it has triggered a fenn twice and a "big nipper" 3 times without getting dead
since i changed to "hand feeding" the birds on the sill rather than feeders and scattering rat has been hungry, it had 2 nights digging cold wet soil to glean a few seeds, that makes baiting easier
if it was a less urban location it would have been shot ages ago
since it just escaped its christmas pressie it has not been in the box of doom
i was seeking gleanings but the new avian restaurant is very tidy and so it has been a bit "underfed"
day before yesterday i saw it drinking in daylight which is odd as most food is wet at the mo.
the thirst is a classic symptom of " eating something that disagreed with him " or " a surfeit of lampreys " or " a brush with livia "
it was looking a bit poorly and has been unobserved since
ps i recon "a brush with livia " and "cooking with fritz" would be ace pitches as titles to a minor tv channel, after paying for the pilot they might bottle it but some might not
Seems someone else went the poison route then having got even more fed up with it than you. Hopefully the bird restaurant and Sammison home will be back in working order soon.
still no eyeball or fresh trail/spoor from the rat,
muttkin was pointing to something nasty in the woodshed last night but that may have been live, poorly or dead, tt did not wish to discover the details
if that is what has happened at least it will be no rat no problem
i might try easy food tomorrow and see if it is just being quiet or if it is no longer on active service
if it did get poisoned elsewhere i cannot smell it yet, but it is a bit chilly here and the most probably nest positions might be mummifying it rather than making stinky dead rat soup
this is the biggest gap without eyeball since it got evicted from the ex hotel and moved here
Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 5860 Location: New England (In the US of A)
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 21 1:57 am Post subject:
I don't remember if you had addressed them previously, but a friend is very excited about Victor electric mouse and rat traps.
almost a week with no eyeball and several days with no sounds or hound interest for hunting mutts these things are "above rats, we have terriers for that", divas
dear mutt we do not have a terrier, you bark at them and your princess fetched them back as potential slippers
to think gone would be nice but a bit longer to observed would be prudent
sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 6916 Location: Just south of north.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 21 9:03 am Post subject:
Fingers crossed DPack. Let's hope the critter has gone.
it may not have gone even if it has passed, still no sign of it so it is probably no longer a problem
it might have bought a cypriot passport and moved somewhere less hostile, it is/was the sort of rat that could find a wad of cash and some moody paperwork to improve its lot
first one to beat me in single combat for a long time
sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 6916 Location: Just south of north.
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