[AG-EQ] Don't be so hasty JB!

[dogwood farm]

Hay Jewel,

Why not mix a bit of the dog food with some of the mice/rat food and
see what happens.

Susan

On 7/8/20, Tracy Carcione via AG-EQ <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If they like meat, does that mean they are rats?  Do mice eat meat?
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AG-EQ [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via AG-EQ
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 9:26 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Cc: Jewel
> Subject: Re: [AG-EQ] Don't be so hasty JB!
>
> I am not sure if my unwanted lodgers are still paying overnight calls or
> not.  I put out two
> helpings of the new food in different places last night:  one on the table
> in the kitchen cum
> utility room, and the second on the kitchen bench where Pearl did find what
> she took to be mouse
> droppings, but neither of my kind offerings were touched!
> Tonight, I will put out some dog meat for which I know that they have a
> liking and that should tell
> me if they are still about.
>
>          Jewel
>
>
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> From: "dogwood farm via AG-EQ" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2020 3:39 AM
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> Cc: "dogwood farm" <dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [AG-EQ] Don't be so hasty JB!
>
> Jewel,
>
> You need to let your rodent friends know that you will set up a
> feeding station elsewhere if they will agree to stay out of your
> house!
>
> Susan
>
> On 7/6/20, Tracy Carcione via AG-EQ <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> That's a great answer!
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AG-EQ [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via
>> AG-EQ
>> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2020 9:51 PM
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> Cc: Jewel
>> Subject: [AG-EQ] Don't be so hasty JB!
>>
>> I was lulled into a sense of false hope when, for the first two nights of
>> putting the scrummy blocks
>> out for my uninvited and unwanted guests, and having them wolfed down,
>> and
>> then for three nights,
>> said yummy blocks were left untouched, I got the impression that they:
> said
>> lodgers  were gone, but
>> last night, without touching the food I had, so thoughtfully, put out for
>> them, they had a right
>> royal dash and bash on the table, and the kitchen bench:  at long last,
>> Pearl has found small
>> droppings indicating that they are mice or baby rats.  The lidded plastic
>> salt container was on the
>> floor:  a tin of ointment was on the floor:  mixed vegetables were on the
>> floor:  goodness knows
>> where they got hold of them as the only mixed vegetables that I am aware
> of
>> having are, safely, in
>> the fridge.
>> I had doubts about the effectiveness of the KiwiCare product from the
>> very
>> first time I used it.  I
>> said that being "Kiwicare" if the rodents brandished valid Kiwi
>> passports,
>> they would be given the
>> freedom of the tabletop, and now, it seems, the kitchen bench without any
>> threat to their
>> wellbeing!!!
>> I rang Mitre10 to exchange the new box of KiwiCare bait that I had just
>> bought for a different sort,
>> so tomorrow night:  M10 only deliver on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we shall
>> see
>> what the outcome is.
>> When arranging the swap, I asked Andrew, without expecting that he could
>> give an answer:  why was it
>> that I was surrounded by intelligent animals?  firstly, Guideon and now a
>> horde of unnamed rodents.
>> To my surprise, he was able to answer my question:  "Perhaps, they are
>> attracted to intelligent
>> people!!!"
>> How was that for an "off the cuff" answer?
>>          Jewel
>>
>>
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