Gotcha Rat!!

[redimp]

About two weeks ago, we discovered we had a resident rat.  Being a bunch of pinko liberal vegetarians, we went out and spent over £20 on a humane rat trap.  We cleaned out the whole garden and the sheds so it did not have a food source - it moved into the compost heap!  Yesterday, I lost patience and said that if it did not go into the trap I would resort to poison.  I also threw some rhubarb leaves into the compost heap and stuffed them in the rats hole in the hope that their repulsion to herbivores might work on the rat.  Today, I get home from school and low and behold - the rat is in the trap.



PS the only person I dislike enough lives just across the road.  That is a bit too close for comfort so I am going to have to find a nice isolated spot about five mile away to let it go.

[redimp]

[kitty]

pleas make sure the point of release is any compass point except nor nor west(we live near saxilby clanger!)ta!
big berhooger aint he? :o

[redimp]

Its alright - we went east and it was not near any houses.

[kitty]

phew!look out fiskerton! ;D

[redimp]

ahem! Have you got rat radar or something?

[kitty]

 ;) ;D ;D ;D

[honeybee]

Ewwwwwwww thats horrid,  and i am just not going to ask how big he is  :o  :o

You have got my skin crawling now redclanger :o  ;)

[redimp]

Aww - I thought he was quite cute - told you I was a pinko liberal.

Have been thinking - if we could rid rats of all their associated diseases, they wouldn't do muchmore than benfit in towns really - they do sort of clean up all our rubbish don't they?

[honeybee]

Cute?   :o  :o

Actually, he reminds me of my ex husband  ;)  :D

[Doris_Pinks]

Hahaha  Honeybee! RC, i have one in my garden can you come and work your magic here please?! ;D

[SpeedyMango]

Well done catching him, but I very much doubt he was alone.

Sociable animals, rats.

[Mrs Ava]

aaawwww...cute!  Mind you, the blooming damage they are doing to my garden shed is driving me to distraction! 

[maz]

What do they say 'You are only ever 4' away from a rat'

Oh summat like that.  ::)  ;D

[redimp]

Well done catching him, but I very much doubt he was alone.

Sociable animals, rats.

We do think he was alone but the trap has been reset just in case.

[kitty]

hmmmmmm...that most dangerous of animals...the lonely rat...

[Marianne]

Redclanger,

Well done on humanely catching Mr or Mrs Rat.  Although carriers of disease and not very pleasant, they have the right to life and I am glad you released the beast somewhere "oop noorth"!  ;D

Have had them before and don't wish them to visit again !
:D ;)

[lorna]

Had a laugh regarding honeybees' remarks about ex husband. THANKS maz I thought it wa 10ft!! I am now afraid to go ouside in the dark, must hurry up and go and vote before it gets dark. Years ago when we kept a lot of pigs I had a cupboard type thing with cupboard at top and three drawers underneath which I kept medicines in for the pigs. I was in the farrowing shed watching a sowhaving her piglets and our old labrador was going mad round the cupboard. I said to my daughter must be a mouse, so Vickie opened one of the drawers and I saw the dog run.. What was that Vickie? Only a rat Mum it jumped on my lap and Sally chased it.
Glad it was her and not me.(she is only terrified of spiders)..

[honeybee]

Glad you had a good laugh there Lorna  ;)  ;D  ;D

I am terrified of rats so trust me to go and walk down the aisle with one  ::)

I would have been horrifed if one had jumped into my lap like that Lorna  :o  :o  :o

[kitty]

well..it sounds like you are perfectly capable of dealing with rats honeybee.one jumped into your lap,so to speak,and you manged to deal with it!! ;)
if you can sort a ratthat size out-a ickul brown wun should be a breeze!! ;D

[lorna]

Redclanger..... having my few minutes on forums before breakfast and thanks to you I have lost my appetite :'( Last night I was unable to see  pics BUT now this horrible little (well not so little) creature is on my screen.  :o Lorna