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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 21 10:39 am Post subject: rat day, or week

area clearance to use a military term

it can get messy, i have tape for trouser legs and big gloves but so far i have not chosen CQB primary weapon
i aint got much space for swinging(ooh errr, no really it is very tight

) so a short of some sort seems ideal

no pitchfork luck this time

kukri is probably my chum in a shed or wood store:twisted:
buster crabbe's toothpick is a bit too close for comfort

see you later for buns and medals, i love and loathe rats, worthy allies or foes

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 21 2:17 pm Post subject:
weapon chosen, a victorian ball head turnscrew about 13" long fast, adaptable, ideal for CQB with a small fast target in confined spaces whack a mole or splat a rat would never be the same again tucked in, as it is put

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 21 2:29 pm Post subject:
the rat aspect is no prob so far, the hidden water ready to escape in a 40 litre+ surge from two containers in a heap at the touch of a bit a scaff platform was a "betty, i had a woopsie" moment, a wash and new filthy clothes i evaded most of the splash but it was pretty good

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 21 5:11 pm Post subject:
the splash would be perfect SFX for Rubbery Peck's first blockbuster action movie he has a stunt double just in case nowt to directly to do with rats, but making the film would make rats move

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 21 8:42 am Post subject:
I ended up resorting to bait boxes. I dislike doing it but sometimes necessary.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 21 6:24 pm Post subject:
wood shed spun, no resident rats and rather oddly no dead ones (see other folk and poison etc) plenty of shredding etc but no one did it big shed inside and under are next a muckaway for 4cu yards is booked for tuesday which makes access easier if any do show up

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 21 3:13 pm Post subject:

still no live or dead ones, i found some ace stuff and some to go stuff in the shed

the one where i had to double take was a new alarm kit i thought i chucked 10 yrs ago when it got flooded before it could be put in.
oops

the second charger for the bikes was factory wrapped and in good condition

how many dead bike lights can two people collect"for spares"?
far too many

spose it balances out, i will pose a question elsewhere

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 21 11:34 am Post subject:
shed sort of cleared, lots of why was that in the shed? D minus 20 mins, perhaps, it will be nice when it has all gone no live or dead rodents but signs of activity abound

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 21 12:40 pm Post subject:
gone in a tidy manner the lack of rodents, apart from historical signs, make me wonder where they may be if there are any active in the area

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 21 8:08 am Post subject:
Do you have wooden floors in the house? In the terraced house we used to live in they lived under there and ran along between all the houses.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 21 10:11 am Post subject:

indoors is not an issue, only one wood floor indoors downstairs the rest is slab

never had a house mouse since tt moved in the 1980s

(there was a long tail sammi got a ride in a recycling basket and took 2 days to find the kitchen door

)

a terrace i had in south yorks was a mousy interstate junction

at least the issues are external and i do get the feeling that there might have been a mass poisoning including sammison bycatch, daytime drinking rats is a big hint

a well-chosen and set trap is selective, toxic grain in a box is not

even after a few days of clearances etc i sort of feel ok and only managed to "kiss" a bit of guttering so i now am turning into a unicorn, well i have a perfectly placed mini horn bud

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 21 10:15 am Post subject:
ps browns are unlikely to go upstairs, too warm and dry for them, blacks like attics etc

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 21 5:56 am Post subject:
If there is sign of activity but no bodies or live ones, sounds as if someone has been poisoning them. Hope some of your Sammison friends survived.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 21 7:19 am Post subject:
Bizarrely enough, our house mice seem to have disappeared after the electrician lifted various floorboards to trace a wire. Before then, they were having loud parties every night.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 21 8:56 pm Post subject:
when i had a cat she would be given underfloor access if there might have been a problem best was 6 squeaks and "i'm finished now" the historic half wolf was horrified(not the black one who was 7/8, he was above vermin or verminators )

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