Over the last couple of days, I've noticed our dogs sniffing around the outside of the dog house, but I couldn't see what they were looking for.
Today at lunch, Karen and I were looking out the kitchen window and saw a rat strolling out from under the dog house, getting several sunflower seeds which had dropped from the bird feeders, and taking them, leisurely back under the dog house.
We watched for several minutes and laughed at how bold this big old rat was. Karen had to go back to work, but when she went out the back door, we expected the rat to scurry back under the dog house. Nope. He sat there chewing on a sunflower seed, watching her. She walked towards him and got to within about 15' before he ran under the dog house.
When she was gone, I grabbed a couple of rat traps and decided to go on a rat hunt. I set one rat trap, loaded with a nice, sharp Chedder Cheese, and started walking towards the dog house. Again, the rat simply sat there munching and watching my approach. When I was about 6' away, he turned and disappeared under the dog house. I placed the rat trap right by the opening the rat had been using as his entrance.
I went back in the house, expecting the rat to lay low for awhile, but by the time I got back to the kitchen window, he was sticking his head out from under the dog house, sniffing the cheese.
Finally, he boldly walked out to the rat trap, grabbed the wood part with his teeth, and dragged it back into his domicile, under the dog house!
It was then I realized that I had a Rat of Nihm.
So, I set a couple more rat traps and the waiting game is on. He hasn't shown his beady eyes for about 20 minutes.
When I've conquered the Rat of Nihm, I'll give you an update.
Until then...wish me luck.
2 comments:
Oh dear, it's a battle of wits. It's gonna be fun to watch this one play out ;)
If its a battle of wits, my money is on the rat...
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