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Re: Rat(s) & compost??

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Yep the bucket of water works.  My children had a beautiful flop eared
bunny, it the found a bucket I was soaking, trying to clean it out.  Very
sad.

But I might say it is a pretty "clean" way to catch a rat.

Just get someone else to empty it for you!  Icky!

Peg
-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyne J. Butler <cjb@yup.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, September 13, 2019 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: Rat(s) & compost??


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>Sammy's huwummun wrote:
>>
>> eeeeeeekkkkkk!!
>
>My exact reaction when I reached for the 5-gallon bucket
>of water that I had warming up and waiting (as recommended
>by Mel) and found a dead rat floating in it. Apparently it
>had climbed in to get a drink of water, then couldn't get
>back up the slick sides of the bucket. (The bucket was about
>three-quarters full of water.)
>
>I haven't had to nerve to keep a bucket filled with water
>since. But, hmmm, you might want to experiment with a bucket
>of water for a makeshift rat trap.
>
>Carolyne
>
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>Don't be repetetitive.
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