Rat in the Kitchen!

I killed a rat in the kitchen last night.

Yesterday morning I found a bag of bread on top of the fridge that had been chewed into by a creature of some kind. Eating bread is one thing, but the creature had also pooped on top of the fridge, which is really just very rude. So I set up a mine field of a half dozen rat traps baited with the remaining bread last night. I was watching some news about the Iowa caucuses around midnight when I heard a big SNAP!

I ran in to see what it was, and there was a decent-sized rat with his head in the trap. The wire came down on his neck, and he was still kicking a bit when I got in there. After about 30 seconds he went limp. His body was probably six or seven inches long, and his tail was another six or seven. He was gray and actually kind of smooth and clean looking, not as "ratty" as some rats. For a moment I had a wierd temptation to touch his fur and see what it felt like, but I got over that pretty quickly.

I live in a small house in a suburban neighborhood. The lot is 90 feet by 60 feet, and that is my "territory." I reserve the ultimate authority over what lives and dies within my territory. The house is 1270 square feet, and that is my "lair." Woe be it to any creature foolhardy enough to venture unbidden into my lair...

Cool im gona come nibble your food and poop on your fridge. Wonder what kinda trap youll have waiting for me. Im sneaky. But you can touch my skin. Im clean.

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Originally Posted by ToDrunkToFish

Cool im gona come nibble your food and poop on your fridge. Wonder what kinda trap youll have waiting for me. Im sneaky. But you can touch my skin. Im clean.

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For you, I'm thinking maybe one of those net traps that hoist you up into a tree. I'll bait it with a loaded bong and a beer. You may be clean now, but you'll crap your pants when that trap goes off right in the middle of your bong hit!

you called ratatouille
why would you do something like that

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Originally Posted by friendowl

you called ratatouille
why would you do something like that

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This rat did not look like much of a cook to me...

last year our Neighbor tented their house and cleaned out their house/garage....we had loads of Roaches and Rats showing up as I am sure everyone else in our coldasac did.....I just threw out glue traps......I felt bad afterwords because I would find them still alive with their heads stuck to the glue.....So I used my pellet gun and put them out of their misery.My brother on the other hand was telling me to string up the dead mouse in the yard as a message to all rodents that dare enter.

Stories of rats in kitchens are what make me happy that I have cats in my kitchen. The last person I want eating all the bread up and pooping on top of the fridge is a rat. Sounds like you taught him a lesson, Dragonrider!

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Originally Posted by StickyfingahZ

last year our Neighbor tented their house and cleaned out their house/garage....we had loads of Roaches and Rats showing up as I am sure everyone else in our coldasac did.....I just threw out glue traps......I felt bad afterwords because I would find them still alive with their heads stuck to the glue.....So I used my pellet gun and put them out of their misery.My brother on the other hand was telling me to string up the dead mouse in the yard as a message to all rodents that dare enter.

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The glue traps are kind of horrible I think. I'd rather just have the SNAP, and have it be over. Poison bait is effective too, but kind of horrible as well.

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Stories of rats in kitchens are what make me happy that I have cats in my kitchen. The last person I want eating all the bread up and pooping on top of the fridge is a rat. Sounds like you taught him a lesson, Dragonrider!

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We need some pets to help patrol our perimeter.

that reminds me of my friend who told me that in his old house, roaches would chew through the plastic of the bread, go in, get trapped and die in there...

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

Stories of rats in kitchens are what make me happy that I have cats in my kitchen. The last person I want eating all the bread up and pooping on top of the fridge is a rat. Sounds like you taught him a lesson, Dragonrider!

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We got this Korean store here that has a HUGE cat,I mean HUGE,it could pass for a dog.But it lives in their store,they told me the cat keeps the rats away.
It just hangs out,when you go shopping in the store,it even lets the kids pet it while your shopping.

The Roaches here dont chew through plastic,thats pretty hardcore,our roaches fly at you though.Their like 2-3 inches long and fatt as a mofo.I was at my freinds house once,Stoned and watching TV and this roach just flew at me,I was like a dear in headlights I just froze until it got like an inch from my face and I went crazy.

rat murderer
I have 2 cats that do the killing for me..I don't have to tell them to do it so I am not an accessory.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

rat murderer
I have 2 cats that do the killing for me..I don't have to tell them to do it so I am not an accessory.

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Now I'm no lawyer, but I think just harboring the cats makes you an accesory.

^LOL^