tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post5925726139576765412..comments2024-03-21T13:06:46.763-07:00Comments on Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds): Bestia Non GrataSusannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-60945762496098383352008-12-19T10:21:00.000-08:002008-12-19T10:21:00.000-08:00I had a packrat in my root cellar when I lived up ...I had a packrat in my root cellar when I lived up north. Ruined my peanut butter. Ate right through the plastic. (I bought it in 5 gallon drums, those days.)<BR/><BR/>I'd walk in and see those beady eyes staring at me from behind the canning jars. Cute critter, but I resented the loss of the peanut butter.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-33262148200171528042008-12-19T09:51:00.000-08:002008-12-19T09:51:00.000-08:00The only rats I can look at without cringing are n...The only rats I can look at without cringing are <A HREF="http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/full_image.cfm?image_id=1762" REL="nofollow">neotomas</A> (wood rats, a.k.a. packrats). I worked in a lab on campus in college and we bred them for some sort of research. They were really cute (IMO), like giant hamsters. (Sized @ 11-16".)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-42825587103372854052008-12-16T10:53:00.000-08:002008-12-16T10:53:00.000-08:00I read that rodents cannot tolerate red pepper (ca...I read that rodents cannot tolerate red pepper (capsiascum) but that birds are fine with it. I went out and dumped half a bag of red-hot chilaca powder all over the area near the bird feeders.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if you put Tabasco in your compost, whether it would discourage the rats.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30584505.post-51930756243462431712008-12-15T16:58:00.000-08:002008-12-15T16:58:00.000-08:00Black rats seem almost elegant compared to Norway ...Black rats seem almost elegant compared to Norway rats I've been battling for a few weeks now. They came under the fence and made a subterranean assault on the compost bin--what a mess. I've employed a small army of snap traps but still haven't got them all. Last year I had to resort to poison, and I suppose I will again soon if I keep seeing signs. <BR/><BR/>The compost has to go, unfortunately.Hugh Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009591922841705072noreply@blogger.com