I have a cat but he is a senior and indoor. We have a chihuahua too, but he doesn't seem that interested and I don't want him getting sick going after them.
Unfortunately we had some rats and mice get in our house through the crawl space right at the end of COVID. I had traps everywhere and we caught dozens upon dozens. It was bad. They just breed so fast. Had to go with poison stations. Problem was over in a week. I never cared if they were outside, but can't have them in the house. I also do not use herbicide or pesticide.
Something ate the only strawberry which was growing!! Im thinking this is going to be a frequent issue, maybe I need to put some kind of net around it?
Speaking of Voles being a problem for houses, rats are horrible. Had some insane mutant rats which chewed through the metal grate to get into the crawl space and didn’t even know about it until it was a big problem. Called the business “Killers” and they came out and re-patched everything and laid bait stations around the house. No issues with them since, but they frequently visit the bait stations and eat the poison. The neighborhood is fairly compact, and there’s some decent sized wilderness, and the river is nearby as well. Lots of condos across the area with garbage dumpsters, so I’m not surprised that there would be a lot of them around.
Got rid of outdoor water dispenser. Lashanna can come in through the cat door if she is thirsty and it was attracting other critters.
Pumpkins are feast or famine. Either get only one or two or bushels. This looks like a bushels year. Looks like I will be filling freezer with pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pancakes, stuffed pumpkin...
Wait. I thought it was coffee grounds? Did i mix up drug smuggling with body burying in my criminals for dummies handbook????
Got 4 more field mice. Just redid the traps and put poison out for the first time. In their little bait stations only they can get to. We will see what happens.
