Re: What a week!rat

Nope, they weren't designed to be ladders. It was pretty funny to watch
though. That's worth a couple bucks for a cheapo miniblind.

On 9/17/05, Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Yes- I can see how a miniblink would be no contest for such a heafty cat!
>
> Theresa
>
> Pam Evans wrote:
>
> >Probably take Sugar about 10 minutes to search and destroy that rat. She
> was
> >doing her daily rounds of the rose bushes eating grasshoppers one day.
> Some
> >man walking by stopped and watched her reach in and snatch them one by
> one
> >and eat them. He asked me the same question. She's so good. I do have to
> >replace the mini-blind this weekend that she used for a ladder to catch a
> >moth though. Oh well. They were not designed to hold the weight of a 15
> 1/2
> >pound cat.
> >
> >On 9/16/05, Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>How much do you charge to rent out your cat? What do ya think it would
> >>take her to catch my rat- a day maybe 2? Clearly the cats around my
> >>neighborhood are all pansies. Oh, its well and good that they like to
> >>scratch around in the nice soft dirt, but get their little paws dirty
> >>with a nasty rat- heavens no!
> >>
> >>Theresa
> >>
> >>Pam Evans wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Well Theresa, be glad you don't have a cat that brings them into the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>house
> >>
> >>
> >>>and lets them loose. Shirley has a cat that does not mouse. She will
> >>>
> >>>
> >>watch
> >>
> >>
> >>>them walk right through the kitchen and go back to her dish. Last
> night,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>she
> >>
> >>
> >>>brought a rat in and let it loose in the house. I told Shirley she
> needs
> >>>
> >>>
> >>to
> >>
> >>
> >>>bring her over here for mousing lessons from Sugar. She kills (and
> eats)
> >>>anything she catches. Unbelievable. They still have not found it. How
> >>>
> >>>
> >>nice.
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 9/15/05, James R. Fisher <garrideb@well.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Theresa wrote:
> >>>>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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>That's a point (the neighbor is stupid, or his cat is stupid ?).
> >>>>Last year, we had our 17-year locust invasion, and the rat population
> >>>>mushroomed, so I was obliged to use traps. I was worried about
> >>>>catching my resident chipmunk, but fortunately he survived.
> >>>>-jrf
> >>>>--
> >>>>Jim Fisher
> >>>>Vienna, Virginia USA
> >>>>38.9 N 77.2 W
> >>>>USDA Zone 7
> >>>>Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>--
> >>>Pam Evans
> >>>Kemp TX
> >>>zone 8A
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> >Kemp TX
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Kemp TX
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