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It was the podenco who punched me in the face, the greyhound is far too lazy for such exertions.
It was the greyhound that ran away from the fly, though. His success rate at catching them is actually pretty high. I consider this to be evidence in favour of my "fantastic pets" statement.
They are very much like cats.
Grey squirrel ran straight under the wheels of a car as I was cycling down the A7 today. Not a very nice sight.
Good. Greys are an invasive pest.
all hail the sisyphean futility of the live mice catch and release far from here seasonal rigmarole
@bax san - people will drive for miles to release a wee mouse. Whilst they are doing so ten more mice have moved in To their basement in their absence the frost this week is the start for sure
just released one, cycled merely a mile to do it
no way he'll make it back, he'll be taken by a predator in a foreign field by morning
next
Yes that mouse has gone but his friends have moved in whilst you were cycling to the Killing Fields
The Moroccans I used to work with recommended inviting a non-venomous snake to take up residence. Cockroaches and mice eliminated.
(Seems not to have worked in 10 Downing Street amairight? Badaboom-tsh!)
IWRATS, do you have evidence of a non-venomous snake in Downing Street?
his friends have moved in whilst you were cycling to the Killing Fields
indeed.. but none can resist a snickers bar.. so we will continue with the humane release policy until i tire of the charade and go full-on khmer rouge with on the spot executions
@bax
A lovely example of what you might term Staged intervention?
Phase 1 - ignore
Phase 2 - can I smell mice?
Phase 3 - marathon/fudge/peanut butter in humane traps tedious release cycle frequency increasing over time
Phase 4 - necks broken. They die happy with their incredibly destructive front teeth wrapped around the caramel confectionary/ peanut brittle/ cross section sliver of fudge
Phase 5 - burn house down, cackling loudly from the pavement whilst draining last from whisky bottle
Phase 11 - take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
@bax
Phase 5 all chiminey red and Halloween orange, never could stand that dog
I could see @bax sitting on the lino with a tribal mask and an air pistol, determined to take out the Lead Mouse when it emerges from under the washing machine.
I have been digging up Jerusalem artichokes and the hole I left has been a useful latrine for a fox.
Re mice - the last one I trapped was only half trapped and was dragging the trap around. I picked the trap and mouse up with kitchen tongs and dropped them into a bucket of water.
@rosie.. waterboarding, eh.. gitmo style
i think the lead mouse round my way was a bipolar explorer, as its all gone quiet since he got his jotters
I take great pleasure in feeding the goldfinches in our garden, who provide large amounts of attractive entertainment with their antics.
Today one flew into one of our windows and killed itself. This is a shame. That particular window has had bird strikes before, and I am trying to work out what to do to avoid more.
Somehow the fact that it's a goldfinch is worse than if it were a pigeon (which I unreasonably feel are expendable).
@bax - I do hope it was quick, clean and easy on him. I'm the timorous beastie when it comes to dealing with mice.
Madame finished a mouse off that the cat got bored of by flattening its head with a brick. That is how we roll.
@IWRATS - that is the proper way to finish off a wounded mouse, I agree. I might have coped with it if it hadn't been attached to a trap, and still moving.
did a roof rat with a brick, but he had cost me £600 earlier that day so he had it coming
goldfinch window kamikaze would haunt me more
@bax san
Rats should stick to sewers if they know what is good for them
I'm not sure if this counts as a humane trap or not:
Dozy dormouse gets stuck in garden bird feeder on the Isle of Wight
@acsimpson - hilarious, like Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in the rabbit-hole, and Rabbit using his legs as towel racks.
Hedge has been removed on the side of the road east of Cousland. Not good for cyclists either.
On my way back into Balerno this afternoon after a state-sanctioned trip out along the A70 I came across a pheasant lying in the road that definitely hadn't been there when I'd headed out.
It was still warm, and with a Nelson Longflap on the bike it seemed too good an opportunity to miss...
Don't worry, this story doesn't end with it regaining consciousness at Gillespie Cross.
I've skinned it and jointed it. I didn't hang it because online advice on that was mixed. How should I cook it?
@Greenroofer
Sorry, didn't see this.
1) Take the breasts off, flatten them and make saltimbocca. Glorious.
2) Roast the rest of the carcass, put the leg meat aside, make stock from the rest. Leg meat goes back in soup made with the stock.
Sco Gov's response to the Werritty Review due tomorrow.
I suspect they'll chicken out of driving driven grouse shooting out of business.
If they show any courage at all on taking on the organised crime syndicates behind this activity that'll go in the highlight thread, obvs.
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