Wood Butcher wrote:
> We have a garden too and SWMBO has designated me
> chief pest controller. I use havahart and have good things
> to say about their product (no connection, blah,blah,blah)
Feh. We had mice at the flea bag apartment we lived in after we got
married.
I got one of those humane traps, caught one of the little buggers. When I
found it, it looked pretty sad, and I felt bad for the poor little creature
that was just trying to eat too.
So I took it out and let it go.
It came back. Same one.
Little bastard shit in my raisin bran as a way of thanking me for its life,
and then it shit in my silverware drawer. It finally chewed into a can of
baby formula, which was the last straw.
So I got a more traditional back breaker model.
It took the bait without springing the trap.
I fiddled with the trap, adjusted it so that it was almost impossible not to
trip it.
It took the bait without springing the trap.
I put peanut butter on it.
It took the bait without springing the trap.
I was working night shift. I came in from work one morning, and lo, right
in my living room, was the mouse.
It just sat there, looking at me. Not even afraid. Waiting for me to feed
it, I guess, since it had already eaten the bait off the trap.
I walked into our bedroom, expecting it to be gone when I came back. It had
moved further toward the kitchen, but it was just poking along like it had
all the time in the world. Quite comfortable, and at home.
So I shot that little bastard right in the head point blank with my pellet
gun, and splattered its little mousey brains all over the wall.
Problem solved.
I sure don't miss that apartment, or the mice. Nowadays it's not a problem.
My pushsticks get cat slime two times a day. If they want a between meal
snack, they have to eat moles and mice. It's a good arrangement.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
LOL, that is exactly what I was thinkin
Rob V wrote:
> What the hell is it?
>
> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
>
>>This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if
>
> he
>
>>works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>>
>>http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>>
>>Have a good day.
>>
>>Larry
>>
>>--
>>Lawrence L'Hote
>>Columbia, MO
>>http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
>>http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
>>
>>
>
>
>
Charles Spitzer wrote:
> wait'll she finds scorpions in her shoes.
>
> our cats do nighttime patrol for them. we often find scorpions played with
> and dead in the middle of the room in the morning.
It's no end of fun watching my 7lb female tabby play with them (or any
other insects) until the bug just dies from exhaustion. She can throw
them 8-10 feet with a flick of her wrist and then catch them before they
hit the ground again... wish I had that on video :-)
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Mark & Juanita wrote:
>
> > What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> > rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby
> > one, in the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower.
> > That is such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond
> > expression.
>
> Our dog found one in our house in South Dakota. "Bark! Bark! Bark!"
> "Shuddup Major!" "Bark! Bark! Bark!" "Be quiet!" "Bark! Bark! Bark!"
> "I'm coming downstairs. Oooo... Good Dog!" Smash, smash, smash.
>
> If you don't have an inside dog maybe you could "borrow" one to sniff around
> the house and make sure there aren't any more.
>
> -- Mark
>
Not a bad suggestion, I'm going to look into that.
>
>
Mark & Juanita wrote:
> What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby
> one, in the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower.
> That is such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond
> expression.
Our dog found one in our house in South Dakota. "Bark! Bark! Bark!"
"Shuddup Major!" "Bark! Bark! Bark!" "Be quiet!" "Bark! Bark! Bark!"
"I'm coming downstairs. Oooo... Good Dog!" Smash, smash, smash.
If you don't have an inside dog maybe you could "borrow" one to sniff around
the house and make sure there aren't any more.
-- Mark
Mike in Mystic wrote:
> what kind of traps do you use Larry? I have a racoon that has pissed me off
> one too many times tipping my garbage cans over. SWMBO is a total
> tree-hugger and thinks the thing "needs to eat, too", but IMO it's time I
> need a new striped push stick hehe
>
> Mike
I have to agree with your SWMBO, plus they do keep the small rodent population
down.
I just posted a picture of me and my buddy Bert. It used to cause quite a stir
in
the neighborhood when we would put him on his leash and go for a walk.
ARM
What the hell is it?
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
> This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if
he
> works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>
> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>
> Have a good day.
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Lawrence L'Hote
> Columbia, MO
> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
> http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
>
>
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:02:11 GMT, "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if he
>works better from that dead feline I have been using.
Don't you use them to make Mole Wrenches ?
BTW - Having _tried_ the experiment, I can confirm that genuine
moleskin from moles is no use at all for soldering lead pipe with a
wiped joint. I'm not doing that again....
--
Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:43:44 -0700, "Charles Spitzer"
> <[email protected]> scribbled
>
> >
> >"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> >> rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one, in
> >> the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower. That is
> >> such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond expression.
> >
> >wait'll she finds scorpions in her shoes.
>
> Scorpions in shoes and rattlesnakes in bathtubs! No thanks! I'm glad
> the worst I have to deal with is grizzlies. And the only time they
> ever came anywhere near my house is when they put an electric fence
> around the dump and the poor critters lost their feeding grounds. Felt
> like a war zone with all them Conservation Officers in helicopters
> trying to find and shoot them full of tranquilizers so they could be
> relocated. A garage a few blocks away got broken in and parts of the
> moose hanging in there got chewed on.
Well, the one thing I can say in defense is that our critters are
readily dispatched with shoes and shovels -- not so easy to say about
grizzlies.
>
> Ah I almost forgot when a young mother a couple of blocks away beat
> off a coyote with a snow shovel. The coyote was getting a little too
> close to her kid for her comfort. That one made the National Enquirer,
> much to the mother's disgust.
>
No snow shovels in Tucson. :-)
> Luigi
> Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address
>
"Renata" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A chinchilla??
> :-)
> Renata
>
> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:28:00 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >What the hell is it?
MOLE
Looks like a mole to me. Can you get a good grip on it without losing your
pencil line? LOL!
God this place is getting sick! LOL!
Jim
"Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What the hell is it?
>
> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
> > This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see
if
> he
> > works better from that dead feline I have been using.
> >
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
> >
> > Have a good day.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > --
> > Lawrence L'Hote
> > Columbia, MO
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
> >
> >
>
>
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
> Don't you use them to make Mole Wrenches ?
>
>
Uuuhh no, but my grandma used to cut their butt ends off and put them on her
pancakes.....(space down)
moleasses.
Larry
I hate them Fr%&**&%^ Varmint Critters. How did you trap it??
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:9E9Ab.436621$Tr4.1221070@attbi_s03...
>
> "Renata" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > A chinchilla??
> > :-)
> > Renata
> >
> > On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:28:00 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >What the hell is it?
>
> MOLE
>
>
Racoons are harder to trap. About the only live trap I've seen that
works is a 55 gallon drum with an open top. Put a ramp/board leading up
to the top and hang some goodies from fishing line about a foot down
(line opposite side of ramp). When the go for the food, they fall in.
Of course then the tricky part is moving 55 gallons of ticked off racoon
someplace where he won't come back.
It is much simpler to just shoot them. My wife was completely against
the destruction of the "cute" things till they had pulled up all of her
flowers for the 3rd time one spring and destroyed a huce hanging flower
basket. Don't know what the flowers ever did to them, but they sure did
carry a grudge that year!
Jim
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> what kind of traps do you use Larry? I have a racoon that has pissed
> me off one too many times tipping my garbage cans over. SWMBO is a
> total tree-hugger and thinks the thing "needs to eat, too", but IMO
> it's time I need a new striped push stick hehe
>
> Mike
On 05 Dec 2003, Mark & Juanita spake unto rec.woodworking:
> In article <T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03>, [email protected]
> says...
>> This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll
>> see if he works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>>
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>>
>> Have a good day.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>
> What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one,
> in the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower.
> That is such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond
> expression.
It was -2 degrees F. here in New Hamster this morning. I was going
to squawk about that, but it beats the hell out of rattlesnakes in the
bathroom. My condolences to your wife - can I interest you in a pet
mongoose?
We have a garden too and SWMBO has designated me
chief pest controller. I use havahart and have good things
to say about their product (no connection, blah,blah,blah)
http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/cageproduct.htm
I've caught coons, cats, and skunks with their #1045.
I also use #1025 for the squirrels and rodents.
Moles are a different story. Those little monsters I
want dead and have had the best luck with a Victor
Out O' Sight Mole Trap
http://www.crittercontrol.com/catalog/enter.html?target=p_158.html&lang=en-us
[watch the wrap]
I wasted a good 2 weeks learning the hard way that the
little buggers are too smart for my gopher traps.
Art
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> what kind of traps do you use Larry? I have a racoon that has pissed me off
> one too many times tipping my garbage cans over. SWMBO is a total
> tree-hugger and thinks the thing "needs to eat, too", but IMO it's time I
> need a new striped push stick hehe
>
> Mike
>
> "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
> > This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if
> he
> > works better from that dead feline I have been using.
> >
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
> >
> > Have a good day.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > --
> > Lawrence L'Hote
> > Columbia, MO
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
> >
> >
>
>
LOL
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Kx2Ab.429912$HS4.3395830@attbi_s01...
>
> "Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >>
> > Don't you use them to make Mole Wrenches ?
> >
> >
>
> Uuuhh no, but my grandma used to cut their butt ends off and put them on
her
> pancakes.....(space down)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> moleasses.
>
> Larry
>
>
In article <T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03>, [email protected]
says...
> This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if he
> works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>
> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>
> Have a good day.
>
> Larry
>
>
What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one, in
the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower. That is
such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond expression.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03>, [email protected]
> > says...
> > > This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see
> if he
> > > works better from that dead feline I have been using.
> > >
> > > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
> > >
> > > Have a good day.
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > >
> >
> > What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> > rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one, in
> > the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower. That is
> > such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond expression.
>
> wait'll she finds scorpions in her shoes.
>
Oh, we've found plenty of scorpions, though none in shoes yet -- but
we do check-- and we do exterminate regularly. That was one of our
trade-offs moving to AZ, take the chance with the chemicals because all
the biting, stinging poisonous critters are more dangerous. We find
several scorpions, most all of them dead every year.
> our cats do nighttime patrol for them. we often find scorpions played with
> and dead in the middle of the room in the morning.
Don't know why the cat didn't find the snake; probably a good thing,
it most likely would have killed her.
>
> regards,
> charlie
> cave creek, az
>
Yeah, wonderful place here, what doesn't bite, poke or stick you,
poisons and kills you.
>
>
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03>, [email protected]
> says...
> > This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see
if he
> > works better from that dead feline I have been using.
> >
> > http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
> >
> > Have a good day.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
>
> What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
> rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one, in
> the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower. That is
> such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond expression.
wait'll she finds scorpions in her shoes.
our cats do nighttime patrol for them. we often find scorpions played with
and dead in the middle of the room in the morning.
regards,
charlie
cave creek, az
"Jim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It is much simpler to just shoot them.
Right! Called Game Warden to do something about one that trapped himself in
a dumpster, he just asked how long until the *pickup* and shot it. Said once
they've become a nuisance they keep finding their way back, so simpler to
dispose of them.
Nahmie
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:43:44 -0700, "Charles Spitzer"
<[email protected]> scribbled
>
>"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> What is that? Don't think we have those here in AZ -- just
>> rattlesnakes, of which my wife found one this morning -- a baby one, in
>> the bathroom, by the bathtub, after stepping out of the shower. That is
>> such a not good thing in so many different ways it is beyond expression.
>
>wait'll she finds scorpions in her shoes.
Scorpions in shoes and rattlesnakes in bathtubs! No thanks! I'm glad
the worst I have to deal with is grizzlies. And the only time they
ever came anywhere near my house is when they put an electric fence
around the dump and the poor critters lost their feeding grounds. Felt
like a war zone with all them Conservation Officers in helicopters
trying to find and shoot them full of tranquilizers so they could be
relocated. A garage a few blocks away got broken in and parts of the
moose hanging in there got chewed on.
Ah I almost forgot when a young mother a couple of blocks away beat
off a coyote with a snow shovel. The coyote was getting a little too
close to her kid for her comfort. That one made the National Enquirer,
much to the mother's disgust.
Luigi
Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address
A chinchilla??
:-)
Renata
On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:28:00 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote:
>What the hell is it?
>
>"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
>> This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if
>he
>> works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>>
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>>
>> Have a good day.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> --
>> Lawrence L'Hote
>> Columbia, MO
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
>> http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
>>
>>
>
smart, not dumb for email
what kind of traps do you use Larry? I have a racoon that has pissed me off
one too many times tipping my garbage cans over. SWMBO is a total
tree-hugger and thinks the thing "needs to eat, too", but IMO it's time I
need a new striped push stick hehe
Mike
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:T51Ab.432636$Tr4.1215368@attbi_s03...
> This guy met his demise in one of my yard traps last night. We'll see if
he
> works better from that dead feline I have been using.
>
> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote/newpushstick.jpg
>
> Have a good day.
>
> Larry
>
> --
> Lawrence L'Hote
> Columbia, MO
> http://home.mchsi.com/~larrylhote
> http://home.mchsi.com/~llhote
>
>