Don't do this.

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Help needed.

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That's just sad.

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The diagram is the funny bit.

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Got It

GOT IT!

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The vigil

I have affixed the nut onto the trap using copper wire. While I am reasonably sure that El Diablo can chew through this, I am also sure that he will trigger the spring if he does. I replace the trap in the attic, and as I do, I sense he is  watching me from the darkness. I return to my control room and sit in front of the video monitor...and wait.  

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How did he do that

The video shows El Diable approaching the trap with suspicion, he circles it several times, and then proceeds to carefully remove the nut with the skill and delicate touch of a bomb disposal expert. He then drags his prize off to the side and devours it in the shadow of the trap to taunt me. The battle of wits between man and rodent has just escalated.  

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Has this really become a problem?

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Another trap

After reviewing numerous rat eradication products at my local hardware store, including poison, glue and a very high tech electrocution box, I have settled on the spring traps that really do a number on your fingers if you do not exercise extreme caution. For bait I will use the nuts as these seems irresistible to El Diablo. The nuts were difficult to put on the trap with all the band aids on my fingers. Given my competency with these devices, I am now glad that I didn't use the electrocution box.

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Rat

It's worse than I thought. Today I got a lovely image on the surveillance video of a large evil looking rat with glowing devil-like eyes. It is amazing that we think of squirrels as being cute, but shave their tails and they become hideous disease ridden vermin. I'm sure if rats realized that a bushy tail was all that prevented them from getting a starring role in a Disney cartoon, rodent tail toupees would be all the rage.

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