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Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2001 - 9:30 am: |   |
Okay guys - I've read all the interesting posts in this section on ingenious rat eradication (or is that e"rat"ication?), & before I go out & buy stock in crunchy-style Skippy - has anyone used any of the poisons in their barn areas?
Our barn is only 2 years new - actually still in the finishing stage - & for some reason this summer we were suddenly INUNDATED with rats. First the little black roof rats moved in (found one drowned in a water bucket one morning - Ugh!), followed by the Norway's - some of which are about the size of a possum!! Since our feed/tack room isn't finished yet, all our grain is kept inside the house, & while they haven't been chewing on anything - they are digging underground tunnels that rival "The Great Escape". I have tried rat snap-traps & Hav-A-Heart traps with absolutely no luck except for a few poor unfortunate mice. Out of desperation I even started pouring Pine-Sol disinfectant down the holes thinking that perhaps the odor would drive them away. Why I thought this would work, I have no idea - I must be going loopy at the thought that soon my horses will be breaking their legs in their own stalls with all these damn holes!!
Anyway, to end a long story, my feed guy said that a customer of his just began using the Purina "Assault" rodent killer, which is supposed to kill with just one bite, & that she happily came in the other day claiming to have found piles of dead rats all over the place. (What a splendid picture!) Is something like this safe to use around horses? What if a dead rat ends up in a water bucket? Would a horse even drink from a bucket with a dead rat in it? (My buckets are checked constantly except for nighttime.) The feed guy said that the amount required to kill a rat is very small compared to what it would take to kill a larger animal like a dog or a horse - is this true? I couldn't find any info on the Purina site.
Thanks for wading thru this epic &/or supplying any info. I'M DESPERATE!!! (I found a hole so large this morning I could put a door on it & rent it out as a room!!)
Bonnie |
JM (Jojo15)
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2001 - 10:18 am: | |
I find the smaller rats in the buckets on occasion. I have never had a problem with the horses, either. Its the cats you need to worry about. But luckily we haven't had any deaths from them.
I have put two water buckets in my horses stall. That might help in the drowned rat/horse won't drink dilemma.
I don't know the brand name, but the rat poison looks like little green balls. I put them in odd places and it seems to work.
As for pouring your Pine-sol down the holes I bet you are gonna get just very clean smelling rats. LOL. Or what are those movies where the animals become gigantic mutants and its all because of our toxic rivers and such. You might be creating a new rat. 
jojo |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2001 - 11:35 am: | |
I don't think you should use poisons because they end up killing (or making sick) a cat or a bird that gets the dead or dying rat. I have two farm cats and we have an agreement. I feed you - you catch mice. If I don't see any dead mice for awhile...I take up the food dish and they aren't allowed to spend time sleeping in the garage. OUT! Then I see moles, little snakes, birds, mice, rats. Lots of "gifts" left on the driveway to appease the person in charge of room and board. I praise them hardily handing out dry and canned food so they understand this is what I want. Even though this grosses me out so bad (yuck) I don't have a problem with mice, rats or other things that make me scream. My husband is in charge of "gift removal".
I use moth crystals around the perimeter of the house. It keeps the mice and snakes away. You can put it in socks or in knee highs and throw it under the house too. It will smell like Grandma's attic for a day or so. But it really works! If you want to put something in that hole, try that. Don't use it where the horses could get to it. I too keep my feed and scale to weigh the feed in the mud room of the house where I can keep things in closed containers and swept up better. If the snakes and mice come looking for a place to get warm at this time of year, I have the "NO VACANCY" sign out. Between the cats and the moth crystals it keeps the bums out. Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Cathie =^..^= |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 8:10 am: | |
I disagree Cathleen with your assessment of the use of poisons, though caution needs to be exercised. Without proper management, particularly keeping the feeds rodent proof and several good cats or terriers around no amount of poison will help. But some cases do seem to warrant the use of a rodentcide. Used with care the products that I am familiar with can be used safely.
Be sure to follow all instructions on the labels as products are becoming increasingly potent and the manufacturer will know what is best.
DrO |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 10:14 am: | |
I appreciate your right to disagree, yet in my personal opinion I still believe any time we can use a more "natural" approach to exterminating, or any kind of farm management we are all better off in the world. I would try anything before putting poisons out into our food chain. Ever see an animal die from a poison? Not pretty or even humane. Traps checked and reset daily & hidden so the cats don't get them would be better than rat poison in my book. She plans to use this stuff around a barn where animals live and eat the grass. Who really knows what the residual effects that can have for years to come. I think well managed you can take care of a moderate problem in a short period of time without a chemical. Read the label on a rodenticide...you won't see anything "good" on it. Takes a Hazardous Waste Team just to dispose of the stuff. YUCK! 
Cathie =^..^= |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 10:32 am: | |
I know Cathie. I am a strictly organic gardener & therefore extremely ambivalent about going the poison route - but am at my "rats" end!
It is horrible to watch even a rat die from poisoning. I used to raise chickens & we resorted to poison (warfarin, I believe) when the tunneling became so bad the 6"-thick concrete chicken house floor collapsed! It broke my heart to watch those rats die, but once again, the traps did nothing, & my cats weren't interested in tackling rats. Guess the size + aggressiveness gave them pause for thought.
I did go out & buy a sack of additional snap traps yesterday & will give it one more whirl before deciding to put out poison. At this point I am more concerned with accidentally poisoning a cat or dog than the feelings of the rats, but at least this new stuff (Purina Assault) is supposed to kill instantly rather than making the rats lingeringly sick for days.
Maybe this time the traps will work. I'd be happy to at least catch ONE!! Time will tell. . . |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 10:55 am: | |
I am sorry you are having such a problem and I do hope you can find some sort of happy medium to the whole issue without resorting to arsenic. Eeek! I use peanut butter mixed with sweet feed to bait the traps and have good results with that when I am actually seeing mice in or around the barn. Generally when they harvest the fields around me at this time of year. I know there is no easy answer to complete pest control. Some of it we just have to live with - ugh. Others like rats...no way!
I have had fabulous results using beneficial nematodes for moles, and flea control. Check out www.planetnatural.com or www.bugshoppe.com Lots of cool ways to naturally exterminate.
Cathie =^..^= |
Cheryl Kallenbach (Cheryl)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 11:32 am: | |
Cathie
I've used the nematodes for fleas. Sprayed 6 years ago and haven't had ANY fleas since. Don't use any flea products because we don't need them.
You said you used nematodes for moles ? ? ? Would like the story on this one.
I don't think it's possible to totally get rid of mice and rats but your Am Staff manages to keep the population pretty much under control. He even gets a few of the moles but not enough.
Cheryl K. |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 2:36 pm: | |
You know we're going to get in trouble for putting this information on Bonita's rat page, but here goes.
The benefical nematodes attack the grubs that the moles eat. It attacks them much like fleas on a dog...from what I understand in doing the Internet research. (no footnotes)
Ever dug in the garden and found grubs? I had a lot of them, and moles too. I lived in town then. I sprayed the yard with the BN and it got rid of the grubs which is mole food. No food - no moles - they moved with no forwarding address.
The flea's being gone were wonderful too. Although I had done this to get rid of moles.
The LOL FUNNY thing was, not long after I realize the moles were gone and had stopped eating the fortune I had spent on the landscaping, the neighbors were all out chatting at the mailboxes saying "how bad the moles were in their yards!" HA! I didn't have ANY!
Woo-Hoo!
Cathie =^..^= |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 3:04 pm: | |
Hey - rats, mice, moles, fleas - the more the merrier! They're all PESTS!!! Feel perfectly free to use my "rat page" anytime.
B. |
Cheryl Kallenbach (Cheryl)
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 20, 2001 - 6:27 pm: | |
Bonita
Thanks ! ! ! If you have any fleas - I can vouch for the beneficial nematodes - We just sprayed them around the areas the dogs spent most of their time when they were outside - they must have spread out like crazy because I haven't seen one flea is 6 years - We use to have a horrible flea problem - Had a fight with my vet over whether or not my dog was allergic to fleas - Told her he had never had a flea - Tests came back as allergic to EVERYTHING but fleas - They just don't believe we don't have any. Cost $30.00 - which I think is a pretty good bargin -
Cheryl K |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 7:50 am: | |
Bonita,
I agree with Dr. O regarding the rat problem. Most cats will not go after a rat and for every rat you catch in a trap, there are 50 more breeding almost daily. About 20 yrs ago, I had a horrible rat problem (horses didn't even want to go into their stalls). The farmer to my north had bought 100's of tires piled up to the roof of his barn - he was going to go into the recycling business but never did. Inbetween that and my barn was a corn field. Rat Heaven - plenty of shelter and plenty of food! Of course when they brought the corn in, half the rats in the field would scurry in my direction. I tried everything! and the problem just continued to get worse. Finally put the rat bait (poison) into the rat holes. That was the only thing that worked. Finally the farmer sold and the new owners cleaned out the tires with no more rats since.
Regarding any cats or dogs, most animals will not eat anything that is already dead (especially cats). My vet also told me that the poison is 2nd hand in the dead rats and in all probability would not effect another animal unless they ate alot of them. Just put the poison in places where the other animals can't get at it directly. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 9:39 am: | |
Hello All,
Sally, your veterinarian is right, as long as you keep the cats and dogs out of the bait it is very very unlikely that they will become poisoned ingesting the rodents. With careful use Cathleen's fears are unfounded.
We have posts in The Advisor where folks with cats had such a rat problem they were chewing on and wounding the horses. They transimit disease, particularly Leptospirosis a cause of sepsis, recurrent uveitis, and abortion in horses.
I have not read anything about the use of nematodes for control of fleas, though there has been some foreign research on the effect of one specie on fleas. What specie of nematode are you using and what is the product name and who manufactures the product?
DrO |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 9:42 am: | |
Sally - Thank you, thank you, thank you. You're the first equine person I've heard from that bit the bullet & went the poison route to control a rat problem.
Like I mentioned before, while I'm not particularly thrilled to go that way, I believe that I have truly paid my dues to Mother Nature over the years, having always been a steadfast "organically inclined" human being. But this has gone way beyond anyone's tolerance level - & that's with keeping all my grain products inside the house!! Speaking of which, we now believe that the little b*****ds are starting to move into our walk-out basement, & I'm certainly not about to let my house burn down around me when they start chewing wiring, etc., due to principle. Joan of Arc I ain't!! "Assault", here I come! |
Cheryl Kallenbach (Cheryl)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 10:12 am: | |
Dr. O
I know you didn't ask me - but - The product I used was Bio-Halt Yard Spray by Farnam. Before we sprayed with it the fleas were a nightmare problem. We have not had one flea in the past 6 years. Since we didn't spray the entire yard I had doubts that it would do much good - 4.5 acres. The dogs have access to the whole area. This - without one drop of poison - is astounding.
Cheryl K. |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 10:15 am: | |
Bonita, you're welcome. I did the same as you and moved my grain into the house. I never got rats in the house but I sure got mice. So, I used the same method. To tell you the truth, I felt sorry for the mice and rats. I mean it's not their fault they were born rodents. BUT, when it gets to the point that your barn is being undermined or your horses could break a leg in their own stalls, not to mention that the little & not so little critters carry disease, fleas, mites and lice, it's time to go for the Big Guns. |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 21, 2001 - 2:15 pm: | |
Complete agreement here Sally - & I even used to have both fancy mice & rats as pets! When it begins to reach the science fiction/horror movie level though, something besides me has got to give. |
Imogen Bertin (Imogen)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 3:06 am: | |
I put Storm (warfarin based rat poison) into 3 ft long, 3 inch diameter plastic drainpipe sections laid down horizontally in order to stop the cats etc. being able to eat the rats directly. I make sure it only goes where there is no water/runoff so that the bait can't dissolve and affect anything other than the rats. We live on an old property just above a stream where there was always a rat problem.
I think it's very important to understand their ways. You must start baiting in July/August to stop the annual invasion. Keep replacing bait until nothing is taking it any more.
Sorry, but having refloored my house once due to rat tunnelling I don't believe in messing about. I do believe in trying to ensure that only the rats get killed. OK, a few mice also probably get killed, sorry about that chaps but if you stay out of the house and eat all the nice stuff in the garden you'll be fine...
All the best
Imogen |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 6:23 am: | |
Cheryl, does it say what is in the Bio-Halt?
DrO |
Cheryl Kallenbach (Cheryl)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 7:55 am: | |
Dr. O
It has been 6 years since we used the Bio Halt - I'll have to get hold of Farnam and ask - Will get back to you as soon as I receive an answer.
Cheryl K |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 8:21 am: | |
Okay, okay I have been out voted. I guess that's what we're here for, to voice our opinions on things.
I am stunned that people have such a bad problem with these things. I thought this was a few mice in the barn. Is this really normal? I have NEVER known anyone to have problems like this. I see one or two and go into action. The same with friends. Horses being bit on the legs? Rats eating through concrete floors? Rats in the house? Good Lord! Forgive my ignorance, but if they were that bad I'd do anything just short of burning the place to the foundation. I had no clue we were talking about that kind of infestation. This is like a horror movie.
Sounds like you need professional help. Call out the Marines. Try grenades, mortars, cannons or stop sticks around the house! Whatever it takes to get rid of that kind of mess. Don't let them get in the house!! Heck, I'll even come help spread the rat poison. This is unbelievable. I have learned something new today. Gasp! Please keep us posted and let us know how you are doing in the war against rats!
Cathie =^..^= |
Sharon M Roboski (Roboski)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 9:04 am: | |
Afraid I'm another poisoner- we were infested last fall, to the point they'd face me. Unfortunately my Scottie could only catch the ones on the ground and the cats were having nothing to do with rats. My feed was secure but the brazen things would steal from the horse's feed buckets! I tried different kinds of traps and bait with absolutely no luck. I was worried about accidentally getting the cats or other animals but my vet said the same as DrO - not much risk. In fact, my son's riding instructor told me that a few years ago one of her horses ate a PACKAGE of rat poison with no ill effects. Has to do with the size of the critter & amount of dosage. The rat poison was quick and accurate - and I haven't seen them back in almost a year - moved on to safer climes, I assume.
Sharon |
Sandra da Silva (Supermax)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 9:07 am: | |
This has been an entertaining thread :-))
First off, we had a rat party at our place about a year ago. They were chewing on the horses' chestnuts and hooves (yes, nice one). One horse was kind enough to help us with the problem and we usually had to pick out dead rats from his hooves in the mornings...the others seemed more complacent. We tried the poison route, and although we got a few of them..it wasn't enough. I got this nifty idea from a friend and I must say it worked like a charm. Get a huge drum and cover it with thick plastic, let the plastic sag in the middle and put tons of rat goodies (grain, cheese, ham etc) on the plastic, so it all slides to the middle sag. Leave and top it up daily...make sure rats are feasting and give them acess to rat feast (little rope ladder or something). Then after about a week when you realise that this is now their preferred fast food joint, cut a slit in the plastic. Drum is filled with water. Rats come to eat, rats slide to middle of plastic and fall through slit and drown. I know this sounds simple, but the first day I had about thirty drowned rats in there...and somehow the news spread through rat land. Haven't had an infestation since.
Good Luck with your rat woes. |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 9:41 am: | |
LOL - you guys are too much!!!
Yes, Cathie, it IS really bad. Believe me, if we were just talking about a few mice, I really wouldn't be that concerned. I even rescue those little critters alive & show them the door. Many fall by the predations of my neighbors cats who patrol my barn for me (but they are NOT interested in tackling rats!). I'm talking about rats that are literally the size of possums tunneling thru my stalls (thank God we haven't put permanent flooring in yet!) & somehow getting into my cellar. A few little mice don't concern me.
And Sandra - you should definitely look into employment as a plot/scriptwriter for the horror genre. You'd be GREAT (I just HAD to forward your method to my husband at work to enjoy reading over his coffee!)
Anyhow, plan to pop out & pick up some of that Purina Assault stuff this week & will certainly keep you interested folks apprised of the death toll.
Best "rat"gards,
Bonnie |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 11:19 am: | |
This has gotten to be "rat-diculous"!!  WAY TO GO SANDRA!! Now that's thinking folks. Way to use your noodle. I love it, good for you. I hope Dr. O gives you the "idea of the month" award. You go Girl!
I am falling on the floor about the dog-gone things eating hooves and chestnuts...you have got to be kidding me. Come on you guys. I just know you are pulling my leg. Surely they don't get THAT bad - please tell me you are kidding or I'm going to sit in the barn with a 22 and take care of them the "old fashion way".
NEWS FLASH: Rocky my Maine Coon farm cat just brought home the biggest RAT I have ever seen! GROSS! They harvested the cotton field across the street so the hunting must be good. The hawks are circling too. Congratulations to Rocky for being a fabulous farm cat. I'll ship him to you for Hunting Season. "He ain't afraid of no rat." My husband the "gift remover", was completely DISGUSTED! He said, yes, it was a real RAT. I had to make sure before I told you guys. ONE FOR ROCKY! I hope it motivates my other two guys to be out hunting. This has been too much fun!!
Happy HUNTING!
Cathie =^..^= |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 11:34 am: | |
Oh sorry, I forgot the BN question Dr. O. I bought it off the Internet from a place called "The Bug Store" along with a bag full of Lady Bugs and Praying Mantis egg case. It all worked really cool. I saw the baby Praying Mantis hatch too. I had them all over the place. I don't know what "brand" they were. This has been four or five years ago. I tried to go back to the place and I either couldn't find it or it's changed names. Check out the other two places I referenced above. It really worked great. NO FLEAS OR MOLES!
Cathie =^..^= |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 12:07 pm: | |
"Rat"diculous is right! I now have a bunch of cats sitting here in the kitchen staring at the wall listening to some scritchy/scratchy sounds inside it. ARRGGHHH!!! Does Rocky do lecture tours on rat-catching Cathie??
I'm too busy today - but tomorrow the "hemlock" blocks get purchased & put out!! |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 12:26 pm: | |
Bonnie,
For a P.S. on the poison. The rats usually carry the poison back to their holes where they die. So, you can't tell by the body count how many are actually being killed. You have to keep the poison out at least until you can see they are no longer eating it and it probably wouldn't hurt to leave it out alot longer, especially if you don't know the source of where the rats are coming from. |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 12:31 pm: | |
I would be happy to send him to you. He's afraid of horses, but makes barn tours while they are out in the pasture. He taught "Shorty" how to hunt and is working with "Little Bear" now he's allowed outside. He was too little and Hawks are big here. I'll check his schedule to see if he's available for Clinics. I wonder if this is how John Lyons got his start...hahahaha! Keep us posted on your progress. Ten points for the big ones, five points for the little ones. Bonus points for cat attacks.
Cathie =^..^= |
Suzanne Moore (Suzym)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 22, 2001 - 12:31 pm: | |
I too can testify to how bad rats can be. When I boarded DJ in Dallas, the barn owner was constantly fighting the nasty critters. I have to say, I don't think they ever attacked the horses, and they didn't tunnel. But, they DID chew into the metal feed storage building. He had to continually keep repairing it! He also shot them with a 22. He couldn't use poison very effectively because along with the horses and cats, they had peacocks, geese and rabbits LOL!
Those dang rats were something else. I once started to put DJ's grain into his tub, and there was this huge RAT in there! I almost TOUCHED it! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!
Then, there was the one that came in the house.... We lived on a dead end street next to an undeveloped area. When they started a new housing development, all the critters started moving into the existing houses. I swear this rat we found in our den was almost as big as a possum. The house had a concrete slab foundation, and this thing chewed his way in. Mice are one thing, this thing was quite another. I hated to use poison, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Suzy |
Mary Ream (Ebony)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2001 - 6:58 pm: | |
Really good ideas everyone! We also are dealing with a rat problem. Our stalls are insulated, and we decided to tear the end of the barn apart to add on and wow, what a mess, the rats were behind the boards in the stalls and had made tunnels in the insulation! Our barn cat just sits outside of the barn an stares at the walls, even caught her watching the rats but doesnt go after them. She is a mighty hunter tho, I've seen her bring in rabbits that were bigger than her, moles, mice and chipmunks,but no rats. So I sent my husband out to our feed store and he got the Assault. It was $14 so we will see, he put it out tonight so hopefully we will also start the death toll count, dont want any of these things chewing on my horses hooves or chestnuts! :>)
Mary |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2001 - 7:29 pm: | |
You & me both Mary!! And I think the reason cats don't want to tackle rats is because they actually FIGHT BACK!
Here's good luck to all of us on "rat patrol"!
Bonnie |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Wednesday, Oct 24, 2001 - 10:42 pm: | |
Rat "Assault" Night #1: Okay guys - the lines of battle have been drawn. Bought 2 canisters of "Assault" today. Decided on the larger "disks" (about 2" across) rather than the little "pellets". Easier to keep track of. Put out 12 of the disks in & around the largest caverns & canyons of "Rat City" in the barn. Fingers crossed; full report in days to follow; film at eleven. . . .
Your roving "rat"porter,
Bonnie |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 25, 2001 - 8:48 am: | |
"Rat"porter here. All 12 "Assault" disks are GONE!!! Hubby suspects the rats either tossed them out of the barn or stood up on their little hind legs & fed them to the horses. I, however, the eternal optimist, am anxiously awaiting the appearance of my first stiff furry little body.
( I must have WAY too much time on my hands!)
B. |
JM (Jojo15)
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 25, 2001 - 11:59 am: | |
So, where did they go? You can't mean they ate them already?
I'm rooting for you bonita.
PS. you might not see the death toll, but you will sure be able to smell it in a few days.
I remember moving my horse out of her stall for over a month a few years ago, since my idiot neighbor decided to take the rat problem into his own hands. He cemented their little hole up. BUT never checked to make sure if any were still in there. DUFUS! |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 25, 2001 - 5:05 pm: | |
Bonnie,
Got get some more. I went through about 20 bait traps when I put out the poison. They even walked off (actually "scurried off" would be more like it) with the cardboard bait holders. Keep putting the poison out until they are no longer eating it. Don't worry about smell, the poison
drys them up so there is no odor.
Jojo,
I'm surprised they just didn't eat their way through the cement. I have seen bigs ones eat through a cinder block foundation. |
Cathleen Androulidakis (Idealwhe)
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 25, 2001 - 5:35 pm: | |
UGH! That's so gross.
=^..^= |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 25, 2001 - 10:09 pm: | |
JM - They apparently dragged them down into their evil little dens for midnight snacking. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA. . . . . .
More will be served - the all-you-can-eat "Assault" buffet continues. . . . |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 28, 2001 - 8:26 am: | |
Your roving "rat"porter here!!
Well, as previously reported, all 12 Assault poison disks put out on the night of the 24th were gone the next morning. Missed putting out more on the 25th (how could I!! 20 lashes!), but put out 12 more on the 26th (Fri.) & yesterday morning - ALL GONE!! Put out 12 more last night, & this morning, they are still all there. Filled in a couple of long-standing holes & will see if they get dug out again tonight. Haven't found any bodies yet. Either I've killed off the pack, they're too sick to move, or have just come over to the house & are now in my basement!
If they are truly gone, maybe Purina will hire me as a paid endorser for Assault!
Till my next "rat"port,
Bonnie |
Sally Payette (1sally)
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 28, 2001 - 9:42 am: | |
Wow, Bonnie, you were loaded. But TRIUMPH is yours! You might want to put 1 or 2 disks in the house just in case. |
Bonita (Bonita)
| | Posted on Monday, Oct 29, 2001 - 8:17 am: | |
Latest "Rat"port: Well, the disks from Sat. night are STILL all where I left them - untouched - & none of the rat holes that long-suffering husband filled in with stone dust have been re-dug out. I truly believe the furry little delinquents have "gone on to a better place". Amen. Boy - that was really quick. Much, much faster than what I recall going thru with the Warfarin anti-coagulant products years ago.
Now for my basement!!
Mary - you were also going to try Assault. How have your results been??
Hopefully ratless "rat"porter,
Bonnie |
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