Re: Totally OT: Rats/mice problem.

Put the poison in with the critter---and keep a weighted cover on the bin!
MAmadurk

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"Hanne Gottliebsen" <hago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If you like rodents (including those that are not invited), please just
> skip this post :-)
>
> For a little while now I've had some kind of rodent living in my building.
> I tried traps, it didn't take the chocolate, I put down poison, and the
> problem went away.
>
> I kept the poison out (in my apartment, no kids, pets etc), and after 1
> month some of it was taken again. Got some more.
>
> On Saturday, I saw the thing for the first time. It is much smaller than
> the brown rats that live by the railway nearby, maybe about 5" body and
> head +about the same for the tail. When it sits down, it curls up quite a
> bit though.
>
> This morning I got woken up at 4AM by noise! I didn't really want to know,
> and just made some noise back to scare the thing of. At six AM I went to
> investigate: it had fallen in my empty kitchen bin and was unable to get
> out. I put a clear plastic box upside down over the bin, and weighed it
> down. So now it is trapped there. What to do?
>
> I don't want to just let it out - I'm sure it will come back. I have no
> means of transporting it far away (like I transported "my" flying squirrel
> in VA).
>
> Help! I really don't like this creature, and I think it needs to die, but
> I'm not sure how. I just called my council (who is supposed to advice on
> these things): the lady suggested to let it out the front door, and when I
> said it would come back, she said (are you ready?) "Don't you have a guy
> there?". What exactly am I paying council tax for???
>
> Anyways, what should I do? I didn't call pest control out, since I'm doing
> too much travelling at the moment, and I'm sure their schedules are
> inflexible.
>
> I'd feel just a little bad about leaving the mouse/rat to die of
> dehydration in my bin while I'm gone...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Hanne in London


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