Rats

[JacinLarkwell]

Did she tell you she had a tiny belly ache?

She didn't wish to eat all her food that morning, but was fine a few hours later

 

[WindingRoad]

She didn't wish to eat all her food that morning, but was fine a few hours later

Could it have been a headache?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Why would she have a headache?

 

[Mamatomany123]

Could it have been a headache?

....she said it happened 12 years ago. It could have been heartburn for all she knows. I think her main point was that the dog didnt die from eating chocolate.

 

[WindingRoad]

....she said it happened 12 years ago. It could have been heartburn for all she knows. I think her main point was that the dog didnt die from eating chocolate.

Low theobromine.

 

[WindingRoad]

Why would she have a headache?

because she didn't eat. I don't like to eat when I have a headache

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Pretty sure it was a belly ache. It was a king sized bar and she was small rhen. Plus she lived to be eating.

 

[Shezadandy]

Had a Dalmatian who was an escape artist- got out- snuck into the neighbor's house- and ate all the chocolate that had been wrapped under their Xmas tree. Best smelling inevitable mess she ever left - not advocating for dogs to eat chocolate obviously. She was a great pack rat killer.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Well this is a new one. Rats... sh******* themselves to death. I gotta give an A for creativity and I had a good laugh over that mental picture.

But look, getting rid of rodents is very, very, easy. Secure the bulk feed in metal containers. Get a real treadle feeder, install it correctly, never leave it open during training, train the chickens properly from the first day. No more rats in a few days.

You have to have full sized birds of at least two pounds or more and it will take some tweaking to adjust a for a bird that small. You can't safely use a treadle feeder for birds that are too young, not enough weight, not enough reach to get to the feed while standing on the distant treadle.

All the old wives tales of mint, onions, plaster of paris, potato flakes ,and now ex lax aren't going to work. Neither is trapping or poisoning, rodents are too smart. You can't fence them out with a reasonable amount of money.

But when you stop feeding the rats, they leave. It is that simple.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Poison can and has worked for many of us.