Getting Rid of the Rats: Round 2 So the exterminator showed up at 8:00 this morning. I took him on a tour of the outside of the house, front and back, in a cold drizzle that started up just before the doorbell. We have two attics, one for downstairs, one for upstairs, so he inspected each one separately, with our flashlight (his fell and broke as he entered our home.) He thinks we definitely have rats, and may have raccoons and/or squirrels. Except, he said, that if we do have a raccoon or two up there, we probably don’t have squirrels, “because raccoons kill any squirrels they find in an attic.” Did not know that. He laid out four traps, large, rectangular metal wire containers, two in each attic. Baited them , not with cheese, not with peanut butter, but with tinned sardines. Good to know, if I ever need it in a story. The first few days, they’ll ignore the traps. He’ll be back Friday to temporarily seal all the entry points around the roof (he found seven.) You seal the entry points so they’re forced to eat the baited food. Then back again Monday morning to see what we caught. After that, we’ll hire a carpenter to repair the damage to the eaves. I can hear them as I type this. Rustle, rustle. Enjoy your days of wine and roses, rats.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:06:43 +0000
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