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Jun. 14th, 2005 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgGamers? Go nuts. Promise. You know these people. You're lying if you say you don't. Honest.
I had to run home to meet the Vector Control lady (does that sound nifty or what? She's a real native in these parts, too - classic Asian/Hawaiian and very sweet. I may have to talk to her again. I won't mind.) - but in the fifteen minutes or so before she arrived, I was able to attack the flower beds with some vigor and pulled out a shitpot load of weeds, watered everything - and enjoyed my roses for a good bit before she arrived.
Oh, we got rats. I know how they got in now - and what to do about it. Getting rid of them entirely? Not likely. However, I don't have to tolerate them inside spaces - they can run around in the trees and such without bothering me, according to Amy. Matter of fact, I have possums, even though I don't see them. They're there. Okay.
The problem now is that the only real solution is to poison them. I can set some more snap traps, but they've been incredibly ineffective in the past.
So - now we have a weekend project to weatherstrip and close off the openings where the rats have travelled - and set some bait traps. *shudders*
I'm keeping my rule of thumb regarding unwanted pests in my house - someday, natural selection will come up with an ant, a roach, a mouse - whatever - that knows NOT to come in the house. Because I keel everything that steps over the doorway.
Ugh. This means doing something I really won't like. Guess that's life. Because we can't keep going like this - we'll be at risk for certain narsties if I don't do something.
Poison bait. Hey, it's free if I want to make a trip to Pedro to get it. *winces*
I had to run home to meet the Vector Control lady (does that sound nifty or what? She's a real native in these parts, too - classic Asian/Hawaiian and very sweet. I may have to talk to her again. I won't mind.) - but in the fifteen minutes or so before she arrived, I was able to attack the flower beds with some vigor and pulled out a shitpot load of weeds, watered everything - and enjoyed my roses for a good bit before she arrived.
Oh, we got rats. I know how they got in now - and what to do about it. Getting rid of them entirely? Not likely. However, I don't have to tolerate them inside spaces - they can run around in the trees and such without bothering me, according to Amy. Matter of fact, I have possums, even though I don't see them. They're there. Okay.
The problem now is that the only real solution is to poison them. I can set some more snap traps, but they've been incredibly ineffective in the past.
So - now we have a weekend project to weatherstrip and close off the openings where the rats have travelled - and set some bait traps. *shudders*
I'm keeping my rule of thumb regarding unwanted pests in my house - someday, natural selection will come up with an ant, a roach, a mouse - whatever - that knows NOT to come in the house. Because I keel everything that steps over the doorway.
Ugh. This means doing something I really won't like. Guess that's life. Because we can't keep going like this - we'll be at risk for certain narsties if I don't do something.
Poison bait. Hey, it's free if I want to make a trip to Pedro to get it. *winces*
