[pbs] safer trap setting
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Sat Feb 21 23:32:13 EST 2009
As long as your cat doesn't put her paw in to see fi she can get at the
bait.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire at islandnet.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: [pbs] safer trap setting
>I have an ongoing problem with rats eating my potted bulbs, especially
> ones in hoophouses and the greenhouse. I caught #5 last night.
>
> I worry that my cat could be injured by traps, but I have just
> thought of a way to diminish the risk.
>
> I bought a stack of large wire frames meant for making moss-lined
> hanging baskets. I use them to plop on top of flowering trilliums,
> erythroniums, tulips, and so on, that would otherwise be eaten by deer.
>
> Now I am using them over the rat traps.
>
>
> Diane Whitehead
> Victoria, B.C., Canada
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