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Chiyo-chichi

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24. I'd like to hear more about your rat experience...

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 10:53 AM

Apr 2020

Mice are also the bane of my existence. I don't have them at my house, but I'm somehow in charge of the battle against them at a home where part of my family lives. It's a heavily wooded area and lots of mice come inside. The only time they didn't have a problem was when a black king snake took up residence in the basement.
Did you have a pair of free-roaming rats in a house? If so, were they both male or female? My fear would be that I'd swap a mouse infestation for a rat infestation.

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LOL +1 BeckyDem Apr 2020 #25

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Release the cats dalton99a Apr 2020 #3

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Good thinking. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #11

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I thought you we talking about Republicans. n/t Raven Apr 2020 #12

Same - I figured the headline used a metaphor. crickets Apr 2020 #15

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maybe they start eating mice. mopinko Apr 2020 #17

I'd like to hear more about your rat experience... Chiyo-chichi Apr 2020 #24

no no. i didnt invite them. mopinko Apr 2020 #42

"Cannibalism, rat battles, infantcide", they say this like its a bad thing, lol Baclava Apr 2020 #16

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