A favorite book of mine is The Rats of NIMH. I have named my rats in the Rubbermaid shed - The rats of NIMH. (not in my home) There is no comparison to the book and the rats that have taken over my Rubbermaid shed but my mind works in strange and bizarre ways.
The have-a-heart trap doesn't work. At least now I don't have to worry about their disposal from the trap. I put in cheese - American processed cheese - I guess it does nothing for their taste buds. Perhaps I should have used a Gouda? Who knew rats would be so darn fussy about what they eat. Or, maybe they knew it was a trap. Maybe these are superior high intelligent citrus rats who have taken up permanent residence in my plastic Rubbermaid shed.
Since the have-a-heart trap did not work we moved on to a bigger and better method of disposal. A drop dead permanent method - rat poison. Not my favorite thing to do but ya gotta do what ya gotta do and that is git-r-done and rid the Rubbermaid shed of the unwanted squatters.
Well, I do believe that the rat poison is winning because there is a very unuser unfriendly smell seeping out of the Rubbermaid shed. YUCK. Now - what do I do with the dead rat bodies?
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Rules is Rules
According to the rules of the home owners association we are not permitted to place outside structures in our backyard. Rules are rules and I do not always like them. I do try to abide by the rules - sometimes. Anyway - houses in Florida do not have basements and they have very minuscule attics. The two car garage takes the brunt of the overflow of junk.
What happens when your garage hits the full mark? You put up one of those Rubbermaid storage shed. They are not permanent so they cannot fall into the category of an outside shed. HA. A way around the rules.
Recently I discovered there were critters living in my outdoor non-permanent shed. The droppings said - more than a mouse. Rats. Citrus rates. I don't know why because I have never had any citrus on my citrus trees. Whatever! They had to go. How?
Yesterday we bought have-a-heart trap. To remove said trespassers from my plastic shed that during a hurricane will most likely land in the next cul-de-sac - without tenants.
So my thoughts are - when I do capture one of these furry disgusting rodents in my have-a-heart trap - WHAT then? I have an unwanted live rat. I want him dead but I caught him in a have-a-heart trap. The name implies that he should live. But I don't want him living here.
Still waiting to catch one of those little rascals but when I do - what to do?
What happens when your garage hits the full mark? You put up one of those Rubbermaid storage shed. They are not permanent so they cannot fall into the category of an outside shed. HA. A way around the rules.
Recently I discovered there were critters living in my outdoor non-permanent shed. The droppings said - more than a mouse. Rats. Citrus rates. I don't know why because I have never had any citrus on my citrus trees. Whatever! They had to go. How?
Yesterday we bought have-a-heart trap. To remove said trespassers from my plastic shed that during a hurricane will most likely land in the next cul-de-sac - without tenants.
So my thoughts are - when I do capture one of these furry disgusting rodents in my have-a-heart trap - WHAT then? I have an unwanted live rat. I want him dead but I caught him in a have-a-heart trap. The name implies that he should live. But I don't want him living here.
Still waiting to catch one of those little rascals but when I do - what to do?
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