Do YOU have a Rat Problem?
Just a quick post to show you somebody who does… And you DEFINITELY don’t wish you had a problem like this:The rat, which weighed six pounds and had a 12-inch tail, was caught at the weekend in a residential area of Fuzhou, a city of six million people on China’s south coast. Take a look at the photo!All bamboo rats are slow-moving and usually spend their time in underground burrows, feeding on bamboo. Chinese bamboo rats are often sold for meat in Chinese markets. The largest rats in the world are thought to be African giant pouched rats, which can grow up to 36 inches...
Read MoreHave you had a problem with Maggots?
This site gets an average of 300 visits a day from people who have questions on how to get rid of maggots. You may think that’s weird, but believe it or not, it’s easy to get maggots, and you don’t have to have a dirty house. If you’re thinking how people could possibly get maggots, it’s really quite easy. Perhaps you missed the garbage disposal pickup day, or your cat has killed a bird that you weren’t aware of. Or, as happened in our complex, a neighbour ran over a bullfrog and didn’t pick up the dead body, and the flies had a FEAST. So it may not...
Read MoreAnt Poison that REALLY gets rid of ants
We’re being taken over by ants in our house. But I think I’ve found the cure! You can’t see the ants, but drop a piece of food on the floor and wait 5 minutes. The food will either be gone, or covered in ants and on it’s way to being gone. So I splashed out today. I paid R240 for imported Ant Poison. That’s a LOT in my opinion, especially for a 280 gram jar. But it looks like it works like a charm. The ant poison I’m trying out is “MAXFORCE Ant Bait Granules” by “Bayer Advanced“. It smells like dog food and looks like tiny dog...
Read MoreFrog Droppings
Have you ever wondered what frog droppings look like? Do you really care? You might if you’d seen something that you previously thought were rat droppings, so here are a couple of photos to put your mind at ease. In my other posts about how to get rid of frogs I talk about how it’s really just a case of making them choose somewhere else to live. I did that by waiting for the frogs to leave their holes and then filling it up with river sand. Of course that means you’ll either have to wait until night time for them to come out, or force them out… I forced them out by...
Read MoreGet rid of Fruit Flies around the house
Another reader of this site was kind enough to leave a tip for getting rid of fruit flies in the house. Karen had this to say: For those dealing with the annoyance of fruit flies in the home, because we DO like keeping a number of fresh fruits and vegetables around the house, my younger brother has stumbled upon this remedy: Pour a little wine into a cup. Dip the tip of your finger into bubbly dish detergent and drip a drop or two into the cup of wine and swish it around. Change the cup of fly-wine every few days until your problem is gone. Works like a charm!! After a little email exchange,...
Read MoreHow to get rid of Maggots
I’m sure everybody’s sick of maggots! Thanks to Julie, a reader who left a comment on the above post, we have this “definitive guide to getting rid of Maggots“. She browsed for hours and hours and wrote a summary of what she has seen to be the most common resolutions to the problem of having maggots. And with her permission, I’ve posted what she found. There is a lot of information to digest, so hopefully it proves helpful And, if you’ve read the comments on the post about getting rid of maggots, you’ll know it’s a common problem. So use a...
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