Cats in the Belfry

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:30 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



m. L. Briggs wrote:



If you manage to catch the cats in the trap,

Ummm... I don't think she's TRYING to!

I suggest you then call
in an exterminator. The entrance where the rats came in will have to
be located and closed. I suggest an expert. Rat bites can cause
abcesses in cats.

So can cat bites!

catching the cat instead of the rat was an attempt at humor. Sorry it
didn't make it!

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:30 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:



m. L. Briggs wrote:



If you manage to catch the cats in the trap,

Ummm... I don't think she's TRYING to!

I suggest you then call
in an exterminator. The entrance where the rats came in will have to
be located and closed. I suggest an expert. Rat bites can cause
abcesses in cats.

So can cat bites!

catching the cat instead of the rat was an attempt at humor. Sorry it
didn't make it!

Karen Chuplis wrote:

Ewwww. Sounds like when I had bats in my walls. I need to find and scan a
picture of Grant and Sugars as half grown kittens sitting on my electric
piano staring at a blank wall. They could hear the bats!

When Marina gets back, we'd better let her know that there may be bats
in her refrigerator.

Karen Chuplis wrote:

Ewwww. Sounds like when I had bats in my walls. I need to find and scan a
picture of Grant and Sugars as half grown kittens sitting on my electric
piano staring at a blank wall. They could hear the bats!

When Marina gets back, we'd better let her know that there may be bats
in her refrigerator.

Karen Chuplis wrote:

Ewwww. Sounds like when I had bats in my walls. I need to find and scan a
picture of Grant and Sugars as half grown kittens sitting on my electric
piano staring at a blank wall. They could hear the bats!

When Marina gets back, we'd better let her know that there may be bats
in her refrigerator.

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:03:43 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Whatever is living in your house - get an exterminator and someone
to look and fix where the little buggers are coming in at. Not only
do you have to worry about diseases and things - they could chew
through electrical wiring and cause a fire.

Amen to that! I had a house fire in February 2003 that was severe
enough that I had to live elsewhere for over three months while the
house was being repaired. I lost my cat Annabel Lee, and about half
of my possessions, including nearly all of a 30-years' collection of
books. The fire started in the electric cable serving a row of
outlets in one wall of my house. I didn't happen to have anything
plugged into that set of outlets, and had been having problems with
squirrels in the attic, so I suspect that one of them got down into
the wall and chewed on the electric cable. That room was a former
attached garage, and that wall had no insulation (a fact that I
didn't learn until after the fire), so the squirrels had probably
moved down into the wall to keep warm.

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:03:43 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Whatever is living in your house - get an exterminator and someone
to look and fix where the little buggers are coming in at. Not only
do you have to worry about diseases and things - they could chew
through electrical wiring and cause a fire.

Amen to that! I had a house fire in February 2003 that was severe
enough that I had to live elsewhere for over three months while the
house was being repaired. I lost my cat Annabel Lee, and about half
of my possessions, including nearly all of a 30-years' collection of
books. The fire started in the electric cable serving a row of
outlets in one wall of my house. I didn't happen to have anything
plugged into that set of outlets, and had been having problems with
squirrels in the attic, so I suspect that one of them got down into
the wall and chewed on the electric cable. That room was a former
attached garage, and that wall had no insulation (a fact that I
didn't learn until after the fire), so the squirrels had probably
moved down into the wall to keep warm.

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:03:43 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Whatever is living in your house - get an exterminator and someone
to look and fix where the little buggers are coming in at. Not only
do you have to worry about diseases and things - they could chew
through electrical wiring and cause a fire.

Amen to that! I had a house fire in February 2003 that was severe
enough that I had to live elsewhere for over three months while the
house was being repaired. I lost my cat Annabel Lee, and about half
of my possessions, including nearly all of a 30-years' collection of
books. The fire started in the electric cable serving a row of
outlets in one wall of my house. I didn't happen to have anything
plugged into that set of outlets, and had been having problems with
squirrels in the attic, so I suspect that one of them got down into
the wall and chewed on the electric cable. That room was a former
attached garage, and that wall had no insulation (a fact that I
didn't learn until after the fire), so the squirrels had probably
moved down into the wall to keep warm.

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than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

"John F. Eldredge" wrote:

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:03:43 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Whatever is living in your house - get an exterminator and someone
to look and fix where the little buggers are coming in at. Not only
do you have to worry about diseases and things - they could chew
through electrical wiring and cause a fire.

Amen to that! I had a house fire in February 2003 that was severe
enough that I had to live elsewhere for over three months while the
house was being repaired. I lost my cat Annabel Lee, and about half
of my possessions, including nearly all of a 30-years' collection of
books. The fire started in the electric cable serving a row of
outlets in one wall of my house. I didn't happen to have anything
plugged into that set of outlets, and had been having problems with
squirrels in the attic, so I suspect that one of them got down into
the wall and chewed on the electric cable. That room was a former
attached garage, and that wall had no insulation (a fact that I
didn't learn until after the fire), so the squirrels had probably
moved down into the wall to keep warm.

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"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

John, that is so scary and how terrible to lose Annabel Lee.
I treasure my collection of books also and have collected many over the
years. The sound I heard in the lounge was definite munching!!!!
John set the humane trap last night and left some more bait outside as
he knows rats are very cautious and cunning and might not venture into
the cage. This morning the bait had gone but the bait inside the cage
was untouched!!
So, rats are in residence. I suppose we could set an ordinary trap but
I really hate doing that; I know, I know they are rats, but they are
still little animals.

Bev
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote:

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:03:43 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Whatever is living in your house - get an exterminator and someone
to look and fix where the little buggers are coming in at. Not only
do you have to worry about diseases and things - they could chew
through electrical wiring and cause a fire.

Amen to that! I had a house fire in February 2003 that was severe
enough that I had to live elsewhere for over three months while the
house was being repaired. I lost my cat Annabel Lee, and about half
of my possessions, including nearly all of a 30-years' collection of
books. The fire started in the electric cable serving a row of
outlets in one wall of my house. I didn't happen to have anything
plugged into that set of outlets, and had been having problems with
squirrels in the attic, so I suspect that one of them got down into
the wall and chewed on the electric cable. That room was a former
attached garage, and that wall had no insulation (a fact that I
didn't learn until after the fire), so the squirrels had probably
moved down into the wall to keep warm.

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--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

John, that is so scary and how terrible to lose Annabel Lee.
I treasure my collection of books also and have collected many over the
years. The sound I heard in the lounge was definite munching!!!!
John set the humane trap last night and left some more bait outside as
he knows rats are very cautious and cunning and might not venture into
the cage. This morning the bait had gone but the bait inside the cage
was untouched!!
So, rats are in residence. I suppose we could set an ordinary trap but
I really hate doing that; I know, I know they are rats, but they are
still little animals.

Bev
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