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...and i gotta vent somewhere.

Moments ago...my neighbor stops by,and informs me that the other neighbor has a problem with me...He tells me that this guy swears he has been catching colored rats and that he has even "slung" a few at my place. ?!?! wth

Then i remembered the dead mouse i found laying in the doorway of my "ratshack" a few days earlier.(That's right.I don't even have any mice)
This mouse had me seriously confused at the time.Seeing as how it had obviously been cought in a mousetrap,and had been dead for a day or so?..(rigamortis)

So now...am i supposed to educate this guy in the difference?...for the love of god...stupid people....sigh.
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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.

I would take the mouse, and a nice big rat, put them both on his door step with a note that says "Dear Neighbor, I dont breed mice. The mouse you threw at my rat shack as you can see looks nothing like this rat I have kindly give you as an example. Perhaps some kid let their pet mouse go and it has been breeding with local mice, producing colored mice. It happens all the time. What dosent happen all the time is neighbors exchanging dead rodents. Please dont let it happen again. -Signed Your Neighbor"

And just leave it at that.

LOL, that would be funny, have a hidden camera set up some where.
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
ballpythonworld.com

DO IT!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you,
Dave
www.DNReptiles.com

That's really good,and i probably would have done it.Except that i am not really sure where that mouse is now.I tossed it....who knew. *shakes head*
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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.

Unfortunately herpers are always under fire.If you live in the city they probably have code inforcement.If you do there might be a ordinance against breeding or having farm animals Ect.Sometimes you have to bite your tongue and just talk to the guy.Maybe you can get him to become interested in reptiles or just understand a little more what you do.If you can't then do what you gotta do.Most of the time people try to understand they usualy have kids that have an reptile and bug you to looook at your pets everyday.
Good luck
Mike

Charles, take a medium sized rat next door. Stuff it up his nose and say "This is a rat!" then reach into your hip pocket and pull out the mouse and say 'Oh, and here's yer friggin' mouse back." and stuff that in his shirt pocket.

OK, then don't . Was just a thought.

Quig

A. I say get a voodoo doll. Put a picture of this guys face on it. Put said voodoo doll in a mouse trap and leave it on his front porch.
B. Or, go to your local party/costume store, purchase the largest rat costume you can find, and do laps around his house. Of course make sure he has no weapons as he might mistake you for an actual rat.
If you go with B, please please get this on video.

ep

PS: Im not far from you, Id be happy to put on a mouse costume and put on an educational program for him. We could take turns running past him shouting "Im a mouse" then "Im a rat", "Im a mouse", Im a rat", "Im a ...............................
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Occupants not paying rent:
1.1. balls
1.1 corns
1 everglades rat
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2.1 cats

ROTFLMAO!!!

and you definatley have to get it on tape
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
ballpythonworld.com

...you had me at "video"...(genuine lol)

yer nuts... ,and we might have to wear kevlar.
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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.