max&emmasmommie
Member Since 2012
Thanks for all the congrats from everyone about Max's relocation to the Falls! It is a miracle, and a double miracle has happened -- Emma is sleeping* through the night! (anti-jinx). Now, to get her potty trained! At the end of October she will be 18 months old. *For those of you who haven't experienced this miracle, sleeping through the night means until 6:30 a.m. Hey, I gotta take what I can get around here! Eight-thirty to 6:30 ain't so bad! Now I have to learn to get to bed at 8:30, and I'll get my requisite 10 hours. Gotta keep dreamin,' right?
I bought a Have-a-Hart trap yesterday in "native wood rat" size. This is going to interesting. These adorable little guys are all over my property! They are known as pack-rats, and they build elaborate structures made of sticks, and anything else they can find, in which to live. They also like shiny things. So, their nests are full of all sorts of stuff including jewelry. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these little things when I catch them. They carry the Hanta Virus, but it's very rare in So Cal. I have to soak their nests in bleach water before I can clean them out. I'm going to take precautions, of course, but I have to figure out a way to control these rats. They climb up on my balcony, across my gutters, and then leap from the house to a tree limb, and back. They have built nests in most of the structures here, and I'm worried they will get into the attic of the house. They have no interest in coming in the house or eating people food as regular rats do thank goodness!
They are so cute:
(See: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...tsUL-SO-TD2QXl1oGAAg&ved=0CEoQ9QEwCQ&dur=3475).
I bought a Have-a-Hart trap yesterday in "native wood rat" size. This is going to interesting. These adorable little guys are all over my property! They are known as pack-rats, and they build elaborate structures made of sticks, and anything else they can find, in which to live. They also like shiny things. So, their nests are full of all sorts of stuff including jewelry. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these little things when I catch them. They carry the Hanta Virus, but it's very rare in So Cal. I have to soak their nests in bleach water before I can clean them out. I'm going to take precautions, of course, but I have to figure out a way to control these rats. They climb up on my balcony, across my gutters, and then leap from the house to a tree limb, and back. They have built nests in most of the structures here, and I'm worried they will get into the attic of the house. They have no interest in coming in the house or eating people food as regular rats do thank goodness!
They are so cute:
(See: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...tsUL-SO-TD2QXl1oGAAg&ved=0CEoQ9QEwCQ&dur=3475).
