Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

Ask Simon if you can borrow his Cat,

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Ask Simon if you can borrow his Cat,

Thanks GQ. Can you see Simon's Cat lowering himself to catch mice?

Actually I just received a cuddly Simon's Cat as a reward for crowdfunding a Simon's Cat film. However, I expect the mice would rip him apart to use for bedding.

greenbee

Bait your traps with raisins dipped in peanut butter. And set them so they go off if you breathe near them. Look round the house for mouse poo - you may need more than two traps. If you have lots you may have to resort to poison.

pineapple

Not to worry you or anything but teeth marks on the plastic? Could it be rats? :eek:

greenbee

pineapple wrote: »

Not to worry you or anything but teeth marks on the plastic? Could it be rats? :eek:

Could be - but I had mice that chewed through the dishwasher outlet hose.

Look for the poo... mouse poo is teeny tiny. Rat poo isn't.

pineapple

Had to get to Hawes from Kirkby Stephen today for some urgent dog meds. Couldn't have made it yesterday due to flooding and it is all set to kick off again. The ground is saturated and just can't hold any more water.
The cottages by the river have been putting up flood defences today. Again. They still aren't recovered from last time. And the farm which has now been badly flooded twice has been busy with a digger building a huge wall of earth covered with plastic.
On Monday there are plans to dredge the river which has built up in recent years. Apparently there used to be regular dredging/maintenance. All the lusty young men from the village will be there. Pineapple might have to apply full lip gloss and check on progress. :rotfl:
Everyone has been getting stocked up. To think it was snow we were worried about for this time of year..

calicocat

Just popping in to say I hope Eva doesn't cause too much damage to those in the west, and stay safe people.

I can't believe that same area is being hit again...! Hope everyone stays well.

Ryanna2599

Karmacat wrote: »

David is an online mate of mine and he's given permission to let me reproduce his announcement of his new kindle book, which I can do here on mse because its got a nice lengthy period when its free to download:

"On 23 December I’ll be releasing a new book – ‘Personal Survival Kits and how to use them effectively’ It will be FREE on Kindle from 23rd to 27th and then from the 28th will be available on Kindle for £2.99 or in print from Amazon at £4.99. The print version has lots more pictures.

Merry Christmas all and to anyone who downloads or buys, I hope you enjoy."

If anyone wants to know his author website, just pm me.

Thanks Karmacat - I've just downloaded the book. Lots of reading awaits

Here's a quick link if anyone else is interested: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Personal-Survival-Kits-them-effectively-ebook/dp/B019N07BAO

Lindlou

Thanks for the reminder. Off to do it now.........:beer:

jk0

greenbee wrote: »

Bait your traps with raisins dipped in peanut butter. And set them so they go off if you breathe near them. Look round the house for mouse poo - you may need more than two traps. If you have lots you may have to resort to poison.

Thanks guys. It's a bit hard to distinguish mouse poo from tea leaves in my bin.

The little bugg*r has been chewing at my new bin bag overnight, but ignored the pre-baited mouse traps. I think I'll try the traditional ones baited as above.