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Note to self
Jun. 16th, 2006 12:33 amWhen finally deciding that enough is enough and laying a bait trap in amongst a trail of happily foraging ants (in the kitchen), do not then immediately go on a mad killing spree and squash them all, for they will not be able to take the bait back with them when they are flat.
Really, though - we've been repelling ants in all downstairs rooms for several weeks, despite all non-lethal precautions. My main (hopefully far-fetched) worry now is that they're under the house and we'll all disappear in a large cloud of sand and a mountain of ants.
In other news, I lost a rat today. Emergency trip to the vet's after spotting what looked like a prolapse. Turned out I was right, the vet explained he'd done surgery for this before but rats are terrible at having recurrences, so I decided not to put a fairly shy rodent through the whole thing. I feel like a bit of a traitor but it's one of the risks of keeping pets.
Coming home with an empty carrier though led to all sorts of questions about death from the sprogs. Well, IIa anyway, IIb was being an aeroplane or something and wasn't at all bothered. Now we have to warn grandparents to expect such questions as 'Are you really really old?' and 'Are you going to die?' in the near future.
Really, though - we've been repelling ants in all downstairs rooms for several weeks, despite all non-lethal precautions. My main (hopefully far-fetched) worry now is that they're under the house and we'll all disappear in a large cloud of sand and a mountain of ants.
In other news, I lost a rat today. Emergency trip to the vet's after spotting what looked like a prolapse. Turned out I was right, the vet explained he'd done surgery for this before but rats are terrible at having recurrences, so I decided not to put a fairly shy rodent through the whole thing. I feel like a bit of a traitor but it's one of the risks of keeping pets.
Coming home with an empty carrier though led to all sorts of questions about death from the sprogs. Well, IIa anyway, IIb was being an aeroplane or something and wasn't at all bothered. Now we have to warn grandparents to expect such questions as 'Are you really really old?' and 'Are you going to die?' in the near future.
