The pest control guy was just here to address my ceiling critter(s) issue, which he has identified as rats and squirrels, so apparently there wasn't just one ceiling critter, there has been a full-on rodent house party going on in my attic all this time. He put poison up there again. I had poison in the attic once before, and (as those who have been reading along for a while know), the critter died in the attic, the pest control company wouldn't come get it, and my house smelled like dead critter for a week. I told the guy I was not anxious to have that happen again, and he said it was pretty much the only option: snap traps are dangerous, plus the critter still dies in the ceiling, and sticky traps don't work, so unless I want to put Tyler up in the attic and let him have at it, poison is really the only option.
He swears that my prior experience was an annomally, and usually the animals really do go outside to die. We shall see. I'm thinking the real answer might be to get one of these:
It's an Ashera - a blend of a house cat, some African wildcat, and some Asian wildcat, and it's the size of a dog. Don't get me wrong, Tyler has brought home his share of dead rats and squirrels, but I think the attic infestation might call for something a little bigger and meaner. Actually, with a little genetic engineering, this could maybe be Tyler's alter-ego. You wouldn't like him when he's angry . . .
Anyway, so now I wait. Wait to see if the poison does its job and I no longer hear scratching and scurrying at night, and wait to see if I come home one day to the smell of "damn, something in here is dead." Wish me luck.
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