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Maybe they're attracted to the hum of my Husqvarna
Here is a sneak peek at what has been keeping me busy for the last couple of weeks.
Except for today. I spent a couple of hours -- when I should have been riding my bike -- snooping around downstairs in my garage. My upstairs neighbor and I discovered irrefutable (and disgusting) proof of a rat infestation in the insulation below our dining room floorboards. The droppings looked too big to be from mice. Ew, ew and ew. We actually saw and heard the critters moving around in there before we pulled the insulation down. With my luck, our meddling will cause them to change their path directly into our kitchen. (No evidence there. Yet.)
In other news, I've had a sore throat since yesterday, and I'm feeling a little feverish, like I may be coming down with something. Typhus, perhaps. Or maybe bubonic plague.
February 13, 2007 5:19 PM
No joke, Ariel, be super-careful around those droppings. They're not likely to be a source of Hanta virus but it wouldn't hurt to wear a dust mask when you're poking around checking for mice and such.
Pretty! Are those scarves? Napkins? Random pieces of fabric for your next big project? Sorry about the rats - maybe Julie and Brian can bring the Kitties over for a few hours. THAT would scare them away.
Bernice, we did wear dust masks, eye protection, and latex gloves. I was also wearing my bike helmet (because I forgot to take it off - hilarious). And we used a broom and a three-foot grabber pole thing to handle the insulation. The two of us were quite a sight. But we're letting the professionals take over now.
Surely you still have in your archives my 100% effective 'Rat-Be-Gone', developed on Okinawa, no mess remaining, presented to you in your Chicago rat days, solution!!!!