Wolf problem on board!

[jimi]

Most people apparently have rats and deal with them by having cats. Fortunately I don't have a rat problem which is lucky for me as I'm allergic to cats. I do suffer from wolf infestation as visitor wolf down all my supplies. What animal should I engage to deal with this?

 

[Rigger Mortice]

A little girl dressed in a red riding hood should do it for you.

Or three little piggies.

 

[BrickSailor]

I thought you meant this sort of wolf! Mind you, he was never a problem...

 

[Giblets]

Or three little piggies.

Indeed. The "huffing & puffing" facility could be useful in times of little wind.

 

[mjcoon]

You don't need a real rat, just some convincing droppings for them to find...

Mike.

 

[jwilson]

You don't need a real rat, just some convincing droppings for them to find...

Mike.

... in their sandwich

 

[robmcg]

Get a rat snake. No visitors=no problems. Tell them its around the cabin somewhere stretching its legs (so to speak)

 

[Leighb]

Get a rat snake. No visitors=no problems. Tell them its around the cabin somewhere stretching its legs (so to speak)

But, what do you feed it on once it has eaten all the resident rats?

 

[rgarside]

Once it is big enough and hungry enough it will deal with the wolves too.

 

[2Tizwoz]

Most people apparently have rats and deal with them by having cats. Fortunately I don't have a rat problem which is lucky for me as I'm allergic to cats. I do suffer from wolf infestation as visitor wolf down all my supplies. What animal should I engage to deal with this?

Be more hospitable. Serve porage. There's a limit to how much porage a wolf can stomach.

 

[SailorBill]

Most people apparently have rats and deal with them by having cats. Fortunately I don't have a rat problem which is lucky for me as I'm allergic to cats. I do suffer from wolf infestation as visitor wolf down all my supplies. What animal should I engage to deal with this?

What you need is a bear with a sore head to see off the woluff.

 

[nigelmercier]

I thought you meant this sort of wolf! Mind you, he was never a problem...

He is lovely, I so want another GS.

 

[PhillM]

He is lovely, I so want another GS.

There are plenty in the local rescue centres. We ended up with two.

 

[laika]

Be more hospitable. Serve porage. There's a limit to how much porage a wolf can stomach.

I think you're confusing this with a bear issue.

A little girl dressed in a red riding hood should do it for you.

Or three little piggies.

Re: the latter: no good for wooden boats. OK for ferro cement. Not really sure about GRP. The former, utterly ineffective. What you need is the number for a decent woodsman. Just hope they're more reliable at showing up to give you a quote than the average rigger

 

[bbg]

I am given to understand that if your supplies consist solely of Fray Bentos pies, the wolves may stop visiting.

 

[oldharry]

Get some pale green food colouring powder. Put little round discs of it on the surface of the food. This works particularly well with sliced white bread... problem solved.

Mind you, you your crew might walk out on you.

 

[Tidewaiter2]

I think you're confusing this with a bear issue.



Re: the latter: no good for wooden boats. OK for ferro cement. Not really sure about GRP. The former, utterly ineffective. What you need is the number for a decent woodsman. Just hope they're more reliable at showing up to give you a quote than the average rigger

Woodsmen are now Tree Surgeons, expensive, and very busy round here at the moment! I have a chainsaw, and right trizers, plus bush saws, etc. All of them work on GRP, however you have to sharpen and declog more often

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Get some pale green food colouring powder. Put little round discs of it on the surface of the food. This works particularly well with sliced white bread... problem solved.

Mind you, you your crew might walk out on you.

If your Crew was/is a microbiologist/pharmicist or pharmacetical coy researcher, they are more likely just to cut round the mould, use the food, and study the symptoms+ culture the growth in the jelly you were saving for dessert!
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