Rodents!

[John I]

16 minutes ago, Escadrille Ecosse said:

Same thing happened to my parents many years ago while I was still at school. Took a while to work out where the smell was coming from

Yeah my ex was doing her nut!

[zetecspit]

Maybe the lack of complaints is a reflection of the way some students are. The state of teh laundry room when I visited was horrendous, but apparently everything dumped in there belonged to the only male in the place. The girls are not pleased with him...

Must say, the size of that skeleton it must have taken a while to decompose. It looked like  small rabbit size rather than a rodent.

[RogerH]

Back in the '80's  at our house the Mother in law screamed from the kitchen. A mouse had run under the floor standing boiler.

Whilst trying to rescue it (the boiler would get very hot) My 4 year old was shouting down stairs from his bedroom that his 'Screwball' activity game had come alive.

When I got up to the bedroom right enough the game had come alive. All the little challenges to get the ball from one end to the other where going like the clappers.

Inside was a mouse having a great time.

Our cat had brought a whole bunch of the little devils in and simple set them free.

 

Roger

[RogerH]

'Screwball Scramble'     was the game should you want one off E-bay

 

Roger

[JohnD]

Many years ago, in our first flat, my wife shouted (not screamed!) from the kitchen for me.    A mouse had run under the dresser.

No problem.  I fetched a bamboo, lay on the floor, from where I could see the rodent, and poked at it.

It ran - UP THE BAMBOO!  Straight at my face - wife said she had never see me move so fast.    I said I had never seen  such a big mouse.

John

Ps bought some milk chocolate today - this is war!

Edited December 4, 2023 by JohnD

[RedRooster]

Get yerself a Jack Russel 

[JohnD]

Thank you, RR!   I have cat, but she only catches teeny weeny mice!

[Nick Jones]

Have squirrels (I think) in the soffit again. This time right above our bedroom window (cheeky!).

This means they also have access to our main loft, though at this point they don’t seem be exploiting that much. 
Astonishing quantities of poison bait have been taken from the loft space without any obvious noise reduction (disappointing) and traps triggered without catching anything….

[JohnD]

There are "Squirrel repellent sprays".    No idea how good they are.

Home made recipes too, which seem to double as curry sauce.

John

[Escadrille Ecosse]

1 hour ago, JohnD said:

There are "Squirrel repellent sprays".    No idea how good they are.

Home made recipes too, which seem to double as curry sauce.

John

If you watch Micheal Reeve in the Kalahari (BBC iPlayer) he gets shown an chilli based elephant repellant. Given the effect on him when standing the best part of 200 yards downwind that would probably clear out the entire local squirrel population

[Martin]

No experience with squirrels, but regarding poison bait, it was loved by ???. Huge amounts laid out, huge amounts eaten with no result. But then I ordered bait in Poland. 

[Nick Jones]

10 hours ago, Escadrille Ecosse said:

chilli based elephant repellant

Elephants are quite delicate souls though. Squirrels are just rats in fur coat with better PR.

I think our jar of “Swazi Fire” (weapons grade chilli sauce from the kingdom of Eswatini) got quietly disposed of as being too lethal to keep in the house. Pity…. Would have been worth a punt.

[Escadrille Ecosse]

18 minutes ago, Nick Jones said:

Elephants are quite delicate souls though. Squirrels are just rats in fur coat with better PR.

I think our jar of “Swazi Fire” (weapons grade chilli sauce from the kingdom of Eswatini) got quietly disposed of as being too lethal to keep in the house. Pity…. Would have been worth a punt.