Omlet Smart Autodoor - New in box

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I went out to let my big feathered babies out of their run into the pouring rain...and they accepted the invitation ...........and noticed something moving in the red grub.......it was grey with a very long tail .....I maintained my composure & managed to speak to some newly arrived visiting children as though nothing was awry & continued my scan of the garden for a suitable weapon of destruction

 

I located a hemcore sack....perfect.......re-entered the run & the little blighter was still stuffing it's little chops ....so I stuffed the holes with the sack...removed it from the run whilst shaking it hard to disorientate it at very least.............then wrapped the feeder & occupant into the sack & when it staggered out I used a half brick to finish the deed ......it's now awaiting removal by the bin men, still well wrapped in it's recycled hemcore sack/shroud.....I did remove the grub

 

In some ways I feel sad, in others elated...a strange combo

 

Sha x

[Cooks]

method of story... Rats.. dont mess with Sha or else!!! :lol:

 

yeuch well done Sha, I dont care for non pet rats much since seeing one in the shed as a child and it had killed my pet mice that lived in there, how it got in their cages I will never know.

[Lewis]

I've had to do that at the childrens farm ... we used a feed bag and back of a shovel

[Falkor]

oooh yes...don`t mess with Sha!!!!

 

Well done lady!!!

 

**shudders and wanders off to google rat poison**

[Redwing]

Ooo Ninja Sha

[Olly]

 

well done you, not sure I could act so calmly.

 

I take it the visiting children didn't ask why you were bashing a sack with a brick?

[Margaret]

Rambo Sha Respect

 

Well done you, hate them, are costing me a fortune OH has put down solid base for move of the WIR as they have burrowed under the concreat edge and wire.

He likes to shoot them with air rifle.

 

WIR

Lavender

Mable

Marjorie

Violet

[Cooks]

so would my hubby, we've never seen one though, not to say they aren't there, but they dont poke their heads anywhere near us..

The two dogs probably put them off a bit though as one is a yorkie and if she got it she would shake it to an oblivion.. well thats the theory, she 'could' run inside and cower behind her mums legs

[The Dogmother]

Well done for remaining so calm Sha

 

Want to borrow a ratting lurcher?

[Redwing]

 

I take it the visiting children didn't ask why you were bashing a sack with a brick?

 

I heard they were the same kids that were at 'Mostins birthday party' in Sheffield last year so they were already immune to trauma

[The Dogmother]

I remember it well.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I'm not sure they noticed....bless them, not the brightest buttons with "country matters" ....now had I mentioned nail varnish they'd have been all over me like a rash

 

When I described the episode to DH he came back that it sounded like Tom & Jerry

 

Clare, any time you are in the area Ruby is very welcome to come & entertain herself with the local population...my labs are terrified of them

 

I have to say I do prefer the air rifle approach, but "hands on" was the only way this morning

 

I've covered the base of the WIR with slabs & watched one of the little beasts slip in through between the back and side panels of the run at the weekend ......it's an ongoing battle that I am determined to win

 

Does this mean my kind & friendly bubble has been burst forever...........

 

Sha x

[Falkor]

Yep....you will forever be the rat killer!!! But a lovely and friendly one!

 

Could you put 1" x 1/2" mesh over the under cube run panels to stop the little blighters?

[Cooks]

I cant get my head around where they are getting in.... it's me being me, but I need an explanation..

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I cant get my head around where they are getting in.... it's me being me, but I need an explanation..

 

Look at where the lever locks in so you can move the cube...it was there that the little blighter snuck through.....I was gobsmacked I'll either wrap some small hole wire round the outside or wind some wire up between the 2 pieces to block the gap.

 

Sha x

[Cooks]

ahhh I see what you mean now, I have no run there as mines butted up tight so I couldn't picture it.

[Chucky Mama]

OMG I would have trampled the visiting children underfoot as I ran screaming into the distance

[Nats]

Has to be done - nice one.

 

We had a nest of the nasty's in our compost and had to deal with them in a similar fashion, not terribly pleasant but necessary. I couldn't have done it alone though! Very brave of you!

[coco]

Your'e a lot braver than I am although I suppose needs must.

[Goosey Lucy]

Well done for your presence of mind and super calm reaction.

[CluckyBucks]

Well done im trying to get rid of some neighboring rats, could i hire you

 

xx xx

[The Dogmother]

OMG I would have trampled the visiting children underfoot as I ran screaming into the distance

 

 

and you a vet nurse!

 

I'm not keen on them at all, but am of the opinion that they're better off as deaders than botherign livestock.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Well done Sha

As far as I am concerned the only good rat is a dead rat.

 

We saw evidence of a rat in our garden before Christmas. Put a trap down but after a couple of weeks there was no evidence of the rat having returned or the bait being nibbled.

 

We found out today that far from being gone, the rat (rats more probably ) is living in our neighbours garden where it has been feasting on spilled seed from their bird feeder and chicken carcasses that they have been putting out for the wild birds!

 

Seriously, what kind of wild birds are they hoping to attract? Crows? Red kites?

 

Thankfully they called the rat man in today.

[The Dogmother]

Hopefully he will read them the riot act about leaving food out.

[Lavenders_Blue]

I do hope so. No wonder we'd not seen it back in our garden with all that lovely food next door...