When we woke up this morning, we found a "gift" on our welcome mat - an eye opening welcome indeed. Experience has taught us to look before taking that first step out of the door as we get these gifts a lot, especially in the fall and spring.
That is not a very good picture. Fortunately I have a close up.
Welcome!
Rats! I hate rats. Our home is in the country and there is a 120 acre field across the road from our house that hasn't been plowed in a couple of years that is a haven for rats and other critters. On the back border to our house is a small island of woods that also serves as a habitat for rats. Their long tails and beady eyes and the fact that they are just gross and carry disease makes me try my best to eradicate every single one that I see. Fortunately we have two ferocious rat killers on the payroll here at Our Maker's Acres Family Farm:
Christie |
Sheltie |
We love our cats and take care of them and they, in turn, take care of things around the farm. Now we do feed them each day, but we feed them just enough to provide a safety net. We want them hungry. If they weren't hungry, they would lay around all day lounging and being lazy and not hunt and the rat population would grow. We want to encourage a good work ethic and initiative instead of laziness and dependence. Hmmm... Sounds like that philospophy could be applied elsewhere, but I digress.
Hunters are fueling up with Meow Mix |
Rats on the rafters = target practice |
Go ahead, make my day. |
The neat thing is you can shoot the rifle loaded with these inside the barn and it doesn't blow holes through the sides of the barn. It just blows holes through the sides of the rats! It knocks them dead out of the rafters and coupled with the cats serves to end the rat problem on the farm. Oh happy day!
As a girl rat hunting with a co2 BB gun…. I just learned that I can shoot my 22! Made my day!
ReplyDeletehey how can I get rats off my mind bc I was watching a movie and it was scary and now Im really scared SOS.
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