I have rat snakes here. There is one big one and here and there the dogs bring in babies, dead and nasty. Icky. When I corner a snake I move it out of the back yard fast. I worry that the dogs will get bit and have nasty infections for me to deal with. sheila msmarchin@xxxxxxxx wrote: I know how you feel. I don't have a rat around but I have mice and last year I had snakes that were after the mice! In the garage what I thought was a bungee cord ended up being what I think was a milk snake curled up in a corner.. Then out in the shed was a garter snake twisted around the chain link. Yuck! I ran in the house got my tongs, pulled it off the wire and threw it into the woods. I also had a black snake in the garage which I watched move around the entire perimeter of the garage before it left. I have just begun my all out war as well. Sue M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] IT'S WAR!!!!!!!! > We kept finding all these pecan shells in the garage, (we had a BUMPER > crop last year) and I had 3 BIG bags of the dadgum things in the garage, > that have now been pitched. Then I saw the reason.....jumped OUT of my > skin, it's a RAT! Set the rat traps with peanut butter and some how it is > able to snack and not get it's little neck broke...even though those > things have a hair trigger. Then I saw the sucker again, I swear the thing > was grinning at me! This time I put shredded cheese around the traps, > hoping that would send him into a feeding frenzy..........by, now the > thing could probably be a spokesrat for Jenny Craig, just like the HOARDS > of squirrels that dine at La' Mo's pecan trees! Well, the sucker ate the > cheese around the traps and still has a neck in one piece. NOW, I got > smart and loaded the trigger with a small mound of cheese. I SWEAR if that > thing isn't DEAD by tonight, I am going to move! To make it dog related > the dog food is out there in a Rubbermaid trash can! > Mo > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or > FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the > original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL > BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ between 0000-00-00 and 9999-99-99 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================