No, really. Those little shits ate all my candles. I protected all my food, put out lots of traps, got a cat ... but my battle with the mice remains ongoing. Just recently discovered that, apparently, they can eat candle wax. All my candles are fucking gone, nothing left but holders and mouse shit.
so like, they may be rats and rats are smarter than mice. we have had to (and we legitimately hate that it's come to this but like, these shitasses were tapdancing on the airducts to make fun of us) get marginally legal poisons (it's not illegal to possess, but also not legal to buy. we have to drive to Reno to get it) and we tried everyfuckingthing before this it's a warzone they come in from the rat fields and climb up into our rooves and not our houses because that's where our cats are. I will try to remember to look for the name of the poison for you if you want, those fuckers.
Have you tried one of those essential diffuser things, and use peppermint. Powerful smells like that "blind" rodents because their main sense is smell. We also couldn't get the tap dancing chipmunks to get out of the attic. Tried everything, peppermint essential oil worked for us. Tried the things made for rodent repelling that smells, but they don't really work as well. Lol
Poison can kill nontarget animals, pets, owls, hawks, foxes, etc.
We've tried fox urine. Wolf urine. Moose urine. Getting cat hair and leaving it all around the attic. I've lost count of all the nonpoison methods we've tried. These fuckers are smart, but the are also hungry.
They flee the [agricultural product] fields when the farmers hire a plane to spray for probably everything. Then they don't leave unless we kill them all. When there's poison out we keep an eye out for dead rodents to remove the carcasses, since I hear some of those poisons can stay in the environment for like 60 years and I'm putting them outside the environment dammit.
We also tried predator scents. You could get just the essential oil, it's pretty cheap, and put a little bit where they are getting in the house.
If you are rural, it might be why nothing other than poison is working. Deterrents only work if they have somewhere else to go. If your house is surrounded by yummy food fields, yeah you're the best place to sleep. That sucks, thank you for removing the dead ones, and not using glue traps.
I find it so weird that I can just go to the store and buy a lighter, no questions asked. It feels like I should need some kind of license. I always feel tempted to ask how they know I'm not going to burn down a utility pole
You think bus stop plastic-glass just does that by itself? No. Im out here putting in the grind on my own time with my own materials for the public good thank you very much.
I mean, it's a copper pipe you put water and coffee into and apply heat, it's not like it won't make coffee. Looks like you can't buy them any more, though.
37 Comments
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 148d
Or candles....
restingOface@quokk.au · 27 pts · 148d
Degenerate behavior
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 148d
I have an electric lighter for my candles. I have a zippo because I'm a functional pyromaniac and fire is pretty.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 148d
Mice ate all my candles.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d
successfully blamed the mice
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 148d
No, really. Those little shits ate all my candles. I protected all my food, put out lots of traps, got a cat ... but my battle with the mice remains ongoing. Just recently discovered that, apparently, they can eat candle wax. All my candles are fucking gone, nothing left but holders and mouse shit.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 148d
so like, they may be rats and rats are smarter than mice. we have had to (and we legitimately hate that it's come to this but like, these shitasses were tapdancing on the airducts to make fun of us) get marginally legal poisons (it's not illegal to possess, but also not legal to buy. we have to drive to Reno to get it) and we tried everyfuckingthing before this it's a warzone they come in from the rat fields and climb up into our rooves and not our houses because that's where our cats are. I will try to remember to look for the name of the poison for you if you want, those fuckers.
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 148d
Have you tried one of those essential diffuser things, and use peppermint. Powerful smells like that "blind" rodents because their main sense is smell. We also couldn't get the tap dancing chipmunks to get out of the attic. Tried everything, peppermint essential oil worked for us. Tried the things made for rodent repelling that smells, but they don't really work as well. Lol
Poison can kill nontarget animals, pets, owls, hawks, foxes, etc.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d
We've tried fox urine. Wolf urine. Moose urine. Getting cat hair and leaving it all around the attic. I've lost count of all the nonpoison methods we've tried. These fuckers are smart, but the are also hungry.
They flee the [agricultural product] fields when the farmers hire a plane to spray for probably everything. Then they don't leave unless we kill them all. When there's poison out we keep an eye out for dead rodents to remove the carcasses, since I hear some of those poisons can stay in the environment for like 60 years and I'm putting them outside the environment dammit.
Edit fuck you autocarrot
its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 147d
We also tried predator scents. You could get just the essential oil, it's pretty cheap, and put a little bit where they are getting in the house.
If you are rural, it might be why nothing other than poison is working. Deterrents only work if they have somewhere else to go. If your house is surrounded by yummy food fields, yeah you're the best place to sleep. That sucks, thank you for removing the dead ones, and not using glue traps.
heliotrope@retrofed.com · 22 pts · 148d
Or crime brulée
innermeerkat@jlai.lu · 10 pts · 148d
That would indeed be a crime to use a lighter to make a crème brûlée
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 8 pts · 148d
You just have to turn the pot upside down so you can get he flame on it, it's not that bad
heliotrope@retrofed.com · 5 pts · 148d
(crime brulée is arson)
umbraroze@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 148d
Maybe, just maybe, I use a lighter to light half a dozen candles, so I can get to the right headspace to play Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader?
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 10 pts · 148d
Or maybe I just have the feeling I might want to set some shit on fire soon, okay?
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
Heat shrink and melting hot glue.
Oh and when I cut ropes/strings I burn the ends.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 148d
Some people just want to see the world burn.
Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 148d
I don’t want to set the worrrrrrld on fireeeerrrrr, I just want to starrrrt a flame in your heartttt
pipe01@programming.dev · 5 pts · 148d
Is the teaspoon's name Abigail?
Ste41th@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 148d
No Abigail is the person they are talking to
Benz@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 147d
It'd be nice if the English language had like punctuation or something to specify that sort of thing.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 147d
It does, we're just lazy
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d
Does adding a specific name at the end make this funnier?
eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 147d
Yes.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 146d
That's just your opinion ... Dave
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 146d
Yes because at first it seems like they're making a general statement, then they call out someone specifically
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 147d
I'm just an arsonist, Becky. Chill out.
django@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 148d
Arson
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 146d
I find it so weird that I can just go to the store and buy a lighter, no questions asked. It feels like I should need some kind of license. I always feel tempted to ask how they know I'm not going to burn down a utility pole
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 147d
I can't think of a single heroin addict I've met that didn't smoke cigarettes, but that could just be confirmation bias.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 148d
You think bus stop plastic-glass just does that by itself? No. Im out here putting in the grind on my own time with my own materials for the public good thank you very much.
zurohki@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 148d
Maybe they're making coffee
The Bripe: A Coffee Brewing Pipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tltBHjmIUJ0
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 148d
I'm saving to watch later but like, does it actually work?
zurohki@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 148d
I mean, it's a copper pipe you put water and coffee into and apply heat, it's not like it won't make coffee. Looks like you can't buy them any more, though.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 146d
I only smoke weed, I swear
variablenine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 147d
Adult fidget toy