i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

[pollipazzi]

i just put a whole bunch of cotton wool bits in a little tub and dumped peppermint oil on them and stirred it up with some cinnamon. i stuck all the bits in the ridges of the roofing on the wall. that's surely where the mouse is coming in. maybe i should feed him so he gets fat and can't fit through the hwc!

 

[RoyalChick]

don't they have anywhere else to go? they have to ruin all the fun. are you still having trouble with them? did the treadle feeders help?

i think thelma (possibly both) would starve to death if they had to use a treadle feeder. thelma probably weighs the same as the mouse

No. Rats are gone. The mint incident was before the treadle feeders.
I have a very small hen who has trouble with the feeder so she waits for someone bigger to open it and eats alongside them.

 

[pollipazzi]

No. Rats are gone. The mint incident was before the treadle feeders.
I have a very small hen who has trouble with the feeder so she waits for someone bigger to open it and eats alongside them.

wow! that's great news! do you think the feeder is what did it?

poor small hen.

oh! here comes the storm that they have been saying was supposed to start last night. they are as slow as my feeder timer.

 

[BDutch]

No, peppermint here.


I zoomed in on our neighbours cat this afternoon. He was chasing something, couldn’t see what.

An hour later I was on our lawn to install a cable for the lights in the outdoor Xmas tree.

Guess what I found.
It was dead.
Brown.
Had a long naked tail.
Was lying on its back.

…

A rat …

 

[pollipazzi]

No, peppermint here.


I zoomed in on our neighbours cat this afternoon. He was chasing something, couldn’t see what.

An hour later I was on our lawn to install a cable for the lights in the outdoor Xmas tree.

Guess what I found.
It was dead.
Brown.
Had a long naked tail.
Was lying on its back.

…

A rat …

did you put it in a bag?