“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
Luckily you can do that with rats. It's turns out the aptly named Roof Rat is climbing up onto our roof and crawling in through an opening in our attic that the contractor accidentally created when they put on the new roof we requested they put on before we moved in. The rats have never made it into our house because they are quite happy in the attic warming themselves and breeding. So basically, the rats are using our house as a hostel/swingers club.
We hired an exterminator to take care of them so hopefully we will be rat free in a month or so. Before I learned so much about rats I had just assumed there was someone you could call that would find and kill any unwanted pests in your house on the spot. I also assumed this person would be a very limited actor with an Austrian accent. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Like most things in life rat removal is a process with very little fireworks and much drudgery. But like life it should pay off in the end.
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It has been a very rough week and I am glad that our rodent problem is one problem that has an easy solution.
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I have to tell you that your quote today really hit me. Can I use it??
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you had a rough week.
If it helps any, Jay and I have had to set traps and kill our rats, mice, etc. for years. It's not a fun thing - glad you could find an exterminator.
I hear rats make nice pets. Also, they spread the black plague. Sweet dreams!
ReplyDeleteFeel free, Marie, since I stole it from someone else.
ReplyDeleteHaving to deal with mice over the years, the most long term solutions have to do with finding where they are getting in and eliminating their access.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have done that, so you should be rat free now. Yay!