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Back Away From the Fly Swatter–Get Some Catchmaster Traps
There’s nothing worse than trying to bring a little of the outdoor breeze into your home on a nice afternoon, and somehow, a fly a gets in and does what it was born to do: pester the living. At first you don’t even notice it. It stays hovering above your head, scaling the ceiling in [...]
I Smell A Rat…
Lying in bed with my sweet little woman one night, what did I hear but some nasty scratching coming from my storage closet. Disturbed, I turned on the lights and made a ruckus opening the door. I hardly ever look in here, I thought, I wonder what’s going on. I was greeted with a huge [...]
Giant Rodents
A couple of years ago scientists found a giant rat in the forest of New Guinea. About five times the size of a sewer rat, this thing weighs about 1.4 kg, and is probably the world’s largest rat. This rat had no fear of humans, probably because it had never seen humans before, and seems [...]
The Bubonic Plague
The bubonic plague is the best known form of plague. Bubo, from the Greek, means “swollen gland” and commonly affects the armpit and groin. It kills 2 out of 3 of those infected within 2-6 days. It is transmitted through the rat flea, which carries the bacteria in its digestive system and transmits it through [...]
The Ratcatcher
The Ratcatcher is a fictional character is DC’s Batman comics. Originally named Otis Flannegan, he was once an exterminator, until he went crazy and developed the ability to talk to rats. Once a catchmaster, when free he runs through the sewers of Gotham City, herding his “ratties” and using them to wreak havoc upon an [...]
Don’t Be Fawlty: Use Catchmaster traps
We all know that Fawlty Towers episode, “Basil the Rat,” where Manuel’s pet rat (which he thinks is a Siberian hamster) is on the loose in the hotel at the same time Mr. Carnegie, a health and safety inspector, is doing his rounds. The techniques used to try to eradicate the rat created plenty of [...]
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Why I Use Humane Mouse Traps
When I was a little boy we were up in the woods at my uncle’s cabin. He called everyone over to look at a family of mice in a stump. There were a few babies and a mommy. After everyone had seen them squeak and pulse in their home they soon occupied themselves with other [...]
Catchmaster of Flies!
I hate flies. There is nothing worse than trying to enjoy a delicious brunch in the warm sun and seeing a large horse fly land and twiddle its feelers, vomiting, on my cantaloupe. It makes me want to throw the food away, but that would be wasteful. So my new resolution has been to try [...]
The Best Mouse Traps Are Not Cats
My cat’s name is Fanny and let me tell you, she is no savage beast. Whenever I come home she’s lazily sunning herself and if she’s feeling like it, she’ll greet me with a purr and a figure eight through my legs. She’s so friendly that she treats everyone else who comes into my house [...]
