Wednesday 23 January 2013

Another Moan!

I am NOT a happy Bunny!


I don't mind the pigeons and I don't even mind squirrels eating the food I put out the the birds, we have all got to eat, but having seagulls sitting on the bird feeder tray just takes the biscuit, literally!  The sole reason of buying the bird feeder in the first place was to try and discourage the seagulls.  I like them in their place at the beach, and they do have characters of their own but really.................

NO! - Todays grievance

We seem to have the distant cousin of the kangaroo invading our house!  Well, we are not sure what it is, it could be a mouse, or it could be a rat we are just not sure, but think this one must be wearing a nappy! Mice and rats tend to leave a trail of poo but there is no evidence of droppings and we are not sure where it is coming in from either, but we know we have a visitor because of the chewed up silver paper in a corner of the room. First, we put chocolate down which disappeared by the next day, so out came the poison. Just as well our eccentric friend didn't see this or we would have had a lecture on cruelty on wildlife, and yes we like wildlife in their own habitat not OURS!  

I have an old pair of shoes that I use to trek up the garden or to go for muddy walks in, and this time of year I keep them under the radiator just to keep the chill off. It was just as well I picked them up first, because over-night our visitor had decided to spew-up the second lot of rat poison in one of them.  The first night all the poison had gone, but the second night only half had gone!




12 comments:

  1. I cant believe you dont have any snow as were not far apart from each other. Blinking seagulls are a pain we ger them here to but not in the garden but out the front we do. Hopefully your little visitor will leave you soon if he has any sense he will or he will be leaving in a box. Good luck, dee xx

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  2. I'm afraid the squirrels aren't welcome on our table either ... after having them in the roof where they caused all manner of damage, I no longer find them even vaguely cute!! Fancy choosing your shoe to spew up in ... was it trying to tell you something??!! Hope you get the little critter soon! M x

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  3. I would quite like to have a seagull visit my garden! I wonder what has been eating the poison? I hope you find out soon!!! x

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  4. Peanut butter is a good catcher for little rodents, DH puts that down when he has to set traps at his workplace. Hope your little visitor is soon gone.

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  5. The rats have been getting very forward of late - they are just about queuing up for breakfast when I feed the chickens! The rat box has been filled ith bait & hopefully that will do the trick. Hope your visitor disappears soon.

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  6. We had 16 woodpigeons eating our birdfood! We have squirrels, one is a very plump lady, so I think we will soon have more. Hope you soon catch your unwanted visitor.
    Carol xx

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  7. Oh my, Julie!...I wonder who the visitor can be?...Hope you find out soon!...I do agree that feeding small birds is a bit of a problem when there are large birds and squirrels around, we have the same problem (but no seagulls I'm happy to say..much as I love them at the beach too!)
    Happy Sunday,
    Susan x

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  8. Rat poison vomit in your shoe?! Eugh!!! Good luck catching the little critter!

    And thanks for the get well wishes :D

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  9. Good luck with nuking that rogue rodent - urghhh nasty things! xxx

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  10. We get sea gulls here too they are such a pain!!!! Xxxxx

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  11. thank you for your comments on my blog, its great knowing someone is out there! we have lots of seagulls here in sidmouth and its such a pain......they are soooo noisy first thing in the morning and descend on anything edible in seconds....but its lovely when the grandkids say things like..."its so nice to hear seagulls when your in the bath nanny " xx x x x

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  12. hope you've found and capgtured whatever it was! I am the same, love wildlife, but not indoors thank you very much. Ironically at our last house I used to throw the old breadcrumbs/crust out the back door for the birds, then we realised this was encouraging the rats onto the patio, and from there, into the house. Both stopped asap.
    As for seagulls, blooming things, they are a pain and a half. Someone did tell me a very nasty trick once involving bread soaked in alkaseltzer - basically they implode from the reaction with the seltzer. Probably one to avoid telling your animal lover friend!

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