DAVE WHITE wrote:
> " In 30 years here, 2 mice in the
> house, and they must have watched Eastwood's "Gauntlet"... The snakes don't
> bother me or my wife & they rid all rodents post-haste."
>
> we get invaded by mice every autumn. I catch them in the live traps and
> release them in the next village about 5 miles away, but I swear the bloody
> things are homing mice.
>
You "live trap" mice?
We have two cats. One is about 8 and the other just about two. The older
one taught the younger one how to hunt. Mice are not usually a problem
although a cat barfing up a big mouse can be...problematic.
The young one stays home, the older one gets let out for half an hour to
an hour per day. He occasionally brings home rodents large enough they
drag on the driveway even with him holding his head high and walking on
his toes. 18# and 40" toes to toes stretched out. He does a great job
on the neighborhood mice out here in the country. We have lots of
Coyotes so even "barn cats" learn to stay in or near the barn at night.
Strays don't last long.
The biggest problem is the fall mouse migration, when they get in around
who knows what and into the basement ceiling. We have a suspended
ceiling that isn't quite up to supporting an 18# cat chasing mice.
Of course there was the night I was sitting here on the air and running
the computer when he brought in a good sized live one and tried to teach
me how to catch mice. He proudly brought the thing in, put it on the
floor and placed on of those big feet on it, looked up at me and said,
purrrrphhh, and let the mouse go. He jumped on it and brought it back.
Each time he'd let it go a bit farther and admonish me with a
Purrrphhh.... Finally he let out a Purrrrphhhh...let the mouse go,
turned around and walked out the door as if to say..."I showed you how
to do it 4 times, now it's up to you". The only thing he didn't do was
shut the door behind himself. I guess he figured I was hopeless and not
smart enough to even catch mice. That's why I got a cat!
This is before he grew up! http://www.rogerhalstead.com/cat_files/Lunch.htm
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Mybe I need to appoint a Vermin Control Officer. It doesn't have to hiss, so
> one that goes "meow" would be ok. We did used to have a cat which did the
> job for us: an adopted stray, black with three legs, one eye and one ear.
> Answered to the name of "Lucky"....
>
> (OK, so I just made the last bit up :-). Have a good weekend)
>
> D
>
> --- On Fri, 5/3/10, David H Craig <davidhcraig@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> From: David H Craig <davidhcraig@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] FW: WD-40 Is Not....
> To: "Charlie Young" <weeksmgr@hotmail.com>, amps@contesting.com
> Date: Friday, 5 March, 2010, 23:18
>
> Guess I am lucky- Copperheads don't come near my home & no Eastern
> Diamondbacks within 50 miles. I do have approximately 30-40 Black Ratsnakes
> that enjoy my crawlspace, attic & loft. In 30 years here, 2 mice in the
> house, and they must have watched Eastwood's "Gauntlet"... The snakes don't
> bother me or my wife & they rid all rodents post-haste. Only episode circa
> 1995 was when five 8 footers managed to weigh-out the attic door enough to
> fall into the living area- took 3 days to find them all hidden about the
> house & return them outside. Now we have latches on the attic ladder
> door...
>
> Rattlers would get different treatment, however. Off-subject, but
> couldn't help myself.
>
> Dave N3DB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie Young" <weeksmgr@hotmail.com>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 5:52 PM
> Subject: [Amps] FW: WD-40 Is Not....
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> Gerald, K5GW asks:
>
>
>> Say, I have always wondered about snake oil: Is it supposed to attract
>> snakes?,repel snakes?, made from snakes? or what?
>>
>
> I don't know about snake oil, but can tell you something
> that makes snakes mad. They don't like paint from an
> aerosol can. Back in the mid 1970's I lived in a hillside
> house that was on a full basement. My shack was in the
> basement. Returning from Field Day, my son and I were
> unloading equipment. Something moved on top of my back
> basement wall, which was made from cider block. There was
> a snake up there. I took a 6' long steel bar, which coal miners call a slate
> bar, and prodded the thing trying to crush
> it. The snake slithered down inside the block, but poked its head out and
> was looking at me. I would jab, it would duck
> down inside the block.
>
> No way I could leave a snake inside my basement wall.
> What to do? There was a can of red insulating spray paint
> on the workbench. I grabbed the can, and sprayed the paint
> inside the block. Instantly, the snake came out of the block, down the wall
> to the floor, and charged me. I jumped in a chair which fortunately was
> handy, and killed the snake with
> the metal bar while it was on the floor, between legs of the chair. It was a
> big rattlesnake.
>
> I figure WD40 would have had a similar effect.
>
> There is more to this story.
>
> My wife and sons went grocery shopping later that day. I started thinking
> that where there was one snake, there might be another. While they were
> gone, I checked out the basement carefully again. Sure enough, on top of
> the block wall about 12' from where the first snake was, there was a second
> one. This one was coiled up and chose to fight it out with me from his (or
> her) position. I managed to kill it with the metal bar but with
> considerable difficulty. Another huge rattlesnake.
>
> I found the snakes had crawled through a gap in the sill plate on top of my
> basement wall.
>
> So, don't spray a snake (especially a rattlesnake) with spray
> paint or WD40 unless you have a place to run or something to climb on to get
> away from the thing.
>
> 73 Charlie N8RR
>
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