Er, I am reasonably fluent in English- English translations but this is beyond my limited abilities. Please explain the following terms:
Railway cottage. Was that a house that used to be rolling stock? I do not understand the link between cottage and railway.
Neoprene waders- I want to guess on this one Alex.... are those rubber boots?
Leathers. ??
Garden [English] = yard [American] Got that one.
Colonial / Ex- Colonial squirrels. ?? Gray Squirrels? Are they from the new world and not native to England?
You are not doing the can on a string thing right- the can is really a plastic bottle, and the string is really a steel rod. The can / string thing is just a test to see if rodents can climb a rope and they most certainly can. Stop testing them and get to killing them. :-)
Poison is OK but only if there is no chance of any pet getting to it. Personally, I would not bother and just go with the improved 'string on a can' method mentioned above.
DR everyday. What is DR? Does DR not come in a two- day version? Is DR not available in a trans- dermal, one per week, patch?
I LOVE writing back and forth with Limeys! (that is not an insult, merely slang for what we call you- sorta' like you calling us Yanks).
Brian
Our house is an 1860 railway cottage with stone and flint walls.Plenty of cracks for the little fart knockers to get in. And its been a regular winter sport putting down poison and traps. To date, the little feckers have eaten - £100 worth of neoprene waders, £150 leathers ..(.well, not just nibbled away at the leather and waders but they do tend to **** on everything too) and a tent.
This winter hasn't gotten off too bad yet. 2 nil to me so far.We have rats in the garden sometimes but the air rifle gets them...and those pesky grey colonial..ex-colonial squirrels. I tried the can on a bit of string over the bucket idea and just lost loads of peanut butter. One idea I had was adding antifreeze to the peanut butter (no people around by us, so no issues) - no holds barred when it comes to rodents.
I use the DR every day and check both bikes and the garage for poop etc and annihilate as required. No prisoners and no quarter