boa or get a terantula and turn it loose for few days.

 

[KagomeShuko]

Borrow someone's pet Boa or get a terantula and turn it loose for few days.

Haha. .yeah, but what about our dogs? Either them being okay or them leaving the boa/tarantula alone.

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[SPALATIN]

Haha. .yeah, but what about our dogs? Either them being okay or them leaving the boa/tarantula alone.

Stein Auf!
Bridget

Take the dogs to the kennel for a few days while the Boa does his work w/ the Rats.

 

[Flipper]

If you are going to get a snake, get a Black snake. They'll eat the rats, and be less dangerous for you since they aren't poisonous and don't squeeze you to death. A big black snake made it's way into my sister-in-law and her husband's shed a couple of years ago and they let it stay. The shed is detached from the house, but they have not had a mouse problem there or in the house for that matter ever since. The snake is like 8 feet long now!

Just be careful if you get it from the woods yourself. Lately here, we've been having a strange mating thing going on with the snakes that hasn't happened before. The Black Snakes are mating the the Copperheads. The baby snakes might or might not be poisonous.

 

[PurpleBunny]

If you are going to get a snake, get a Black snake. They'll eat the rats, and be less dangerous for you since they aren't poisonous and don't squeeze you to death. A big black snake made it's way into my sister-in-law and her husband's shed a couple of years ago and they let it stay. The shed is detached from the house, but they have not had a mouse problem there or in the house for that matter ever since. The snake is like 8 feet long now!

Just be careful if you get it from the woods yourself. Lately here, we've been having a strange mating thing going on with the snakes that hasn't happened before. The Black Snakes are mating the the Copperheads. The baby snakes might or might not be poisonous.

That just sounds weird... hopefully they'll be like mules and sterile... imagine a snake you think is harmless with nasty long poisonous fangs! Eep!

 

[Flipper]

That just sounds weird... hopefully they'll be like mules and sterile... imagine a snake you think is harmless with nasty long poisonous fangs! Eep!

The snake hangs out in the rafters and doesn't bother anyone or anything. They named him Blackie. The kids and dog aren't even scared of him. When you walk by, it will poke it's head out, look at you, then goes back to being curled up sleeping. When it's colder, it will go somewhere to hibernate, and will be back in the Spring. It's funny.

I sure hope those mix snakes can't reproduce. I'm a little nervous about the snake mix-breeds. Missouri has a huge black and copperhead population, and we are hoping to build in a rural area next to a creek in a few years.

 

[KagomeShuko]

If you are going to get a snake, get a Black snake. They'll eat the rats, and be less dangerous for you since they aren't poisonous and don't squeeze you to death. A big black snake made it's way into my sister-in-law and her husband's shed a couple of years ago and they let it stay. The shed is detached from the house, but they have not had a mouse problem there or in the house for that matter ever since. The snake is like 8 feet long now!

Just be careful if you get it from the woods yourself. Lately here, we've been having a strange mating thing going on with the snakes that hasn't happened before. The Black Snakes are mating the the Copperheads. The baby snakes might or might not be poisonous.

Don't know that the parents want a snake in the house, even a borrowed one.

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[KagomeShuko]

Marlbes heard a rat in the bathroom again. Wolves were mentioned today, too. I think the answer to wolves or snakes is "no."

Back to the drawing board. . .but first, I must get some sleep and not stay up until 3am (like I did last night - doing what else? that trinity study.)

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Flipper]

We used glue traps pretty succesfully when we had mices a few years ago.

 

[KagomeShuko]

We used glue traps pretty succesfully when we had mices a few years ago.

My mom has a friend and told her that if you use glue traps with rats, they'll just tear their feet and tails and fur off and leave those sticking to the traps and still go running - EWWW! Rat parts!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[SPALATIN]

My mom has a friend and told her that if you use glue traps with rats, they'll just tear their feet and tails and fur off and leave those sticking to the traps and still go running - EWWW! Rat parts!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

Rabbits will do the same thing.

 

[ByzantineDixie]

Rabbits will do the same thing.

EEWWW, EEWWW, EEWWW!!! This thread is creeping me out! Little rabbit feet left on glue pads... -----R

 

[KagomeShuko]

Rabbits will do the same thing.

Awww... .poor bunnies! Ewww! *sigh* And even those little rat faces are adorable. .if only they weren't so full of germs and could learn to use the bathroom in just one place.

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[KagomeShuko]

EEWWW, EEWWW, EEWWW!!! This thread is creeping me out! Little rabbit feet left on glue pads... -----R

Same here, Rose. EWWWW!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Flipper]

EEWWW, EEWWW, EEWWW!!! This thread is creeping me out! Little rabbit feet left on glue pads... -----R

NOOOOOOOOOO!

SCOTT!!!!

 

[SPALATIN]

Of course many animals will do that if they are caught in a snare or spring trap. It's instinctual. I seem to remember a news story about a man who was mountain climbing a couple of years back got his arm pinned under a rock and if he would have waited for someone to come and help him he might have died. So he took the headphones from his walkman and used it to amputate his arm so that he could be rescued.

An arm is a small price to pay to continue living. Just think of what Jesus sacrificed so we could live eternally.

 

[KagomeShuko]

Of course many animals will do that if they are caught in a snare or spring trap. It's instinctual. I seem to remember a news story about a man who was mountain climbing a couple of years back got his arm pinned under a rock and if he would have waited for someone to come and help him he might have died. So he took the headphones from his walkman and used it to amputate his arm so that he could be rescued.

An arm is a small price to pay to continue living. Just think of what Jesus sacrificed so we could live eternally.

Yes, but the thought of these little animal feet is gross and disturbing - and then it's "awww. . .poor animal."

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[CrossWiseMag]

Little rabbit feet left on glue pads

This is a great way to get yourself some new good-luck charms.

 

[SPALATIN]

Little rabbit feet left on glue pads

This is a great way to get yourself some new good-luck charms.

Either that or open a stand of souvenirs on the sidewalk.