Re: Rat hunt again OT
- From: "Christina Websell" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 22:09:37 +0100
"Jo Firey" <jofirey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We're going to have another rat hunt tomorrow,
TweedWhen I went to my office storage locker, I saw that the warehouse it is in
has been having quite a rodent problem. There are rat bait boxes every
twenty feet or so outside the building and smaller boxes inside the
building.
The bait boxes look like fishing tackle boxes make out of heavy duty black
plastic with holes on two ends and a maize that leads to the bait in the
center, so it is very unlikely pets or small children could get into them.
I have some good bait boxes. One is made of galvanised steel, a very clever
design. There is a tip-up lid for you to bait it, which goes into a little
trough inside only accessible from underneath. I have another that is like
a drainpipe with a hole bored in the top with a little chimney thingie with
a lid going down into the pipe half way along. You pour the bait down the
chimney and put the lid on to stop the bait getting wet.
There are several reasons why I don't like to use poison. It takes a while
to take effect, as it causes a blood clotting disorder. Sometimes rats who
have eaten it over a period of days will appear in the garden lurching
around, easy prey for cats (and owls at night). I wouldn't put it past
either of my two to catch and eat one or more and be poisoned by secondary
poisoning. I don't want the owls feeding their young poisoned rat either.
I do hope the dogs have cleared yours out for the season.
They can never catch them all. If four rats bolt and there are only three
terriers, one will get away. And did despite us all standing by with big
sticks that we imagined we might be able to dop them with if any got away.
Impossible, they are far too fast.
Rats are one of the most successful species on earth. I remember watching a
David Attenborough documentary in which he said something like "You are
never more than a few metres away from a rat, whether you know it or not"
Tweed
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