CRIP 4376the Kness Mfg. Co. mouse trap.
Wouldn't John Allen have had fun naming the resulting 'establishments'? Especially with the drowning attachment deployed (although the OP said he 'hated to kill them', others might be much less reluctant if the 'catch' were disposable...) Designs by Ironside and Malone, classical neo-Georgian features with the efficiency of modern techniques ... say no more! Know what I mean?
I'm here and say thanks to all responses. I've been busy setting traps and building and planting new trees as my pike looks like a hurricane hit it. I do usually respond to my posts.
Howard ZaneMy pike looks like a hurricane hit it.
That is a tragedy. I hope it is all going to be quick and easy to fix.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
WPinMDGet a cat!
CRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pellets
NO! NO! NO!
Poison kills rodent. Dog, cat, birds and any other animal that may like a meat treat eats rodent is killed by the poison the rodent ate. Being married to a Vet that I have accompanied on many late-night emergencies only to have to watch a beloved pet die an agonizing death because it ate a dead mouse it found full of rodent poison.
One of our Golden Retrievers grabbed a dead mouse on a walk and swallowed it before we could get it from her and spent a week in intensive care clinging to life, she survived but it took its toll and she has never been the same.
How many times have you seen a bird eating a carcass of a dead rodent? Don't we do enough damage to this planet without poisoning the wildlife just because we are too lazy to empty a trap?
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMANCRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pelletsNO! NO! NO!
In the olden days of red-squill extract and 'warfarin', there was relatively less danger of 'pet' toxicity -- but a very stupid (in my opinion) choice was made in the second-generation anticoagulants, particularly bradifacoum. Mercifully this was taken off the market a half-decade ago, but its replacement (a form of vitamin D3) has its own toxicities ... and perhaps tellingly, the Merck Manual says that 'relay toxicosis ... has not been documented.'
Overmod BATMAN CRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pellets NO! NO! NO! To better substantiate this, read the relevant sections in the Merck Veterinary Manual. In the olden days of red-squill extract and 'warfarin', there was relatively less danger of 'pet' toxicity -- but a very stupid (in my opinion) choice was made in the second-generation anticoagulants, particularly bradifacoum. Mercifully this was taken off the market a half-decade ago, but its replacement (a form of vitamin D3) has its own toxicities ... and perhaps tellingly, the Merck Manual says that 'relay toxicosis ... has not been documented.'
BATMAN CRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pellets NO! NO! NO!
To better substantiate this, read the relevant sections in the Merck Veterinary Manual.
Rich
Alton Junction
Let me know how that works for ya'
Whoopie by Edmund, on Flickr
Negotiating.
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman Whoopie by Edmund, on Flickr
richhotrainLooks like they are best friends.
It was actually a professional relationship. The mouse was in therapy after being turned down for a role in a Disney movie.
richhotrainLOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer.
Overmod richhotrain LOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer. Yes, they amount to the same. But some people might treat Batman's as an opinion.
richhotrain LOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer.
Yes, they amount to the same. But some people might treat Batman's as an opinion.
richhotrainThat may or may not be true, but Batman's post is a heck of a lot easier to understand.