Oh Snap!

[HolyMoly]

The Kangaroo rats are kind of cool, I try not to kill those (are they still protected?). They mostly hang out at the horse property, not our house.

Uhhh hmmm, cough cough, I'm told they are easier to kill since they kind of "hop" along, as opposed to a full on sprint by the ghetto rats. Had one get into the house and simply used a broom to fling him , like a hockey puck, out the front door.

The kangaroo rats/mice are still protected in some areas. I trapped a HUGE one in a glue trap. It was so big, I actually didn't know what it was as it looked like a small koala bear! But the rear legs gave it away. The mice and rats stay away from the house for the most part. I find them up around my chickens...they try to chew their way into feed bins. I use the electric traps and have great results with that. I did catch a mouse in the house with the vacuum cleaner...he was trying to hide in the pantry, so I pulled out the Dyson and got him!!! And he was still alive! We gave him a pool party in a 5 gallon bucket!

The mice/rats occasionally get under the hoods of vehicles and eat wires...especially the lower clearance trucks and cars. If you pop the hood, they tend to not bother the engine...but the transmission is another story.

[ChumpChange]

Just bought some more gear.

[C-2]

Just bought some more gear.

Dang...lol, happy hunting!

[ChumpChange]

Dang...lol, happy hunting!

The fun will start this weekend. Gardeners come tomorrow so I'll have a nice fresh playground.

[C-2]

Got anotherr little one, I think they are Kangaroo rats, had to break out the shillelagh to finish it off; trap is too big. Daughter was blowing up my phone to tell me she heard the trap go off.

Father/daughter bonding

[C-2]

Oh look, he's sleeping. How cute

[C-2]

Oh these bastards.

Man, they got me good.

So early last week I heard some bustling around in the laundry room. So I closed the door to the house, opened the door to the garage and raised hell with the machines, and yup, a little bastard ran out from a machine. Rather than kill it, I forced it out into the garage.

After all, these are the cute little Kangaroo rats.

So last Friday evening I started my weekend by feeding my horses a little later than usual (already dark), and was met with one of my horses down. When a horse goes down, it's usually not much different than a car accident. Got the horse up, assessed it and found the problem, went home after several hours.

Whew, time for a coffee on Saturday morning...

Then my daughter called and said the house was flooding. So I hauled ass back home (as best we could through the streets of Norco, lol).

I arrived home, opened the washer, saw it was full of water and still running. Turned it off and assesssed the water damage - standing water in my hallway, master bedroom and daughters room. We jumped into action with a couple of wet vacs and every dry towel and rag we had. Damage looks minimal, nothing to call Servepro over, and certainly no homeowners insurance claim. I like living in my house, and not a hotel for months, lol.

So our Saturday morning continued… back over to the horses and now two of them had issues. Great.

But, I told wifey, at least we dodged a bullet with the washing machine - I checked it out and the drain was clogged. All better now....

Uhh, wrong, washer still fawked up. Dang, everything was wet.

"Gawd damn thing is only a year old" I yelled at G.E. customer service. And what about the damage it caused? So they set an appointment for this past Thursday.

On Wednesday, I noticed the smell of funk. OK, standing water in the washer, I guessed. But, towards about noon the smell was getting stronger, so I fiddled with the broken washer and noticed the water coming from it did not smell. WTF?

So I cracked a few bottom screws and saw some rat droppings in the water pan.

Uh oh, I knew where this was going....rat bastards chewed something up and the repair would not be covered under warranty.

So I checked out the machine from top to bottom and noticed the small was really strong by the control panel. Huh?

Yup, dead little fucker behind the control knobs. Double W-T-F.

Oh, and look, a chewed-thru water pressure line.

So one of those cute little bastards crawled up into the control panel area and chewed through the water line….then died. Not sure how or why the rat died, but it did.

So $5 for hose, $25 for overnight shipping and 10 minutes later – the washer works again.

No more Mr. Nice Guy.

[riverrunner1984]

Oh these bastards.

Man, they got me good.

So early last week I heard some bustling around in the laundry room. So I closed the door to the house, opened the door to the garage and raised hell with the machines, and yup, a little bastard ran out from a machine. Rather than kill it, I forced it out into the garage.

After all, these are the cute little Kangaroo rats.

So last Friday evening I started my weekend by feeding my horses a little later than usual (already dark), and was met with one of my horses down. When a horse goes down, it's usually not much different than a car accident. Got the horse up, assessed it and found the problem, went home after several hours.

Whew, time for a coffee on Saturday morning...

Then my daughter called and said the house was flooding. So I hauled ass back home (as best we could through the streets of Norco, lol).

I arrived home, opened the washer, saw it was full of water and still running. Turned it off and assesssed the water damage - standing water in my hallway, master bedroom and daughters room. We jumped into action with a couple of wet vacs and every dry towel and rag we had. Damage looks minimal, nothing to call Servepro over, and certainly no homeowners insurance claim. I like living in my house, and not a hotel for months, lol.

So our Saturday morning continued… back over to the horses and now two of them had issues. Great.

But, I told wifey, at least we dodged a bullet with the washing machine - I checked it out and the drain was clogged. All better now....

Uhh, wrong, washer still fawked up. Dang, everything was wet.

"Gawd damn thing is only a year old" I yelled at G.E. customer service. And what about the damage it caused? So they set an appointment for this past Thursday.

On Wednesday, I noticed the smell of funk. OK, standing water in the washer, I guessed. But, towards about noon the smell was getting stronger, so I fiddled with the broken washer and noticed the water coming from it did not smell. WTF?

So I cracked a few bottom screws and saw some rat droppings in the water pan.

Uh oh, I knew where this was going....rat bastards chewed something up and the repair would not be covered under warranty.

So I checked out the machine from top to bottom and noticed the small was really strong by the control panel. Huh?

Yup, dead little fucker behind the control knobs. Double W-T-F.

Oh, and look, a chewed-thru water pressure line.

So one of those cute little bastards crawled up into the control panel area and chewed through the water line….then died. Not sure how or why the rat died, but it did.

So $5 for hose, $25 for overnight shipping and 10 minutes later – the washer works again.

No more Mr. Nice Guy.

That sucks! I have an outdoor kegerator in my back yard with the tap built into my granite counter. The damn rats chewed through the beer line between the keg and the counter. I swear it is the smallest little space and how they fit it beyond me.

[ChumpChange]

No snap needed for this one. Dog.

[C-2]

No snap needed for this one. Dog.

Now that's a rat!

What type of dog?

I'm gonna guess, white guy...banker...Porsche....Golden Retiever?