Sorry you've been dealing with illness. Same here. So far, GD, GS, and Hubby. Good to have a cat that will hunt rats. That snap must have hurt... a lot! Are you having any luck with a snap trap? Good score on the pumpkins. I have 2 big field pumpkins. Gave them the first one a few days ago, and they are carving it into a grotesque figure! Head lamp: hubby and I were at Lowes the other day, looking for a replacement one for me. Mine keeps quitting on me. Agreed that a red light is a must for our uses. However, of the ones that we saw, only the lower powered one had the red lamp. But, it's adequate if the bateries are fresh.Lots of illness going round. My Mum came down with the flu Thanksgiving Day. I got the call to come help with dinner! Thankfully, she had already put the bird in the oven. It was truly a team effort getting dinner on the table--me, DD, son's GF & my dad. Dad--God love him--just kept doing dishes as we cooked.
My girls have had 2 turkey carcasses. We do "Worksgiving" at the office. My boss cooks the turkey. As we were cleaning up, he says, "I suppose you want the carcass for the girls?" He's a good guy--grew up on a dairy farm. So they got anything that we were throwing away. Again, people were amazed that I fed them turkey. I said turkey & chicken are 2 of their favorite foods.
Love those eggs, bucka!!
Miss Kitty (a neighbor cat) comes to hunt the rats every night. I don't know if she gets anything but I've been leaving the play yard gate open for her. I'm going to leave a little feed out there to see if I can lure the rats her way. I'm taking all food & water in at night. Hoping to starve the little *&(%$#@ rats! Snapped my hand in a trap the other night. Thankfully I had gloves on so only a small bruise.
diana507--Good Luck with your girl! I agree with SCG on returning her to the flock. Lots of treats and distractions! They're like 2 year oldsAnd put her on the roost under the cover of darkness. That has always worked well for me.
I scored a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins!! On my way to work, there was a shop that had filled their window boxes with all sizes. I had been meaning to stop & ask them what they were going to do with them after Halloween. They put up their Christmas decorations and put a Free tag on all the pumpkins. Woohoo!!
Anyone have a recommendation for a good, bright headlamp? I was asking my dad about one. He said "Whadda ya want...a miner's helmet?" I said, YES!!
