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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:44 AM Original message |
What is the humane way to remove rodents? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would use a flamethrower, personally. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well, that was my gut instinct. I have a dog that goes rooting around, |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Lol |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Honestly, for rats use whatever works. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It's not black racer season. |
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ordinaryaveragegirl (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. My method was cheap and a little unorthodox... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We lost a hamster in the house once. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. What about this way? |
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ordinaryaveragegirl (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's foolproof!!! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. My dog would not appreciate a cat. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Hanging just outside the screened porch, I have cats at night and |
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IzaSparrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. Get a ferret! nt |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If a ferret got loose and escaped from my house, it wouldn't last. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. You really cannot relocate rats. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You have no idea what would happen to me if I walked around my |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, I guess we are down to spring traps, then. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'll just bait them at night. They come into my enclosed porch. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
14. vote them out of office? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Will ex-lax harm a cat? |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. yeah |
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JohnCheg (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. The most humane way..... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. Check out this website |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's the kind of trap they caught the armadillos. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. You have to have the right size trap. Always better to err on the large size |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. We used a humane trap to catch a feral cat who was dining on quail babies |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. For the area I'm in, I see quite a bit of wildlife, but you beat me, hands down. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Seeing a panther must have been a wonderful experience |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Your concerns are justfied. |
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marzipanni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. I occasionally have to use a Havahart trap in my attic |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. My friend tried one of those glue traps and he said that |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. if it was rats they were probably more into cannibalism than altruism. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Impeachment. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. The glue traps do work, if you can deal with it. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Thanks, noonwitch. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. That's easy |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. The electronic pulse things do work on rodents, |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Make a trail of breadcrumbs |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Poor things will probably scratch their eyes out if they can't get out. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. If you want human, I would civilize them |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well, now that you put it that way, I know where they came from. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. old fashioned snap traps |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Are the plastic ones availale in Home Depot? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. oh sure, I imagine - I think I've bought them at the grocery store, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Good advice! |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Ask Skinner nicely. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You mean, tombstone them? |
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