F*n rodents....

[david_42]

I'm curious as to what his tool selection was. Screwdriver? Wrench?

Sockets, ratchet, box end wrenches, basically anything that was chromed. The wood rat we've got up here is also called a pack rat.

 

[RegionalChaos]

We got a cat. Haven't had mice issues since.

 

[GateTwelve]

I must be too soft. I can't bring myself to use lethal traps (not a hippy, or anything). I have to use the humane traps, and release the little buggers a little ways away from the house.

The one time I did use a sticky trap, several years back, I felt absolutely horrible - I found the little mouse starving/dehydrating/suffocating to death, with half his head stuck in the goo. Felt so bad that I used a non-toxic cleaner to free him, and let him go.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Having a cat is really the way to go. I think the most humane thing you can do is make a meal out of them

 

[Bopper]

Having a cat is really the way to go. I think the most humane thing you can do is make a meal out of them

Cat retrieves and you eat?

 

[DeathBrewer]

Sure! The dog caught a rat in the back yard that looked healthy and fat...woulda been a decent meal in itself

 

[Bopper]

I remember seeing a dead sewer rat in a drain in the woods when I was a kid. It was so big, I thought it was a dog at first

I couldn't imagine finding one of those f***ers in my house!

 

[uglygoat]

growing up in cleveland, we used to catch rats crawling in through the root cellar, and up the ****/sewer pipes. we had a bit of plywood we'd use to corner them when they made their way into the house, then out came the hammers and shillelaghs and it was bloody gore, but no rats, well dead rats... :cross:

edit: when you find traps gone, it means that they were sprung, and the bloody savages carried the victims off and ate em... seriously, mice/rats are cannibal bastards.

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[DeathBrewer]

That's not true. Usually they pull the trap away when they get caught and eventually die under your couch or fridge.

 

[RegionalChaos]

The cat doesn't even have to chase or catch them. The mice and rats can just smell the cat around and will try to avoid the area.

 

[uglygoat]

i'll save the next batch of cannibalized mice for you death. maybe not in the land of milk and honey, but here in the frozen tundra of ohio, the mice eat their dead, burial takes too much energy.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Woah...I guess you're right...just read a bunch about it.

Still, that is not usually the case. Usually the mouse just ran off and died. I've found them a few times after they've dragged the traps to their demise.

 

[uglygoat]

i'm just sayin, in my experience, i've caught mice on multiple types of traps. in every case, the carcass i found was one gutted and mauled by something. i'm gonna go with their fellow species. though i did watch some wolf spiders lay waste to baby mices in my basement stairwell.

 

[DeathBrewer]

nasty little fvckers!

 

[wolfstar]

Get wolves...

our wolf hybryds are the best for taking care of our vermine problems....


no mess, no miscelanious body parts (unlike cats) or blood....

 

[TXCrash]

Wolves would be a hit in a crappy mobile home park...

Seems the cat got hungry and dealt with the problem. I got lazy and never dug out the trap - rat is gone.

 

[david_42]

Got a problem here with coyotes grabbing trapped moles. Wouldn't mind if they returned the traps.