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Retirement........

So, Rich..when are you going to unlock your reps so we can show our love and adoration?
 
Rich Z said:
Matter of fact, I may broaden the horizons for this site to accommodate this trend. I think the membership can justify it just based on what I see in the Chit Chat forum.
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My second favorite forum is sig forum. Like the gun. Yes, I read the gun sections, but my favorite parts, (who would have guessed) are three general sections:

The Lounge: For just about anything on your mind.

The Lair: An area for discussing common interests--Film, literature, music and hobbies.

What's Your Deal!: Hacked off? Pitch your bitch!
 
I wanna be Lori's village idiot;) On topic its nice to see Rich posting his opinion and while I like squirrels I do not tolerate rats especially after they chewed through the hose on my A/C unit- we poison them too to avoid this and/or sic my rat dog on them- she loves killing rats:)
 
danielle said:
I wanna be Lori's village idiot;) On topic its nice to see Rich posting his opinion and while I like squirrels I do not tolerate rats especially after they chewed through the hose on my A/C unit- we poison them too to avoid this and/or sic my rat dog on them- she loves killing rats:)
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I am very much against poisoning. What if your dog ate a rat that you had poisoned? I rescued a bunch of rats that had gotten outside and started breeding like rats do. Apparently, people tried to poison them. What ended up happening is their pet cats, dogs, and a bunch of birds of prey started dieing. Then, other animals like raccoons would come and eat the remains and they would die. I say shoot away, train your animals to kill them, trap them, but no poisoning. I have had rats in my kitchen before. I trapped them, released them in the middle of nowhere, and now they are no longer a problem. But once again, I have another roaming around and have the trap out again. So, even if you poison them it wont stop more from coming anyway. I just do what I can.
 
I hate mice and rats of the vermin kind. For the same reason Rich describes. Although I can hardly imagine living somewhere, like him, where they get up in your car.
My gripe is when they get in the ceiling, where I have stereo wires, which is a pain in the neck to find where to patch when a speaker goes out, from their incessant chewing. I'm sure there is a surefire, not to expensive way to prevent it, but I love buying the adhesive traps at WalMart or Lowe's.
I don't care how I kill them. I wish they were smart enough to see the other little dessicated pharaonic mousey carcasses on the sticky pads and stay away. But they don't. I've had 3 or 4 to a sticky pad. Very efficient.
What I love about those tar baby type adhesive pads....is that usually, in the ceiling, you know you've caught one because they scream and squirm and drag 'em around a little. Ahhh...sweet music to my ears. Very gratifying, those mousey screams.
 
Ew, Eric...LMAO! I used one of those once, and when I got up the next morning, there were two feet on the trap, but the mouse dragged his bloody stumps back into his hidey and died. Nasty.
 
one of the apartments i lived at in madison was infested with mice. there was one living somehow under the burners of the stove. we caught him and put him outside. he probably found his way back in. once we were walking down the hallway and saw a mouse. we followed him and he ended up scurrying under one of the neighbors doors. thankfully i only moved there for the last 3 months of the lease....my friends had to live there all year.
 
LBoz said:
Ew, Eric...LMAO! I used one of those once, and when I got up the next morning, there were two feet on the trap, but the mouse dragged his bloody stumps back into his hidey and died. Nasty.
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Yep. The pesky somewhat clever(?) ones will chew their tail or little mousey paw off. Sometimes they'll even pull the side of their face off.
But that is usually the exception. The whole idea is for them to squirm and become more embedded. Expiration by exhaustion or starvation usually ensues. Before mummification.
 
vetusvates said:
I hate mice and rats of the vermin kind. For the same reason Rich describes. Although I can hardly imagine living somewhere, like him, where they get up in your car.
My gripe is when they get in the ceiling, where I have stereo wires, which is a pain in the neck to find where to patch when a speaker goes out, from their incessant chewing. I'm sure there is a surefire, not to expensive way to prevent it, but I love buying the adhesive traps at WalMart or Lowe's.
I don't care how I kill them. I wish they were smart enough to see the other little dessicated pharaonic mousey carcasses on the sticky pads and stay away. But they don't. I've had 3 or 4 to a sticky pad. Very efficient.
What I love about those tar baby type adhesive pads....is that usually, in the ceiling, you know you've caught one because they scream and squirm and drag 'em around a little. Ahhh...sweet music to my ears. Very gratifying, those mousey screams.
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I wish I had not read this........
 
Some friends of mine used to have a lot of snakes in and around their house (mostly garters, Eastern milks, and ringnecks). They were afraid of them, so they had glue traps everywhere. I don't know how many of these snakes I had to douse in vegetable oil, pry off the glue, bathe, then release. Countless more died before I got to them, or were thrown in garbage bags to die of thirst if the trauma of being tossed into garbage trucks didn't get them first. After a while, fewer snakes ended up on the traps. Then they started catching mice, which they had never caught or had a problem with before...
 
Ahhh....the wiping out (or driving off) of one population, followed by the onslaught of another population.
 
ratsncorns said:
I am very much against poisoning. What if your dog ate a rat that you had poisoned? I rescued a bunch of rats that had gotten outside and started breeding like rats do. Apparently, people tried to poison them. What ended up happening is their pet cats, dogs, and a bunch of birds of prey started dieing. Then, other animals like raccoons would come and eat the remains and they would die. I say shoot away, train your animals to kill them, trap them, but no poisoning. I have had rats in my kitchen before. I trapped them, released them in the middle of nowhere, and now they are no longer a problem. But once again, I have another roaming around and have the trap out again. So, even if you poison them it wont stop more from coming anyway. I just do what I can.
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I live in the city so shooting is not possible nor would I consider having a firearm with my son in the house- he's the kinda kid that would definitely touch the gun we told him not to:(

We put the poison in their homes they build in my yard underground and remove their carcass's when we see them- its a small yard their hard to miss. My rat dog skeeter loves to kill them, but I don't love the vet bills when they bite back. Our community has traps set out, but rats are smart and for some reason burrowing under our central A/C heating unit outside is their fav spot. They cost a few grand to replace so yes we poison them to avoid this expense. There are few things I will kill even letting bugs hang out, but I draw the line at beasts that chew through my wires and hoses, bite my dogs, and spread diseases to them:)
 
I never said I feel good about killing a rat which other than a mouse and a deformed hatchling are the only animals I have ever harmed. The hatchling was suffering and born with its intestines on the outside, mice I kill to feed my snakes and prefer to buy them already f/t, and the rat poison well you spend 2 grand to replace your heating/cooling sytem, cement their home thinking they will stay gone only to find your new hose to the system chewed and a new rat hole, and tell me you would "relocate" them. I live in the city so theres no where to rehome them unless the highway is acceptable.
 
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