old_anorak
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I don't like bugs. They make me get all girlie.
Pest Control
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well I am glad you keep your feminine charm because I act like a possessed cat being sprayed by the garden hose. Yowl included.
old_anorak
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Well to me, that is acting all girlie, LOL!
rudyc
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i dont mind the june bugs, until i see their feet and its underside. then it feels icky. but i can still get them without any issue. since they are just harmless bugs to me. like rolly pollies, i can get a few without any fear or grossness, but once i see the underside of them, that's when it feels icky to me.
kcdevildog
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Controlled burning could help with the lawn problem. But as many have said livestock would be the best if possible.
Clyde
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I only know of using cats for the mice and rats
one of those prepper topics uber uber vital but given little attention and prepped prepared for even less >>> RATS !!!!
Being prepared means recognizing a potential threat and understanding how to neutralize it. After surviving the crisis, you will wish to protect your food stores from an enemy that only hunts at night. A large rat population can decimate your entire pantry in just a few days.
https://prepperswill.com/get-rid-of-...et-rid-of-rats
Being prepared means recognizing a potential threat and understanding how to neutralize it. After surviving the crisis, you will wish to protect your food stores from an enemy that only hunts at night. A large rat population can decimate your entire pantry in just a few days.
https://prepperswill.com/get-rid-of-...et-rid-of-rats
Remember that TERRIERS unlike cats NEVER GO OFF DUTY they will stay in barns, grain stores etc all day if told, cats get bored and wander off. A pack of 4 or 5 terriers is more dangerous to intruders than a wolf or Rotty.
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yep, I was going to say terriers, they are rat killers.
you can't beat a Jack Russell when it comes to getting rid of vermin
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Cairn Terrier.
DirtDiva
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I have a pair of black Scottish Terriers that I have had for years. They are truly the best vermin control out there. Mine will clean out a shed or barn quick. They have killed snakes, skunks, possums, they can smell a mole and dig it out in minutes. Yet they are house dogs and the most vigilant little guards on the place. Along with two cats I have not had a mouse inside in years. The only problem is that they can be nippy.
Danil54grl
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I have an Akita. She will take any creature out if it doesn't belong here. . . Unfortunately rabbits too though.
Arcticdude
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I have a huge problem with chipmunks, mice, voles, pine squirrels, ground squirrels and rattlesnakes. Currently I use poison in, around and under all of our buildings. I have a dozen repeater mouse traps scattered around the place too. During the off season I set a bunch of my ermine traps baited with grain for the chipmunks. I also shoot as many as possible with a .22 and .410.
The little bastards make nests in the engine capartment in the vehicles. I even have to put mouse traps inside the vehicles. Some mice ate $800 of wiring in one of our ATV's last summer. And they ate the wiring on one of our solar electric gate openers.
We also kill up to a dozen rattlers every summer around the house, garden, barn and shop. A couple weeks ago my wife found a rattler under some firewood that she was moving. The wife takes a .410 and/or a big pointy stick with her when she works in the garden.
I hate cats so I may look at a terrier or some breed like that to help with the rodents and rattlers. Rodent and predator control is almost a full time job here.
The little bastards make nests in the engine capartment in the vehicles. I even have to put mouse traps inside the vehicles. Some mice ate $800 of wiring in one of our ATV's last summer. And they ate the wiring on one of our solar electric gate openers.
We also kill up to a dozen rattlers every summer around the house, garden, barn and shop. A couple weeks ago my wife found a rattler under some firewood that she was moving. The wife takes a .410 and/or a big pointy stick with her when she works in the garden.
I hate cats so I may look at a terrier or some breed like that to help with the rodents and rattlers. Rodent and predator control is almost a full time job here.
Rats (probably voles actually) completely stripped the wiring harness out of my Land Cruiser when I left it at the BOL. They wanted that hole through the firewall to get in and out of the vehicle.
You need multiple short legged Jack Russels that are well trained but never allowed indoors, The taller long legged Jack Russels are not as effective at small vermin control
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also known as a Were Terrier by some.
DirtDiva
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Why never allowed inside?
The longer legged Russel terrier is a "Parson Jack Russel Terrier."
Bigpaul, I can't find any references to a "Were Terrier" but then the search engine doesn't recognize "Were" in that sense but assumes it is the plural of "Was"
There is something about a fantasy were-terrier (as in werewolf).
