" In 30 years here, 2 mice in the
house, and they must have watched Eastwood's "Gauntlet"... The snakes don't
bother me or my wife & they rid all rodents post-haste."
we get invaded by mice every autumn. I catch them in the live traps and
release them in the next village about 5 miles away, but I swear the bloody
things are homing mice.
Mybe I need to appoint a Vermin Control Officer. It doesn't have to hiss, so
one that goes "meow" would be ok. We did used to have a cat which did the job
for us: an adopted stray, black with three legs, one eye and one ear. Answered
to the name of "Lucky"....
(OK, so I just made the last bit up :-). Have a good weekend)
D
--- On Fri, 5/3/10, David H Craig <davidhcraig@verizon.net> wrote:
From: David H Craig <davidhcraig@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Amps] FW: WD-40 Is Not....
To: "Charlie Young" <weeksmgr@hotmail.com>, amps@contesting.com
Date: Friday, 5 March, 2010, 23:18
Guess I am lucky- Copperheads don't come near my home & no Eastern
Diamondbacks within 50 miles. I do have approximately 30-40 Black Ratsnakes
that enjoy my crawlspace, attic & loft. In 30 years here, 2 mice in the
house, and they must have watched Eastwood's "Gauntlet"... The snakes don't
bother me or my wife & they rid all rodents post-haste. Only episode circa
1995 was when five 8 footers managed to weigh-out the attic door enough to
fall into the living area- took 3 days to find them all hidden about the
house & return them outside. Now we have latches on the attic ladder
door...
Rattlers would get different treatment, however. Off-subject, but
couldn't help myself.
Dave N3DB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Young" <weeksmgr@hotmail.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 5:52 PM
Subject: [Amps] FW: WD-40 Is Not....
Gerald, K5GW asks:
> Say, I have always wondered about snake oil: Is it supposed to attract
> snakes?,repel snakes?, made from snakes? or what?
I don't know about snake oil, but can tell you something
that makes snakes mad. They don't like paint from an
aerosol can. Back in the mid 1970's I lived in a hillside
house that was on a full basement. My shack was in the
basement. Returning from Field Day, my son and I were
unloading equipment. Something moved on top of my back
basement wall, which was made from cider block. There was
a snake up there. I took a 6' long steel bar, which coal miners call a slate
bar, and prodded the thing trying to crush
it. The snake slithered down inside the block, but poked its head out and
was looking at me. I would jab, it would duck
down inside the block.
No way I could leave a snake inside my basement wall.
What to do? There was a can of red insulating spray paint
on the workbench. I grabbed the can, and sprayed the paint
inside the block. Instantly, the snake came out of the block, down the wall
to the floor, and charged me. I jumped in a chair which fortunately was
handy, and killed the snake with
the metal bar while it was on the floor, between legs of the chair. It was a
big rattlesnake.
I figure WD40 would have had a similar effect.
There is more to this story.
My wife and sons went grocery shopping later that day. I started thinking
that where there was one snake, there might be another. While they were
gone, I checked out the basement carefully again. Sure enough, on top of
the block wall about 12' from where the first snake was, there was a second
one. This one was coiled up and chose to fight it out with me from his (or
her) position. I managed to kill it with the metal bar but with
considerable difficulty. Another huge rattlesnake.
I found the snakes had crawled through a gap in the sill plate on top of my
basement wall.
So, don't spray a snake (especially a rattlesnake) with spray
paint or WD40 unless you have a place to run or something to climb on to get
away from the thing.
73 Charlie N8RR
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