My neighbor wasn't joking.

[Junebug]

Last weekend one of my across the fence neighbors told me she had disturbed 2 rat nests while tearing down her delapidated tool shed. She cautioned me to be on the look-out for her displaced rats and she wasn't joking.

Last night my dogs began barking like crazy and they just wouldn't stop. I checked on them to see what all the commotion was about and they're attention was fixated on the back porch. As I looked towards the porch I caught glimpse of small rodent crawling inside a milk jug containing bird seed.

I took the camera and cautiously pointed it inside the rodent's chewed-out access hole. The flash from the camera startled not one, but two young rats. They immediately jumped out and scurried away leaving yet another young rat behind. After the second flash he lept out and ran off. Afterwards I tossed the entire jug of seed into the compost pile a good distance away from the house.

Where's my yard snakes when I need them? Hopefully they're hanging out by the compost.