Rat hunt (not OT)

We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I suspect my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to keep it away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

On Aug 2, 12:28*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat it.

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd
seen a few and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my
chickens could eat it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go
the way of the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast.
Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I
called to him and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran
off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him
up safely in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used
to use poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to
die, so now I get the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier
and Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small
rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got
big ones. Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of
poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I
suspect my neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to
kill it but I couldn't bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty
litterbox over it to keep it away from Boyfie and it was dead this
morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

I hate the poison as well. Some of our neighbors use it. I mean
just what are you supposed to do about a half dead rat?

Don't want to go near it, but don't want the dog or anyone's cats
near it either.

Jo

On Aug 2, 10:53*am, "Jofirey" wrote:


I hate the poison as well. *Some of our neighbors use it.

I hate the evidence- our downstairs neighbours have occasional
problems and on a couple of occasions I've had to deal with a dead rat
in the garden....

The council hate me, I don't want to walk out of a morning and see a
decomposing rat corpse so I ask them to remove their handiwork please
one of the staff once asked me if "You want us to give it a decent
Christian burial"

NOPE but our front garden has no gate between it and the street and I
don't want a dog picking the poisoned corpse up or can you imagine
some kid running into our garden (Running? We have had occasional
incident of parents with small children and for that matter somewhat
drunken adults using the shelter where we store our bins as a urinal.
Our front garden is dominated by the largest privet hedge in the world
so it gives them some privacy) and going "MUM! Look what I found!"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 12:28 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat
it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to
him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I
get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I suspect
my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I
couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to keep it away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

Ewww. (Something told me not to read this post, I should have
paid attention) :-)

Why? What do you find "Ewww"?
I have chickens and we get rats that want to eat their food. They have to
be controlled, so what is better?
Poison? No. They die slowly over days, bleeding internally.
Today we smoked them out into the jaws of the terriers and they lived just
one second.
Isn't that better than dying of poison?
Of course it is.

Tweed

"Jofirey" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat
it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way
of the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to
him and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up
safely in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I
get the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I suspect
my neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I
couldn't bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to
keep it away from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

I hate the poison as well. Some of our neighbors use it. I mean just
what are you supposed to do about a half dead rat?

Don't want to go near it, but don't want the dog or anyone's cats near it
either.

I should have been brave enough to kill it, it was dying. But no, I just
put a litter box on top of it and waited until morning until it was dead.
I'm ashamed of myself.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 12:28 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd
seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens
could eat it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go
the way of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I
called to him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up
safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used
to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so
now I get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland
terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small
rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big
ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I
suspect my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but
I couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to
keep it away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

Ewww. (Something told me not to read this post, I should have
paid attention) :-)

Why? What do you find "Ewww"?
I have chickens and we get rats that want to eat their food. They
have to be controlled, so what is better?
Poison? No. They die slowly over days, bleeding internally.
Today we smoked them out into the jaws of the terriers and they
lived just one second.
Isn't that better than dying of poison?
Of course it is.

Tweed

Just not something that city folk want to read about over their
Sunday morning coffee and papers.

Although in this case I surly knew what to expect from the subject.
Gross? Yes. But I do envy you the services of the terriers.

Jo

"Jofirey" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 12:28 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a
few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat
it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way
of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to
him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I
get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats
today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I
suspect my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I
couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to keep it
away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

Ewww. (Something told me not to read this post, I should have
paid attention) :-)

Why? What do you find "Ewww"?
I have chickens and we get rats that want to eat their food. They have
to be controlled, so what is better?
Poison? No. They die slowly over days, bleeding internally.
Today we smoked them out into the jaws of the terriers and they lived
just one second.
Isn't that better than dying of poison?
Of course it is.

Tweed

Just not something that city folk want to read about over their Sunday
morning coffee and papers.

Although in this case I surly knew what to expect from the subject. Gross?
Yes. But I do envy you the services of the terriers.


It's not gross IMO, it's something that needs to be done here.
Meet the terriers, Jess, a black Patterdale. Mooch, a Lakeland, Nipper
the 10 month old Lakeland. Si, the Patterdale youngster from last year was
not able to come today, he has a sore nose from fighting his prey last week.
Nut the Lakeland boy had to stay in the car as Mooch was in season. I felt
sorry for Nut, he could have come out and had a go, after Mooch had killed
twice but no.
Poor lad.
These are not ordinary terriers. They will kill anything.
I panicked when Boyfriend was out just before they were due to come.
I would not, of course, have let them come while he was out. He'd have been
one dead cat.
He came in and I shut him up very safely. He was not best pleased but I
told him him to shut up unless it was his ambition to be torn to pieces.

Tweed

On Aug 2, 1:10*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message

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On Aug 2, 12:28 pm, "Christina Websell"





wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat
it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to
him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I
get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I suspect
my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I
couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to keep it away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

Ewww. (Something told me not to read this post, I should have
paid attention) * :-)

Why? * What do you find "Ewww"?
I have chickens and we get rats that want to eat their food. *They have to
be controlled, so what is better?
Poison? *No. *They die slowly over days, bleeding internally.
Today we smoked them out into the jaws of the terriers and they lived just
one second.
Isn't that better than dying of poison?
Of course it is.

Tweed- Hide quoted text -

I understand what you're doing. I just don't find it pleasant, or
even interesting, to read a graphic account which describes
the various ways to kill an animal.
Sherry

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Aug 2, 1:10 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message

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On Aug 2, 12:28 pm, "Christina Websell"





wrote:
We were having a rat hunt around the chicken huts today as I'd seen a
few
and the chicken food was disappearing faster than my chickens could eat
it.
I am supposed to keep Boyfriend inside overnight as he would go the way
of
the rats, but he slipped outside after his breakfast. Aargh.
When I fed the chickens, there he was in the garden but when I called to
him
and made nice noises so I could pick him up, he ran off.
OMG.
I had killer terriers coming and Boyfie was out!!
Fortunately he came back before they arrived. Phew. I shut him up safely
in a bedroom.

There is always a problem with rats if you keep chickens. I used to use
poison but decided it was cruel, they took a long time to die, so now I
get
the terriers in. One snap sorts them.
Today we had Jess, a Patterdale terrier, Mooch, a Lakeland terrier and
Nipper a 10 month old Lakeland who killed her first two small rats
today.
Every dog got one or more. That's important. Mooch & Jess got big ones.
Nipper was thrilled with herself. 6 rats won't die of poison.

There was a rat dying of poison yesterday outside my back door, I
suspect
my
neighbours of it. I should have been brave enough to kill it but I
couldn't
bring myself to. I put Kitty's old empty litterbox over it to keep it
away
from Boyfie and it was dead this morning.

I used to use poison once. I won't do it now.
Bring on the terriers, there are no days of suffering.
Snap. Dead immediately

Tweed

Ewww. (Something told me not to read this post, I should have
paid attention) :-)

Why? What do you find "Ewww"?
I have chickens and we get rats that want to eat their food. They have to
be controlled, so what is better?
Poison? No. They die slowly over days, bleeding internally.
Today we smoked them out into the jaws of the terriers and they lived just
one second.
Isn't that better than dying of poison?
Of course it is.

I understand what you're doing. I just don't find it pleasant, or
even interesting, to read a graphic account which describes
the various ways to kill an animal.
Sherry

_______
so don't read it, I don't think it was graphic. If you ever get rats you'll
have to do something about them.

Tweed