My neighbor has a large rat running around his tool shed at night, so we setup a trail cam to monitor its activity and see if we could trap it. Although we got some great video clips, the rat was too smart for the trap. Watch how it plays with and moves the trap without tripping it...
Tonight, we are going to switch the bait from cheese to peanut butter, drop some poison bait and then see what happens.
Update 10/27/2024: That rat outsmarted us once again. It is so big that it was able to reach the peanut butter without putting enough weight on the plate to trip the trap. However, it did take the poison bait, so we may get it that way. Video posted at https://youtu.be/cApdJcVSIv4.
Update 10/28/2024: It appears we may have gotten the rat with the poison bait as it did not reappear on last night's video...
I recently added a eufy SoloCam S340 to the front of my park model. One nice feature of the camera is the ability to track and follow moving objects...
They are "spray painting" the streets in the park this week. It is a temporary fix to make them look good for returning snowbirds. I was told they will resurface the streets next year.
The federal government cares more for illegal immigrants than for its own citizens...
Elon Musk and private individuals have done more for the victims of Helene than the entire Biden/Harris administration.
