I’m ready to move into a condo. Last week we had frozen, busted pipes. This week, the joy escalates:
We have raccoons in the attic of the barn. And, the cute little guys aren’t just up there playing Wii, sipping root beer, and minding their own business.
They are trampling the insulation, which cuts down on its efficiency.
They are leaving lovely little disease infested reminders of their presence.
And, here’s my personal favorite: They have shredded through all the flexible duct work for over half the barns heating vents. This is going to be HARD and expensive and necessary to fix. I can’t call them stupid, though; they managed to locate a lovely, dry, soft home and create a heat source for it by re-routing the barn’s heat to the attic. Smart, yes. Cute, my arse.
Oh, and we have to get rid of the suckers too so they don’t do it again. We have some plans. SweetGuy is picking up a live trap tonight. Once we catch them, I’m considering re-locating them directly above a body of water, under a busy highway overpass, or next to my soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law’s garbage cans.
What happened to finding the joy in life Mom? Jk, this venting is pretty amusing
Yes, I would tend to agree with Magoo that this post does not really express the part of today you found Wonderful. You could talk about your two new guests, that would be a positive (the two and four legged ones).
You know, we used to have a chronic raccoon problem in the barn. But we solved it last January. How?
We acquired a miniature donkey! Yes, indeed, Gigger the miniature donkey rid our barn of these pests.
We can crate him up and have him n the next Peoria-bound bus. Just say the word.
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