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Dr Bruce[_4_]

wrote:

> There is a serious rat infestation in our neighborhood. It started
> years ago thanks to all the diligent backyard gardeners, open compost
> piles and chickens. Ive had them in my house a couple of times. Im
> now as good as any pest control company in eliminating them from
> houses. But theyve still been in and under my garden shed complex.
> This year I decided to get serious.
>
> Step one was installing strong 1/4€³ wire mesh over any openings, at
> the rafters, eves, windows, etc. Then I covered any holes in the wood
> and at any gaps with sheet metal. That should keep them out, which is
> really the key to dealing with rats in houses or any structures. But
> theyve also created a warren of tunnels to nest in the gavel under
> the concrete slab the shed sits on. Yes, Ive baited and trapped (I
> found two desiccated carcasses today). But theres always more under
> there. So I decided to gas them.
>
> I covered up all the various openings to this warren with 3/8€³ minus
> gravel, except this one. I had an old 3€³ dryer vent laying around;
> one end went into the last hole, the other I cut and firmly attached
> wired on to the muffler of the recently found (at the curb) fresh B&S
> engine which I mounted on my beloved lightweight aluminum 60s
> Montgomery Ward mower, and let it run for almost half an hour.
>
> Tomorrow morning I will check all the gravel-covered openings to see
> if anyone survived and dug themselves out. Im betting not.
>
> This is one job an electric mower would not have been capable of.

Facsinating. I fingered my ass for 30 minutes today.

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