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February 14, 2010 at 9:36 PM #514065February 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM #513158CBadParticipant
We’ve had 2 gophers and I shot them both with my trusty Daisy bb gun.
The only people I’ve known that have had roach problems in the area tend to have older buildings right near the beach. When I lived in Philly though, ugh, I had them badly in an apartment and they still freak me out. I can remember just closing my eyes when I turned on the kitchen lights to give them enough time to disappear and I would pretend that I didn’t see them.
February 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM #513307CBadParticipantWe’ve had 2 gophers and I shot them both with my trusty Daisy bb gun.
The only people I’ve known that have had roach problems in the area tend to have older buildings right near the beach. When I lived in Philly though, ugh, I had them badly in an apartment and they still freak me out. I can remember just closing my eyes when I turned on the kitchen lights to give them enough time to disappear and I would pretend that I didn’t see them.
February 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM #513728CBadParticipantWe’ve had 2 gophers and I shot them both with my trusty Daisy bb gun.
The only people I’ve known that have had roach problems in the area tend to have older buildings right near the beach. When I lived in Philly though, ugh, I had them badly in an apartment and they still freak me out. I can remember just closing my eyes when I turned on the kitchen lights to give them enough time to disappear and I would pretend that I didn’t see them.
February 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM #513820CBadParticipantWe’ve had 2 gophers and I shot them both with my trusty Daisy bb gun.
The only people I’ve known that have had roach problems in the area tend to have older buildings right near the beach. When I lived in Philly though, ugh, I had them badly in an apartment and they still freak me out. I can remember just closing my eyes when I turned on the kitchen lights to give them enough time to disappear and I would pretend that I didn’t see them.
February 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM #514075CBadParticipantWe’ve had 2 gophers and I shot them both with my trusty Daisy bb gun.
The only people I’ve known that have had roach problems in the area tend to have older buildings right near the beach. When I lived in Philly though, ugh, I had them badly in an apartment and they still freak me out. I can remember just closing my eyes when I turned on the kitchen lights to give them enough time to disappear and I would pretend that I didn’t see them.
February 15, 2010 at 12:31 AM #513178CA renterParticipant[quote=Ricechex]There are roaches here, but I think they are the outdoor roaches version: those really big ones that come in from outside, similar to Hawaii. Not the smaller roaches that live in your house with you. We use pest control every 3 months on the outside perimeter, and no problem.
A bigger problem is mice! Have mouseproofed the house twice in 4 years, and they keep coming back and making new holes. Not found of glue traps, or the snap traps as they are inhumane. Snap traps don’t always kill them in one fell swoop, and it is just painful to find one alive scrambling to live. The poison pellets cause them to die of thirst, and they come running out for water, and sometimes die inside the walls, so until the rotting carcass is gone, it is a smelly ordeal. And, the tenant had 3 cats and that didn’t stop the problem, so go figure.[/quote]
We’ve had to deal with a few indoor mice. This electontic trap did the trick every time. Easy to set, more humane (I think), and you don’t have to handle or even see the mouse, as you can toss the entire thing in the trash (we dump the mouse in a bag and keep the trap).
February 15, 2010 at 12:31 AM #513327CA renterParticipant[quote=Ricechex]There are roaches here, but I think they are the outdoor roaches version: those really big ones that come in from outside, similar to Hawaii. Not the smaller roaches that live in your house with you. We use pest control every 3 months on the outside perimeter, and no problem.
A bigger problem is mice! Have mouseproofed the house twice in 4 years, and they keep coming back and making new holes. Not found of glue traps, or the snap traps as they are inhumane. Snap traps don’t always kill them in one fell swoop, and it is just painful to find one alive scrambling to live. The poison pellets cause them to die of thirst, and they come running out for water, and sometimes die inside the walls, so until the rotting carcass is gone, it is a smelly ordeal. And, the tenant had 3 cats and that didn’t stop the problem, so go figure.[/quote]
We’ve had to deal with a few indoor mice. This electontic trap did the trick every time. Easy to set, more humane (I think), and you don’t have to handle or even see the mouse, as you can toss the entire thing in the trash (we dump the mouse in a bag and keep the trap).
February 15, 2010 at 12:31 AM #513748CA renterParticipant[quote=Ricechex]There are roaches here, but I think they are the outdoor roaches version: those really big ones that come in from outside, similar to Hawaii. Not the smaller roaches that live in your house with you. We use pest control every 3 months on the outside perimeter, and no problem.
A bigger problem is mice! Have mouseproofed the house twice in 4 years, and they keep coming back and making new holes. Not found of glue traps, or the snap traps as they are inhumane. Snap traps don’t always kill them in one fell swoop, and it is just painful to find one alive scrambling to live. The poison pellets cause them to die of thirst, and they come running out for water, and sometimes die inside the walls, so until the rotting carcass is gone, it is a smelly ordeal. And, the tenant had 3 cats and that didn’t stop the problem, so go figure.[/quote]
We’ve had to deal with a few indoor mice. This electontic trap did the trick every time. Easy to set, more humane (I think), and you don’t have to handle or even see the mouse, as you can toss the entire thing in the trash (we dump the mouse in a bag and keep the trap).
February 15, 2010 at 12:31 AM #513840CA renterParticipant[quote=Ricechex]There are roaches here, but I think they are the outdoor roaches version: those really big ones that come in from outside, similar to Hawaii. Not the smaller roaches that live in your house with you. We use pest control every 3 months on the outside perimeter, and no problem.
A bigger problem is mice! Have mouseproofed the house twice in 4 years, and they keep coming back and making new holes. Not found of glue traps, or the snap traps as they are inhumane. Snap traps don’t always kill them in one fell swoop, and it is just painful to find one alive scrambling to live. The poison pellets cause them to die of thirst, and they come running out for water, and sometimes die inside the walls, so until the rotting carcass is gone, it is a smelly ordeal. And, the tenant had 3 cats and that didn’t stop the problem, so go figure.[/quote]
We’ve had to deal with a few indoor mice. This electontic trap did the trick every time. Easy to set, more humane (I think), and you don’t have to handle or even see the mouse, as you can toss the entire thing in the trash (we dump the mouse in a bag and keep the trap).
February 15, 2010 at 12:31 AM #514095CA renterParticipant[quote=Ricechex]There are roaches here, but I think they are the outdoor roaches version: those really big ones that come in from outside, similar to Hawaii. Not the smaller roaches that live in your house with you. We use pest control every 3 months on the outside perimeter, and no problem.
A bigger problem is mice! Have mouseproofed the house twice in 4 years, and they keep coming back and making new holes. Not found of glue traps, or the snap traps as they are inhumane. Snap traps don’t always kill them in one fell swoop, and it is just painful to find one alive scrambling to live. The poison pellets cause them to die of thirst, and they come running out for water, and sometimes die inside the walls, so until the rotting carcass is gone, it is a smelly ordeal. And, the tenant had 3 cats and that didn’t stop the problem, so go figure.[/quote]
We’ve had to deal with a few indoor mice. This electontic trap did the trick every time. Easy to set, more humane (I think), and you don’t have to handle or even see the mouse, as you can toss the entire thing in the trash (we dump the mouse in a bag and keep the trap).
February 15, 2010 at 8:41 AM #513198jpinpbParticipant[quote=temeculaguy]jp, I tried that one, they don’t eat the garlic but it only pushes them a few feet and they will go around or under it. I’m not sure I have normal gophers, I may need to contact some scientists because it’s possible that I have a mutant species with superhero abilites, they may be related to the monty python killer bunny. They got by a retaining wall that goes below the surface two feet, past a stretch of concrete, beyond poison pellets, poison gas and a trap laden minefield about twenty feet long to their promiseland of my front yard. I fully expect that the morning after I place the solar powered sonar repellers, I will walk out to my car and find them sitting on the wall, smoking cigarettes, drinking 40oz malt liquor and laughing at me while I look down to see the repellers broken into a dozen pieces. My gophers have tattoos and wear raiders jersey’s. I was thinking of waiting hawk’s method of a .22 but not sure if that will kill them, it might just make them mad, I may need to jump straight to Allan’s aresenal. I’m just afraid that the authorities will get suspicious if I start running internet searches for “yellow cake uranium.”[/quote]
LOL. OMG, sounds like you have a new chemical-resistent breed of gophers and what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger. At this point you should not kill them, but capture them and sell them to a lab for research. They may hold the secret cure for many illnesses. You may have a goldmine in your backyard. How much you think you can get for each one? Maybe they have a dinosaur gene in them or something.February 15, 2010 at 8:41 AM #513348jpinpbParticipant[quote=temeculaguy]jp, I tried that one, they don’t eat the garlic but it only pushes them a few feet and they will go around or under it. I’m not sure I have normal gophers, I may need to contact some scientists because it’s possible that I have a mutant species with superhero abilites, they may be related to the monty python killer bunny. They got by a retaining wall that goes below the surface two feet, past a stretch of concrete, beyond poison pellets, poison gas and a trap laden minefield about twenty feet long to their promiseland of my front yard. I fully expect that the morning after I place the solar powered sonar repellers, I will walk out to my car and find them sitting on the wall, smoking cigarettes, drinking 40oz malt liquor and laughing at me while I look down to see the repellers broken into a dozen pieces. My gophers have tattoos and wear raiders jersey’s. I was thinking of waiting hawk’s method of a .22 but not sure if that will kill them, it might just make them mad, I may need to jump straight to Allan’s aresenal. I’m just afraid that the authorities will get suspicious if I start running internet searches for “yellow cake uranium.”[/quote]
LOL. OMG, sounds like you have a new chemical-resistent breed of gophers and what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger. At this point you should not kill them, but capture them and sell them to a lab for research. They may hold the secret cure for many illnesses. You may have a goldmine in your backyard. How much you think you can get for each one? Maybe they have a dinosaur gene in them or something.February 15, 2010 at 8:41 AM #513768jpinpbParticipant[quote=temeculaguy]jp, I tried that one, they don’t eat the garlic but it only pushes them a few feet and they will go around or under it. I’m not sure I have normal gophers, I may need to contact some scientists because it’s possible that I have a mutant species with superhero abilites, they may be related to the monty python killer bunny. They got by a retaining wall that goes below the surface two feet, past a stretch of concrete, beyond poison pellets, poison gas and a trap laden minefield about twenty feet long to their promiseland of my front yard. I fully expect that the morning after I place the solar powered sonar repellers, I will walk out to my car and find them sitting on the wall, smoking cigarettes, drinking 40oz malt liquor and laughing at me while I look down to see the repellers broken into a dozen pieces. My gophers have tattoos and wear raiders jersey’s. I was thinking of waiting hawk’s method of a .22 but not sure if that will kill them, it might just make them mad, I may need to jump straight to Allan’s aresenal. I’m just afraid that the authorities will get suspicious if I start running internet searches for “yellow cake uranium.”[/quote]
LOL. OMG, sounds like you have a new chemical-resistent breed of gophers and what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger. At this point you should not kill them, but capture them and sell them to a lab for research. They may hold the secret cure for many illnesses. You may have a goldmine in your backyard. How much you think you can get for each one? Maybe they have a dinosaur gene in them or something.February 15, 2010 at 8:41 AM #513860jpinpbParticipant[quote=temeculaguy]jp, I tried that one, they don’t eat the garlic but it only pushes them a few feet and they will go around or under it. I’m not sure I have normal gophers, I may need to contact some scientists because it’s possible that I have a mutant species with superhero abilites, they may be related to the monty python killer bunny. They got by a retaining wall that goes below the surface two feet, past a stretch of concrete, beyond poison pellets, poison gas and a trap laden minefield about twenty feet long to their promiseland of my front yard. I fully expect that the morning after I place the solar powered sonar repellers, I will walk out to my car and find them sitting on the wall, smoking cigarettes, drinking 40oz malt liquor and laughing at me while I look down to see the repellers broken into a dozen pieces. My gophers have tattoos and wear raiders jersey’s. I was thinking of waiting hawk’s method of a .22 but not sure if that will kill them, it might just make them mad, I may need to jump straight to Allan’s aresenal. I’m just afraid that the authorities will get suspicious if I start running internet searches for “yellow cake uranium.”[/quote]
LOL. OMG, sounds like you have a new chemical-resistent breed of gophers and what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger. At this point you should not kill them, but capture them and sell them to a lab for research. They may hold the secret cure for many illnesses. You may have a goldmine in your backyard. How much you think you can get for each one? Maybe they have a dinosaur gene in them or something. -
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