Mike_S
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There\'s a rat in ma kitchen !
What am I gonna do ?!
Well, not exactly a rat, I'm just looking on wikipedia to try and work out what it is but whatever it is, I got somewhat of a shock when I went down to the boat this afternoon to fit my new solar panel. Haven't been down for a couple of weeks and needed to just start the engine up for a while. Anyway I took the cover off and noticed loads of fluff on the back seat, then spotted a nice fresh turd on the carpet /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif, by which point I'm wondering whether I'm looking for a duck in the cuddy or something. Opened up the cupboard under the sink to get some kitchen roll to clear up the mess (which is in the main cockpit area, not cuddy) and there's 2 eyes looking at me, attached to a jet black furry creature about a foot long. I don't know who jumped the most, me or it !!
I then spent the next half hour clearing everything out of the cupboard as it's clearly been trying to nest everything up, as well taking a few nibbles of a sponge that's in the cupboard. I thought it had gone and hidden behind the water bottle, so sent the wifes' camera phone round the back to see if it was there, nothing /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Took the bottle out and sure enough, nothing there. Looked all round the cupboard and couldn't find it, which meant it's legged it into the hull /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Cleared up the mess, fitted the solar panel and got all the seat bases out of the boat ready to come home. I'm checking the mooring lines when SWMBO shouts "It's there, on the pontoon", pointing further down. I missed it, so went for a wander and spotted it *under* the walkway, using the steel support "I" beam on the side to run along. It ran back towards our boat and tried to hop across, seems to have been getting on through one of the engine bay vents in the side. Got a good look at it then so I'm trying to work out what it is now. From wikipedia it's either a european mink or a ferret. Description is it's got jet black fur, just over a foot long with a 5-6" long tail so if anyone's down at CBYC towards N pontoon (ie right down the end) and sees something black and ferret like running around near WhiSkiNWater, try and point it in a different direction as I'm not taking in non-paying guests /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
What am I gonna do ?!
Well, not exactly a rat, I'm just looking on wikipedia to try and work out what it is but whatever it is, I got somewhat of a shock when I went down to the boat this afternoon to fit my new solar panel. Haven't been down for a couple of weeks and needed to just start the engine up for a while. Anyway I took the cover off and noticed loads of fluff on the back seat, then spotted a nice fresh turd on the carpet /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif, by which point I'm wondering whether I'm looking for a duck in the cuddy or something. Opened up the cupboard under the sink to get some kitchen roll to clear up the mess (which is in the main cockpit area, not cuddy) and there's 2 eyes looking at me, attached to a jet black furry creature about a foot long. I don't know who jumped the most, me or it !!
I then spent the next half hour clearing everything out of the cupboard as it's clearly been trying to nest everything up, as well taking a few nibbles of a sponge that's in the cupboard. I thought it had gone and hidden behind the water bottle, so sent the wifes' camera phone round the back to see if it was there, nothing /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Took the bottle out and sure enough, nothing there. Looked all round the cupboard and couldn't find it, which meant it's legged it into the hull /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Cleared up the mess, fitted the solar panel and got all the seat bases out of the boat ready to come home. I'm checking the mooring lines when SWMBO shouts "It's there, on the pontoon", pointing further down. I missed it, so went for a wander and spotted it *under* the walkway, using the steel support "I" beam on the side to run along. It ran back towards our boat and tried to hop across, seems to have been getting on through one of the engine bay vents in the side. Got a good look at it then so I'm trying to work out what it is now. From wikipedia it's either a european mink or a ferret. Description is it's got jet black fur, just over a foot long with a 5-6" long tail so if anyone's down at CBYC towards N pontoon (ie right down the end) and sees something black and ferret like running around near WhiSkiNWater, try and point it in a different direction as I'm not taking in non-paying guests /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
