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The old bag was rustling, it was late at night and I really didn't know what to do.
I waited and watched, I saw nothing, but I could hear everything.
I sat and observed for a while longer, to make absolutely sure, and it was vermin all right, nasty dirty vermin.
I had been warned about this last week, someone warned me that these sorts of things could happen if I wasn’t careful.
What was I going to do about it?
I mailed a friend who gave me some sound advice, that this vermin was nothing to worry about, he was right, it wasn’t, at least it couldn’t hurt me.
I went to bed and closed the door, but all I could think about was that pesky vermin, it played on my mind all night.
My late night visitor must have left in the early hours of yesterday morning, without a word, just left, no thank you for my hospitality, nothing.
Rather rude don't you think?
But I don't suppose you can expect any sort of respect from vermin.
There is something you can do about vermin if prevention fails of course, I’m currently online shopping for a humane trap, should I ever need one.
Recommendations appreciated BUT remember, it’s me who will have to pick it up, so it had better come on a very long stick with protective suit, gloves, goggles, faceguard etc.
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CHARLIgurl1
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May 5 @ 12:13PM
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It could be Rattatouis come to cook you a meal! 
Seriously.. cat hair.. they think theres a cat about and they skidaddle!,, even a picture of a cat scares them away.
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PullMyFinger
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May 5 @ 12:21PM
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Well, you already know what I think...
The use of humane "Havahart" is the only way to go. Use of any other type of trap is just inhumane, things like glue traps are saved for those who Clampett their way through life. It's inhumane, disgustingly sick behavior used by those who pleasure themselves by torturing animals.
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fenderchick
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May 5 @ 12:53PM
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Um...ah...my friends daughter got Gerbil's and they scare the bejeeber's out of me. They look like rats...
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kattsmeow
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May 5 @ 1:23PM
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Having a cat really helps to get rid of vermin ya know.
Are vermin the same as varmits though? If you have varmits, you might need a 'varmit gun". 
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Redwicket
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May 5 @ 2:50PM
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PMF has got it! And then go on a hunt with a caulking gun and fill in all you cracks...
foam tape the gaps in doors, places of enterance. 
Oh, and keep crumbs and such cleaned up, with the warmer weather if there isn't food
they will go somewhere else. 
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ttomtarr
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May 5 @ 6:20PM
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I had raccoons in the attic a while back, a momma and three babies. I couldn't box-trap all four, I didn't want to catch just some, as the uncaught babies would die. Easy solution.
I set extension cords and portable boom boxes (radios) in the attic, tuned them to an acid rock station, turned the volume to MAX, and spent the wekend with a friend.
I returned to a coonless house, and the beasties never returned. Perhaps they were classical music fans. They darn sure didn't want any more Grateful Dead !
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ttomtarr
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May 5 @ 6:27PM
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P. S. There are sub-audible electronic transmitters that emit a sound (equally obnoxious as acid rock) that drive away wild rodents, and, they claim, some insects.
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Santo007
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May 5 @ 6:33PM
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The BoomTown Rats 
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caffie1
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May 5 @ 6:45PM
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run like heck...... 
wanna borrow some long gloves?
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Santo007
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May 5 @ 6:49PM
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The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to make them stay at home
And daddy doesn't understand it
He always said she was as good as gold
And he can see no reason
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown
{Refrain}
Tell me why - I don't like Mondays
Tell me why - I don't like Mondays
Tell me why - I don't like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down
-them boomtown rats
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redtigr
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May 5 @ 10:54PM
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I always feel sorry for vermin that gets in my house... If the little critters are lucky, I find them and put them out before one of the cats finds them...
I kinda like mice... but I prefer that they stay outside... I leave plenty of bits for them out by the barn, and that's where I expect them to stay. 
And yeah, it's usually one of the kitties that brings them in... 
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atropos319
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May 6 @ 9:32AM
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Confession: I am completely and irrationally terrified of rodents, or anything resembling a rodent. In their presence, I'm the proverbial chick on a chair with a broom. It's not that I wish to harm them, I'd just prefer that we both stick to our own "territory".
Humane traps are the best way to go. The best I can offer is a small piece of preventative advice ... while they can and will gnaw through almost anything to get to food, they are also attracted to nesting places and materials.
Anything I buy that comes in paper or cardboard containers is immediately removed and put into reuseable, tightly sealed glass or thick plastic ones. It cuts down on food odors that might excite their little noses and provides them no potential nesting materials.
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Tunes4u
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May 7 @ 1:52PM
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I agree with PMF.....try to be humane about this...
You could always go get yerself a 12 gauge magnum double barrel Wingmaster and blast the little bastid to hell ya know......or some dynamite......
Those are also quite humane methods.
Quick anyway.
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mystery2u888
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May 11 @ 8:45PM
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Hope that problem is fixed  
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miss_coulthard
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May 13 @ 7:12PM
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love you!!!
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EternalFlame
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May 13 @ 7:22PM
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