Post by: philo_beddoe on December 17, 2015, 07:27:51 am
Gonna have to get some snap traps. Only way
Post by: Peter S on December 17, 2015, 10:25:24 am
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 17, 2015, 10:51:30 am
Post by: 1967KaiserM715 on December 17, 2015, 02:10:28 pm
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Post by: Captain Swampy on December 17, 2015, 05:49:45 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 17, 2015, 10:04:51 pm
There's a gap between the inner and outer cab corner. I think maybe for air flow from the heater to exit the cab.Ok, where is this gap located exactly??
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 17, 2015, 10:10:00 pm
Will post results.
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 18, 2015, 03:22:55 pm
New theory, when i pulled over and the mouse scurried under the seat, i believe it went out that cab corner hole, which i plugged with galvanized mesh screen and doped it up with grease. The little critter never got established. Will continue to place traps around truck nightly though.
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Post by: Dr_Snooz on December 18, 2015, 08:21:23 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 18, 2015, 10:39:09 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 20, 2015, 10:25:31 pm
Post by: Greybeard on December 23, 2015, 04:13:14 pm
My sister heard the tale about dryer sheets too. Put them all over their travel trailer inside and out and rested easy over the winter only to find mouse nests in the drier sheets...so they are questionable still. Maybe she used the wrong brand?
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 23, 2015, 05:07:41 pm
Post by: Irish_Alley on December 23, 2015, 08:58:33 pm
breeding the hamsters was pretty cool cause you could change their color or pattern. cause you would take hamster A and breed her with hamper B this would give you a little of A or B or C or even A+B. some As' would only produce As' and some if you bred them this weird brown color would be produced with a dark strip down the back. we had hamsters that would only breed with certain partners also and we had a few females that would fight the male so we had a "bull" hamster that would put them in their place and breed them. but we would remove most males after the fist sign of pregnancy due to they might eat or kill them. we also had some mothers that would eat their babys so once we would find one missing we would remove the rest and find a foster mother that was lactating for them. but it was fun to find a pattern that some would like and reproduce some weird and pretty patterns. at one time i think we had 60 or so hamsters thats with 4 or 5 breeding parents and they would have 3-8 babys. then we would have our "studs" man they would get big lol, but i would say all baby hamsters would bite so i would wear leathers gloves and reach in and surprise them like a kid would do till they stopped biting. this worked on most but every once in a while it wouldnt so we would take that fighter and breed them. so no kid would be bit by them.
there was some money involved, not much but it paid for food and stuff. we would sell the babys at half of what the store sold them for, so if they charged 8 we would charge 4. so we could make 32 from one litter this would pay for wood chips and food for the rest of the hamsters. but theres a fine line about flooding the market, kids fall in love with cute babys not adults so you cant sell too many to one store or they will have some left over till next month. so most times the most we would sell to one store would be 10 depending on how well they sold from the past month. we had stores buying our hamsters from 3 states, then one month it hit us hard. it was december about 6 or so years ago when we got out because we got stuck will a bunch of little hamsters no one wanted to buy them for some reason i guess when the market got really down people didnt have enough money to buy hamsters or food. so the only thing we could do was find a store and give them all away we had them all sexed and in two bins it broke my heart giving them to this pet store cause we never dealt with them and didnt know how our hamsters would be treated. but when they just put them all into one aquarium even they freaked imagine 30 baby hamsters not knowing what was going on and freaking out.
i dont know why i felt like i had to share this with yall but i hope you learned something about hamster breeding and taking care of them. if you have any questions feel free to inbox me
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 23, 2015, 10:37:55 pm
Post by: Greybeard on December 24, 2015, 03:26:18 pm
I 'used' to (seems there is never a 'used to' however) run an all-breed rescue. I don't hunt or fish (don't confuse that with being a tree hugger folks) because I really [ETA-DON'T! :-[) enjoy killing animals for any reason. I can skin any animal I'm given however. I used to work in a pelting factory skinning mink.
Anyway, I have always had some opposition to breeding and selling small animals. Especially around any holiday (Easter is high on the list). Folks don't seem to understand they are giving a life (albeit an animal life) to some ungrateful and ignorant children to take care of. The blind leading the blind in most cases. I have rescued many dogs and cats because the owners didn't understand that the cute little thing grew into a Mastiff, a Rottweiler, or a Great Dane.
We are fostering two kittens right now that were abused (and they are only 5 weeks old). Not liking animal is someones choice, abusing it is altogether different. I carry a gun and on more than a few occasions would have liked to blow the fingers off those that abuse animals for fun.
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 25, 2015, 11:07:07 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 26, 2015, 08:10:40 am
Post by: Greybeard on December 26, 2015, 06:34:01 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 27, 2015, 06:45:11 am
Post by: Irish_Alley on December 27, 2015, 03:04:53 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 27, 2015, 07:45:43 pm
Post by: Irish_Alley on December 27, 2015, 07:48:22 pm
"The 1993 assault was Australia's largest recorded mouse plague and an estimated 500, 000 tons of wheat was destroyed by the rodents over the plague's 6 month duration, which is enough to feed the entire state of Utah (USA) for 4 years! The mental trauma of the plague and the loss in the livelihood of farmers was enough to drive at least 6 people to suicide and many farmers chose to abandon their livelihood and leave the at-risk areas in the south, for good."
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 27, 2015, 09:59:17 pm
Post by: Irish_Alley on December 27, 2015, 10:11:51 pm
when you have a pile like this then you "might" have a problem
Post by: LTZ C20 on December 28, 2015, 10:00:38 am
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 28, 2015, 01:06:41 pm
Post by: LTZ C20 on December 28, 2015, 01:54:49 pm
Post by: Greybeard on December 28, 2015, 02:56:36 pm
Post by: Jason S on December 29, 2015, 09:02:01 am
Good grief! Half a billion mice! I only have about 3 or 4 to deal with. They need more dingo's or something to keep them in check.
When I lived in western Oklahoma, many people there claimed that when farms were abandoned during the dust bowl the rodent population skyrocketed. Further, it was claimed that with the increase in the rodent populations, the rattlesnake population boomed - which in turn led to the first "Rattlesnake Roundups"...
Maybe all they need are some Western Diamondbacks...
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 29, 2015, 11:52:11 am
Post by: Greybeard on December 29, 2015, 12:44:27 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on December 29, 2015, 01:07:15 pm
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Post by: philo_beddoe on December 31, 2015, 01:05:56 pm
Post by: Greybeard on December 31, 2015, 06:03:15 pm
As a youngster of 22 I worked for a couple years in our nations 2nd largest national park, Yellowstone. I learned a few things while I was there, mostly about sex ;D but also about nature and ecosystems (or was that part about sex too? I don't remember), anyway, I worked in the Old Faithful area for two years. The hot springs and geysers there are pretty interesting since they are a micro-system all by themselves. Back in the early years of the park, after the Inn was built they reasoned they could tap into a hot spring on the side of the hill sorta behind the Inn. So they did and they used the hot water for heat and kitchen and laundry. But the hot spring's water level was lowered by doing this. As any high school kid should know the boiling point of water is dependent on two things, heat and pressure. Well, there is no lack of heat under that area of the park so pressure caused a calamity back then. By lowering the water level the weight of the water was reduced drastically down below in the 'plumbing system' of hot springs and geysers. All of those underground water systems are interconnected and -balanced-, so by changing one small parameter everything got changed somewhat. By dropping that one hot springs water level just a few feet, it altered the way Old Faithful spouted off. As we know, Old Faithful got that name because it erupted almost to the minute every hour and a half. But over the course of ten months after tapping the water off the spring, it started not being faithful. It remains unfaithful today even after they stopped pulling the water off and the water rose to it's natural level. One small blunder due to humans vast intellect over nature. In the grand scheme of things, it's rather unimportant. But the lesson it teaches is enormous, if one is willing to learn.
Post by: BBM3 on December 31, 2015, 08:55:29 pm
The balance between human intervention and allowing nature to take its course is difficult.
The Yellowstone wildfire of 1988 is a case in point.
I love the park and hope we will figure out how protect it and still allow us to enjoy the natural beauty.
Post by: Greybeard on January 01, 2016, 12:54:54 am
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 01, 2016, 11:11:03 am
Post by: BBM3 on January 01, 2016, 06:08:30 pm
We lived on a small Caribbean island on the waterfront. 2004 category 5 hurricane Ivan destroyed or house along with most everything else on the island. We sold our house 18 months prior to Ivan. We were lucky.
We now live in a Ponderosa pine forest. June 2012 nearly 600 homes were destroyed by a massive wildfire. Fortunately the fire was stopped about 2000 feet from our house. The areas to our south that saw the majority of devastation still look like a moonscape. Again we were lucky.
There is is a risk living in these beautiful places.
We try and reduce our risk with good insurance and good forestry management.
Hurricanes not much you can do other than insurance, storm shutters, evacuate, and hope for the best.
And by the way....... We have Mice.
Post by: Greybeard on January 01, 2016, 08:19:46 pm
Whats your take on folks that build houses on beaches, side of mountains, etc and then the ocean washes them away or a mudslide or wildland fire?
Not really certain what this has to do with? However, having lived on the side of a mountain, and near rivers (I now live on top of a hill in corn country) I can say that the more I learn about people, the more I like nature. I have no problems with folks building where they want to, what I have a problem with is after they do build in some pristine wild area they want to bring their city attitude to the country. It makes no sense. Here in the farm country of Iowa there are plenty of places that are bought by city folks that want to 'live the quiet life, with clean air, in the country'. Hmph. Yeah, sure they do. They move next to a field that grows their food, after the first spring or fall they start moaning about the smell of pig crap or cow crap being used as fertilizer. They complain to the DNR that the rabbits, squirrels, coons, possum, and deer are eating their landscaping work, that the noise from the hog feeders a half mile away, or the fall noise of grain driers, is disturbing them. The list of crabass complaints never ends.
Nevertheless, you asked about the folks that build in hazard zones such as on a beach or mountainside. It really depends on what beach or mountainside I guess. Humans can continue to move into wilderness areas, I can't stop them, and I'll be dead in a decade or less so why would it concern me? however, if I answered I am against it, then I'm an :(, if I answered I'm all for it, then I'm too capitalistic.
What I believe is that folks need to be aware that when they pays their money, they are taking a chance. They can pay their insurance and be reimbursed for being stupid, no problem there. But after the first time of being stupid (or in some rare cases the second) why should all the rest of us paying premiums to that insurance company have to support their continued stupidity? The insurance company(s) should drop them like a hot rock. One chance for those in hazardous areas that are commonly or possibly prone to calamity. Of course, there needs to be a line drawn in the sand for some places because no place is entirely hazard free. Flooding is a point of discussion on that. If the flood prone area is 'normally' in a flood zone, the folks living there should finance their own independent insurance company's that don't use money from the general population. The same goes for hurricane zones (especially hurricane zones). Earthquakes cannot be counted on to happen in the same place year after year after year however, so they should have their own level of coverage as too with wildfire areas.
So to sum up, if folks want to live in an area that consistently or routinely sees calamity, they need to fend for themselves during the rebuilding processes by utilizing focused insurance company's dedicated to them only.
Again though, not certain what this has to do with the previous discussion?
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 01, 2016, 10:34:21 pm
Post by: Greybeard on January 02, 2016, 12:52:18 am
Post by: Irish_Alley on January 02, 2016, 01:40:26 am
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 02, 2016, 10:12:31 pm
I wonder if Trump is going to fix all that.
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 02, 2016, 10:27:49 pm
But they'll be back. They are relentless.
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 02, 2016, 10:33:59 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 03, 2016, 08:28:03 pm
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 03, 2016, 10:11:16 pm
Post by: LTZ C20 on January 04, 2016, 01:37:43 am
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 04, 2016, 12:26:19 pm
Post by: Jason S on January 04, 2016, 05:15:07 pm
In grad school, spent several days on a field trip in Suguaro National Park (beautiful park). This was in the spring and we were rained on most of the time there. Naturally, the last day we were there was sunny and warm; we started from the relatively warm desert basin and drove up into the mountains looking at vegetation changes at various elevations and eventually had to turn around because of snow. As a young flatlander, I'd never experienced such a thing!
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 04, 2016, 05:31:34 pm
I remember reading something about there being four seasons in Arizona - Fire, Flood, Mud and Drought... ;D
In grad school, spent several days on a field trip in Suguaro National Park (beautiful park). This was in the spring and we were rained on most of the time there. Naturally, the last day we were there was sunny and warm; we started from the relatively warm desert basin and drove up into the mountains looking at vegetation changes at various elevations and eventually had to turn around because of snow. As a young flatlander, I'd never experienced such a thing!
Ha ha ha! You got that right! Sadly, in the span of the last 15 years, we've seen of the largest forest fires in the area ever recorded. Both were the largest in state history at the time. The last one in 2011 being the record holder still. Drought is always one of those things that we worry about. That's why I'm not going to complain that it's cold here with lots of snow! We need that moisture to avoid a catastrophe come spring and summer during fire season! But I love it here and wouldn't want it any other way!
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 04, 2016, 09:51:47 pm
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 04, 2016, 11:35:19 pm
Yes, the gun laws here are pretty lax compared to most states, but are tightening up. We're usually a pretty red state, which is what I am, but I also live between 2 large Indian reservations as well. I have the White Mountain Apache Reservation to the south and the Navajo Nation to the north. They tend to be pretty liberal and vote democratic because they all get the free government handouts! Grrr!
Post by: Greybeard on January 05, 2016, 10:36:57 am
AZ87V10,
I notice in your signature you have a Dodge with a four (ooppss-5" lift) inch lift and 35's. With the gear ratio stated what is cruising RPM at 70mph with your truck in direct drive (not OD)?
My truck has 4.10's with 33's and it runs annoyingly high- about 3,400 or so at 70. OK, let me clarify, the sticker in the glove box says it came with 4.10's, I have never verified that is what is still in it.
I pulled a 6,000lb GVW trailer last Saturday that weighed about 5,000lbs (estimated by the combined weights of all the pallets+the trailer weight) plus about 1800lbs on a pallet in the bed. The anemic 360 struggled the entire 70 miles I pulled it even in direct drive at 3500rpm. At that speed I was getting about 5-6 mpg (We used an entire 30 gallons in the round trip of about about 150 miles with 70 loaded).
This bone stock engine is pitiful. Truck is 2002 2500 and only has 120K on it. :-\
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 05, 2016, 03:19:11 pm
Post by: AZ87V10 on January 05, 2016, 08:05:21 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on January 05, 2016, 09:42:25 pm
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Post by: philo_beddoe on January 06, 2016, 01:44:21 pm
Post by: philo_beddoe on February 25, 2016, 10:42:06 pm