Re: What a week!rat

Yeah Theresa, they really don't crawl off to die. Just flop right there and
wheeze. It's really not a pretty picture. But, they just have to go. 
I'd try to spreading of the compost, just make sure and wear
boots...............there will be lots of rat poop in there. 
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


> [Original Message]
> From: Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 9/14/2005 10:15:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] What a week!rat
>
> ugh! Gross! I had hoped they would crawl away someplace else to die.  
> Maybe I'll spead the ready compost, throw everything else in the green 
> waste bin and that way they won't have a home anymore and will leave.
>
> DH and a rat trap- oh that would be funny.  He couldn't empty the mouse 
> traps I'd used years ago on the vole infestation we had an old house.  
> Can't even imagine what he'd do with a crushed rat. (actually I do know 
> what would happen, but will spare you the gorey details).  But, I really 
> don't want to use rat  traps because I'm concerns it would accidently 
> catch something else (the the stupid neighbor''s cat) and I couldn't 
> deal with that at all.
>
> Theresa
>
> James R. Fisher wrote:
>
> > Theresa wrote:
> >
> >> Um. yeah-  I don't want a live rat in a trap anymore than I want a 
> >> dead one.  I trid poison- it vanished, but rat remains...
> >>
> >> Theresa
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Multiple rats, perhaps. Continue feeding it bait until no more
> > is taken ? Then you can look forward to perhaps multiple dead
> > carcasses decaying in your compost pile... :-).
> > -jrf
> > P.S. Why not enlist DH into rat-trap duty ?
>
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