Posted on 09/14/2013 8:43:02 AM PDT by shove_it
Why the chagrin? They all voted for him.
From the article...
“First Lady Barbara Bush once was taking her daily swim in the pool on the South Lawn when she was joined by a rat that “did not look like a Walt Disney friend, I’ll tell you that.” She told reporters “it was enormous.” She credited her springer spaniel, Millie, and her husband, the president, with rescuing her and drowning the rat.”
This is a true story, but actually, the secret service agents with them were not sure what to do. President Bush took a pistol from one of the agents and shot the rat himself.
Apparently, America is being bugged by creatures equally as vile as the NSA.
I’ve never heard of using tootsie rolls for bait. Thanks, I will try that and hope you’re not just joking around.
I’ve used marshmallows and cat food in my Raccoon trap, but all I have caught is a rat, a stray cat and one of my chickens. LOL
The Wildlife cops are going to set up a Cougar trap on my property and hopes of trapping a mountain lion that has already taken over 50 of my birds..... we are going to use an old but live chicken as bait.... poor girl.
They are also what the presidential puppy leaves on the floor.
So now we ought to refer to the White House as the Roach Hotel? That seems appropriate given the kind of occupants currently occupying the place.
Tootsie Rolls work great. If you’re using the classic victor type traps, what you do is bite a tootsie roll in half, chew it a little so it softens up, then put it on the bait holder. It hardens back up so it’s more difficult for the mouse to nibble it without tripping it like they might do with some softer baits like cheese and peanut butter. For whatever reason, mice seem to love them (to death) :-)
Many years ago at my aunt and uncle’s old farmhouse, i noticed a mousetrap by the kitchen table. It had a piece of dried cheese. My aunt was frustrated that she hadn’t been able to catch the mouse that she had seen. We were eating popcorn at the time. I snuck a piece of popcorn and put it on the trap very carefully. 5 mins later we hear a noise in the kitchen. The mouse was caught by its tail, still holding the popcorn.
The last half is sucker, not roach.
I’ll give ‘em a try. I’ll get to eat a couple Tootsie Rolls myself. ;>)
We don’t have mice anymore, I think the rats ate them. Do rats like Tootsie Rolls?
That is a funny story. ;>)
We own an old farmhouse that was built in the late 1800s. It was a postoffice from 1906 to 1911. It was a schoolhouse for awhile, a dairy, a blacksmith shop, and a home for many generations. Perhaps the mice come here for the history. ;>)
I might get a cat, but I am not sure that my GSD would like that.
My 3 Jack Russel Terriers and my Black Mouth Cur all want to go up into the attic and take care of the problem. All I can think of is what they would do to the insulation. They catch one in the yard occasionally and I think that will have to do. :)
But that’s not important right now...
Picture evidence of why there are vermin in the White House. The Obama family using an ottoman as a table full of food and plates. No respect for the People’s House.
http://www.frumforum.com/obamas-are-first-to-document-normal-lives/
"They look like a Norman Rockwell illustration. What’s the problem? Enjoying snacks and watching TV AS A FAMILY. Give the dysfunctional nature of the recent GOP occupants of that residence I can see why conservatives would be upset at the normalcy of the Obamas’ family life."
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