I've had quite a few rats make camp at my condo over the years. I live on the first floor. That's part of the problem. They can just walk right in the front door or the balcony door and make camp. I like keeping the doors open during the day so that the ocean breeze can flow through the condo--keeping the mold in check.
Anyway, I had a large uninvited guest in my condo last year. This uninvited rat enjoyed running around the condo at night and using it as is own personal playground. The first thing i learned about rats is this: They can jump! He had a standing vertical leap of about 4ft. He would stand at the bottom of my stove and get into a 45 degree squat--just like cats do--and then take a vertical flying leap and land right on top of the stove. It was amazing. I tried contacting the NBA.
Once on the stove, he took to camping out in the cabinets and filling himself up on cereal, baking flour, catnip and Cheetos. Then he would take a nap on the baking flour, and then emerge after his nap covered in white looking cocaine powder around his eyes and mouth. He would then hop back down onto the stove, then onto the sofa where he took another nap, and then he went into his secret hiding place which was underneath the sofa but somewhere inside the seat cushions.
One night I came home from work with a street cat that we keep at work; this cat keeps the rats and mice in check! He was the real deal. I released him and went back to work. Eight hour later i returned to a horror show.
It was something out of a science fiction movie. I walked into the kitchen and saw on the floor, the cat and the rat playing with each other. No really. they were taking turns chasing each other back and forth. They were best friends. It wasn't long before they were actually sharing the sofa together. It was straight out of a horror film.
What could i do? I put a do not disturb sign on the kitchen door, shut it, and went to bed.
True story.
Frank
Anyway, I had a large uninvited guest in my condo last year. This uninvited rat enjoyed running around the condo at night and using it as is own personal playground. The first thing i learned about rats is this: They can jump! He had a standing vertical leap of about 4ft. He would stand at the bottom of my stove and get into a 45 degree squat--just like cats do--and then take a vertical flying leap and land right on top of the stove. It was amazing. I tried contacting the NBA.
Once on the stove, he took to camping out in the cabinets and filling himself up on cereal, baking flour, catnip and Cheetos. Then he would take a nap on the baking flour, and then emerge after his nap covered in white looking cocaine powder around his eyes and mouth. He would then hop back down onto the stove, then onto the sofa where he took another nap, and then he went into his secret hiding place which was underneath the sofa but somewhere inside the seat cushions.
One night I came home from work with a street cat that we keep at work; this cat keeps the rats and mice in check! He was the real deal. I released him and went back to work. Eight hour later i returned to a horror show.
It was something out of a science fiction movie. I walked into the kitchen and saw on the floor, the cat and the rat playing with each other. No really. they were taking turns chasing each other back and forth. They were best friends. It wasn't long before they were actually sharing the sofa together. It was straight out of a horror film.
What could i do? I put a do not disturb sign on the kitchen door, shut it, and went to bed.
True story.
Frank
