Re: Rats ! - Jihad Launched !

In article <PECmf.298$yX1.1081@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"PammyT" <fenlandfowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Omelet-EC9230.21173209122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In article <3nomf.292$yX1.1027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "PammyT" <fenlandfowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > "Mark" <a@xxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:dna08a$f8k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > > I agree.
> > > >
> > > > I shall investigate methods of laying out poison that will not kill
> > > anything
> > > > else.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas anyone?
> > > > I'm handy with the wood, i could make something if needed.
> > > >
> > > buy a couple of plastic bait boxes. Buy the wax block bait with a hole
> in
> > > the centre which slides onto a metal bar inside the box. That ensures
> that
> > > no bait gets dragged or spilled outside the box and the hole in the box
> is
> > > only rat sized so your hedgepig is safe.
> > > I have rat bait boxes as described. I also have free range rabbits and
> > > guinea pigs. The rats eat the bait and die, the guinea pigs and rabbits
> are
> > > safe.
> > > Or get a couple of good ratting cats ;-)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Or one of those small terriers...
> > I've read that rat terriers are superior to cats for keeping rat numbers
> > down.
> Not necessarily true since cats tend to hunt at night when rats are about,
> the terrier can only hunt when the owner is there to ensure the bugger
> doesn't also kill the poultry. I had to rehome tha last terrier I had here
> as he simply could not be trusted around my birds whereas my cats bring rats
> in daily. I get up in the morning to find a little line of brown ratty
> corpses outside the back door for my inspection.
>
>

What color is that cat?
We always found gray or torty-gray tabby females to be the best mousers.
Tomcats tend to be lazy.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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