tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958960.post1629634350393084243..comments2024-03-27T10:15:12.321-07:00Comments on My life, under the microscope...: the fifty dollar mouseKatherine Plumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15270985693010461806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958960.post-82167578226591108142011-01-19T12:25:19.259-08:002011-01-19T12:25:19.259-08:00Even a mediocre terrier can be a rat-hunting machi...Even a mediocre terrier can be a rat-hunting machine. Melanie lives in town and has 3 Norwich Terriers. They seek out and kill all rodents, from mice up to half grown opossums. I've heard Dachshunds are good at that, too. Unfortunately you can't just stick a terrier in a box and store it when you don't need it.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958960.post-49679113865960374972011-01-19T09:38:31.227-08:002011-01-19T09:38:31.227-08:00What IS it with rats this year? My mom's been...What IS it with rats this year? My mom's been battling them since last year, but up until that point, we'd never had a rat problem in the chickenhouses! Mice and voles from time to time, yes, but never rats. And I always thought we had a pretty rodent-deterrent setup!<br /><br />And boy are these rats wily. My mom has the full arsenal of traps out (including an electronic one like the one you described), and the only time she's had success with getting any rats is when she surprised a group of them in the shed...and then it was the old-fashioned shovel method that did the trick.<br /><br />There are still rats out there terrorizing my mom's chickens and especially my poor little Dutch! One of the males tore up his comb pretty badly last week when a rat got into his pen in the middle of the night (this happened to Moltres, my bike-riding rooster, a while ago too). Argh, rats!!!<br /><br />I wish you the best of luck eradicating your rat problem!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799104295108651740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958960.post-14307725096619323652011-01-19T06:26:34.631-08:002011-01-19T06:26:34.631-08:00rats suck. -BMcrats suck. -BMcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com