Recently I wrote about the proliferation, or population explosion, of rats here in the Pacific Northwest. You can read that here. I will tell you right now, that this increase in rats is not a problem at my house. First off, inside the house we have the three boys. And while they look a bit lazy in the photo, they are real animals when it comes to anything that looks like rodents -- even toy rodents. In fact, the boys are actually the second line of defense. They are from feral stock in the neighborhood orignally and, while we managed to get most of their family members on the outside neutered or spayed, the boys have a number of other family members, including mom and dad, who are still mainly feral and they live in the backyard. I would give someone a better chance of breaking into Fort Knox than a rat getting through this gauntlet of felines. Thanks for stopping by, Steven L. Smith
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Hi Steven, excellent photo of the "rat pack", Persephone, my office cat, loved it!
Looks to be the pur-r-r-rfect treatment for those pesky rodents...
I bet Nutsy doesn't show up much...
You have quite a zoo there! What did you "spray" those family members outside with?
Jay,
There are those who think the boys have similar familiy traits. They look the same but personalities sure differ except when they sleep.
"while we managed to get most of their family members on the outside neutered or..."
Red Rover Red Rover, send Nutsy right over. heheh
Kate,
You are out of control and need to take your meds.
I was teasing you Steve - you said "sprayed" in the post and I think you meant "spayed." Hence my obnoxious comment.
Jay,
I am having font problems on my computer. I had to get a new video card and, despite changing settings, everything is tiny. So I had not noticed that. Thanks and I fixed it.
Hi Steven, I'll bet on the cats over the rats.