Compound EATING Critters????

Dr.Lathe

Dr.Lathe

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I thought I've been going crazy.....First my white compound, about 1/4lb disapears out of my shop.....I interogated the kids, questioned the wife, then searched the entire shop......GONE
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Not a real biggie!
Then, this morning my green compound is gone! This time alomost a FULL BAR!! The bag is their but no compound...???? This time I ask the kids what the #%*&&@ they are using MY COMPOUND FOR!!!! They just look at me like I'm crazy and say they didn't touch it!!!
THENNNN, I notice that my tube of Sisal compound has teeth marks all around the top of it and I see a few "SISAL POLISH TURDS" around my buffing area.....AH HA!!!! I got some sort of CRITTER eating and STEALING my COMPOUND!!
Now, I'm not sure what it is or how it drags 1/2" lb bars of compound around. I don't know how it gets in and out of my garage (shop) at night, everthing closes tight. BUT, I'm ASS-U-MING that it must be a RAT. Tonight I hope to choke the #%*$#$ER on some rat poison!! If that doesn't do it several of the traps I set will
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I have never seen a rat around house, especially with all the large snakes we have!! What ever it is..... IT DIES TONIGHT!!
Has anyone ever experienced this problem??
Neil
PS I will keep you posted as to what the Critter is!!

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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, I wish I was there to see it Neil!!!! I leave my rouge sittin on my bench all the time, an nothings ever touched it. You sure it's not a possum ( I know, you spell it opossum, but it looks stupid)??? If it is, watch out.. Those buggers have some real nasty teeth and don't mind usin em. Take some pictures and post em here so we can see what a compound eatin critter looks like. Take care and good hunting! Michael

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pretty wierd that you mention it....but my dog likes to lick up the green chrome rouge on the floor under my buffer.....i chase her out...i hope it doesnt kill her...thats mostly the only kind i use...a little no scratch pink once in a while.....btw..where you live it could be anything..even one of those fla sasquaches they look for. maybe its an alien from uranus (sorry couldnt help)
btw2..whos that rob simonich guy who posted above me...i think i remember someone like that a long time ago...in the 60s?????
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How big are the teeth marks? Maybe Vampire Gerbil came over to check out your shop
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It could be worse, My grandpa had a ground hog get in his shop somehow, it decided to eat a windowsill. Luckily it was the windowsill and not some of his lumber seeing as how it ate damn near the whole board.
Be careful, it could be a racoon too. We have alot of trouble with them up here, and a friend of mine found out that rat poison makes them sick but doesn't kill them, guns work pretty well for that though
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. They have gotten to be very unafraid of people and most of them have rabies anymore.
Whatever it is, good luck catching it and let us know what it is.

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Dr. Lathe,
Man if it's a possum just grab it by the tail and throw it out. Watch his teeth, but most of the time when you pick them up they just sull up. 'course with this thing eating compound it just might be crazy enough to try to bite!
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If it's a coon, DON'T MESS WITH IT!!! They will EAT YOU UP!!!



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All right,
I new that this would bring on a little verbal abuse
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Now that I have turned my entire shop upsidedown, I know, It cannot be a coon or a 'possum! The damn thing must be eating the compound before it gets out because there is NO openning in my garage large enough to fit a bar of compound through!!!! I found some green compound TURDS also near a small crack by the garage door.
Now the Turds.... They would be very handy for someone that uses one of those Dremel tool buffing wheels. I will ship them for free to anyone that wants them
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As far as killing a possum...one of our maintenace workers at my full time job grabbed one out of the dumpster by the tail! Then he WHACKED it several times on the side of the dumpster and threw its lifeless body back in the dumpster. Then he yelled, THERE YOU UGLY MOTHER*$#@#$!! You should have seen the reaction of all the office women that were watching from our outdoor eating area!!!
THEY FREEKED OUT!! No, he still has his job
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And Tom, about aliens form URANUS or my....... They are friendly, just noisy.
I will hopefully be reporting on a dead something or other tomorow. Thanks for all your encouragement
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out there in the everglades it could be ANYTHING/ be careful.btw-did you notice how few posts rob has...crusin in that mercedes has really changed his outlook on life.

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So how do you kill a possum if you don't have a dumpster nearby
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My friend used to work on a golf course and they had a ground hog dig a hole right in the middle of the fairway on one of the holes. He offered to bring his shotgun the next day and take care of the problem, but his boss refused saying they couldn't have stuff like that around there. Then his boss proceeded to take a shovel and go after the ground hog. He smacked it in the head and bent over to pick it up, thats when the damn thing jumped up and started chasing him all over the place. The moral of the story?... always hit it at least twice
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Animal control won't be much help if you call them either. At least here in ohio they aren't. A woman called in to report a racoon in her yard that would run after you if you wen outside, and it spent the rest of the time sitting ontop of her fence wathcing the house. Definitely something wrong with it, any way they told her they were to busy to send someone out and she should just hit with a shovel and bury it somewhere. I don't know what she did but she wasn't about to try the shovel idea.
Oh yeah, I would take you up on your offer about the green compound **** balls, but I just bought a bar of green and I don't need any, so I'll leave it for someone else
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Gee Tom, don't you have a Mercedes? I'll make you a good deal on our second one, it's just taking up space in the garage.

Jake
 
Do you have any brother-in-laws named Bubba in the vicinity of your shop? Could be your critter.
Tom
 
Neil, if you have one, set up a video camera for a couple nights. It would be neat to watch the critter in action.

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YES here in Polk County Florida, we have PLENTY of Bubba's around! Most of them couldn't fit through the crack by the garage door.
L6 That's a good idea about the video camera. I would love to see the SOB moving a bar of compound across the shop! I might try that tomorow night if I don't kill it tonight. I spent the whole day cleaning, and sorting out the shop, I'm bushed
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I hate to say this but it MUST be a rat. Anything else would be too big to get in. My snakes must be slacking off! We have quite a variety of them around the property. Snakes are welcome, even the poisonous ones, they eat rats and never go after my compound.
Neil

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Hey Doc
You are making this WAY too complicated..
Just start watching the teeth around your place. The culprit will be the one with his teeth worn half away but REALLY shiny!

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I have had mice get into my grease based compounds also. Fortunately, rats were to big to get into my box I was using for storage. One of these days I'm going to put a door on my shop (I think a door costs more than the building is worth besides, the termites have turned the door facings into little condos and I dont think they will still hold a door up).
 
Dr.Lathe, I had the same problem with some goose grease I had mixed up, it came out kinda pink, there were little pink turds all over the bench. I think what you probably have is a pack rat. I had one in the shop when I lived in Kansas, found the nest and my watch several nails and srcews poisioned him. Years later I learned I should have caught him and sent him to a member of P.E.T.A.

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Hey traps and poison are for wussys,
Take this critter on like a man,
arm youself with the best blade you have on hand and ambush him when he returns.
They have to know "if you mess with a knifemaker, you will feel the steel" :-)
Good luck,
Dave
 
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