hello, may I scream now?
Aug. 6th, 2004 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sevIt's been almost exactly two months since the dead squirrel on the walk.
I am *NOT* willing to deal with rodent problems every two months. I hate having to interact with small nondomesticated mammals.
and paying other people to deal with this is damn expensive.
The professional I was referred to doesn't do squirrels, and they said this sounded like squirrels since it was active during the day. The professional *they* referred me to said it could be baby rats instead, but unless I could startle them into making noises (other than the skittering around noises) we wouldn't really be able to tell what they are. If they come today and charge me $120 for an "inspection" and then tell me it's rats and they don't do rats I'm going to be pissed.
And if they do do rats or if it turns out to be squirrels...the first suggestion they made when I was on the phone with them yesterday was placing traps on the ground. On the ground? When I questioned that, they said, well, maybe we can find a ledge or something.
How many small mammals am I going to have to pay them to take away (at $60 a head) until they actually trap the ones that are making near-constant noises in my kitchen? Every five or ten mintutes there's another *skitter*, and it's making me really really jumpy.
(we're getting a kitten in September. Perhaps having *two* cats in the house again will help this issue...since the one we've got now is getting too old to be a threat...)
I am *NOT* willing to deal with rodent problems every two months. I hate having to interact with small nondomesticated mammals.
and paying other people to deal with this is damn expensive.
The professional I was referred to doesn't do squirrels, and they said this sounded like squirrels since it was active during the day. The professional *they* referred me to said it could be baby rats instead, but unless I could startle them into making noises (other than the skittering around noises) we wouldn't really be able to tell what they are. If they come today and charge me $120 for an "inspection" and then tell me it's rats and they don't do rats I'm going to be pissed.
And if they do do rats or if it turns out to be squirrels...the first suggestion they made when I was on the phone with them yesterday was placing traps on the ground. On the ground? When I questioned that, they said, well, maybe we can find a ledge or something.
How many small mammals am I going to have to pay them to take away (at $60 a head) until they actually trap the ones that are making near-constant noises in my kitchen? Every five or ten mintutes there's another *skitter*, and it's making me really really jumpy.
(we're getting a kitten in September. Perhaps having *two* cats in the house again will help this issue...since the one we've got now is getting too old to be a threat...)
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on 2004-08-06 10:28 am (UTC)Love you, lady.
Wanna go hit Whole Foods Empty Wallet and go shopping for cheese tonight when I get home?
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on 2004-08-06 10:32 am (UTC)cheese cheese cheese cheese! :)
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on 2004-08-06 11:43 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-08-06 12:11 pm (UTC)I'm certainly going to make sure we *use* the fireplace more this winter. That'll help. :)