I tell my wife everything, everything. But sometimes I shouldn't. See my wife is a worrier and scaredy cat. I dont think I'm going to tell her about the rat I just caught on a trap
Tell her. You might be a hero. My wife spotted a mouse in our out door stove this morning. As I was chasing them out with a stick and killing the babies one by one. The moma dropped out and tried running the other way with two babies still attached. My wife of 21 years Stomped her and the babies dead. One shot Final score this morning: Mike 3 Wife 3 Mice 0
She jumped around a little and acted grossed out. I really think she was dancing with joy and couldn't contain her excitement. Educate your wife on how many terrible diseases that mice and rats carry, and how sick your kids could get. She'll be killing them in no time to protect your kids. It's instinct.
I've told her about the poop how it can carry a disease from the air to your lungs. But ignorance is bliss with my wife I dont think I'm going to tell her I caught chucky cheeses brother
...what's attracting them. My first time was walking into horse stall and blocking rat's only way out. Step 1: eliminate food source, in our case it was sweet feed, went to pellets stored in metal trash cans. Horses have lousy digestive systems, rats were having field day. Step 2: Rat traps, .22 birdshot, and CB caps for my Single Six. Guy at feed store said I'd never catch any. Step 3: Shot ones in stall without destroying stall liner. Traps killed rest in a couple weeks, along with those I shot on manure pile where I threw dead ones. They're cannibals. Any left moved on to neighbor's barn and never came back.
My wife keeps a spotless house and kitchen 24/7 so what I think it is, is the shelter from the 100+degree day. I set the trap under my house because I was working under there a noticed a fresh dropping with a piece of hotdog and 2 days later it took. The House is a manufactured house set on top a raised foundation with Jack points under set in concrete too. So there are patches of just dirt since it ain't all concrete. I noticed a hole in the dirt and came to a theory that it came from outside the property and turned it's way in, chapo style. But I DEA's his ass lol
Well it's snakes for me. Yes I live in Australia. I grew up on property, we had snakes. But my wife has mostly lived suburbia, and had only 1 run in with a snake as a small child. She hates em. Not that I am a fan either, especially of #2 on the deadly list, the Eastern Brown. Well she decides a year ago to move to Qld, but I say OK but this time on acreage. We find a lovely house, great property, we buy it, all sweet. We move in. Neighbours come over day 2, in getting to know them they start telling stories of all the snake encounters. Red Bellie in our pool, big Eastern Brown up the backyard etc etc. We had just moved at spring time. i.e baby time. So it's a few days later and my wife is out and I am by our garage and my two dogs disappear into the tress right near our garage. I go to look at what they are getting all excited about and they have a baby eastern brown about 2 foot long bailed up. It's getting all pissed off, they are getting all excited. I call them away and it slithers off (they are usually seeking water). That was 371 days ago. I still have not told my wife. Haven't seen another one yet, and I have removed all standing water and any potential snake hidey holes (ie there was an old wood pile which is now long gone). but yeah this little bit of info is going to the grave with me (and any other sightings that I have). I don't want to move again
Great advice for me. I'm not saying nothing. Nada. Bait up that trap and let another one bite the dust. I don't want to move either, I love this place. And she is similar to your wife who grew up in suburbia. I was always on my uncle's ranch on the other hand. Thanks for your post it sealed the deal.
Ronnie, just tell her, she'll be mad if she finds out you didn't... Two years ago had a skunk tear open some duct work and get in the ventilation system; wow, that was bad. Married 30 years and I'm still learning about a woman. You think you have something figured out and bam, wrongo!!!!!! Mikey
We counted 37 bats coming out of our attic vent 2 nights ago. What the hell am I supposed to do about that?
