Critters: a follow up posting from April 14th 2013
So, having heard the patter of tiny feet in my attic, I
summoned the handyman at the Glen Oaks Ridge Association (GORA) to my home. His
name is Larry.
Larry came to my home on April 16th and set up a
“sticky trap” in the attic.
On April 17th he discovered that some smart rat
or other had simply flipped the sticky trap over.
So he tried again on April 177h - by re-setting
the sticky trap and adding a spring loaded trap which he baited with a goodly
amount of peanut butter.
But my rats are smart.
One of them had managed to trip the spring loaded trap, and eat the
peanut butter without being trapped.
So on Friday April 19th Larry reset the traps,
and secured them to the attic floor with very strong sticky tape.
When he returned to my home on Monday April 22nd
he inspected the attic traps and found nothing..
Both he and I were frustrated.
Yesterday morning - (April 23rd) - at about 5:45 a.m.) I heard a great kerfuffle from my hall way.
Then Junior Cat Adelaide came rushing thro’ my home with a
rat in her jaws. . She had captured it in the kitchen closet where I keep a
trash can.
Senior cat Ada and Penne tried to join in the fray, but I
cut them off at the pass to prevent what might have been mayhem (two cats and a
dog chasing one rat?)
Luckily Adelaide, rat in mouth ran into the lanai, where I
was able to isolate them from the rest of the house. About an hour later there was one proud cat
and one dead rat.
I lavished praise on Adelaide and gave her a much
appreciated reward: I allowed her to go
outside and hunt for a while - flouting the GORA rules.
Larry reports that he was able to trap a mouse in the home
two door away in the triplex.
He also
went into the middle home, where the owner told him that she had seen rats
running around. (Larry said that the
home was a perfect breeding place for rodents, and I was not surprised.)
The pictures below of the outside of that
home will give you a clue as to what mess might well be inside.
I saw Larry today, and he reported that three rats had been
trapped next door.
He’s also sealed any possible place on the perimeter of the triplex which
might have provided an entrance hole for rats and mice.
Not very clear picture of Adelaide and the rat (taken through the sliding doors to the Lanai) |
One not quite dead rat - it was twitching when I took this picture |
"Killer" |
Neighbour's car port 1 |
Neighbour's car port 2 |
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