I have had a number of unwelcome visitors lately. Mice, spiders, a tarantula, and massive grasshoppers. It first started with these two crickets that lived behind the boards of my latrine. I frequently saw their antennas peaking out. One day, I decided to take care of them. There is an spray here called Baygon, it is an all-purpose killing spray, very potent stuff. I sprayed where they were hiding. When I was finished, there were 7 dead grasshoppers! They are big and disgusting. I happily watched the chickens eat them.
A few nights later, there wasn't electricity, so I was sitting in candle light. I saw a small shadow under the stove. I shined my flashlight and saw a mouse. I went directly to the colmado and bought a sticky trap. You peel off the top paper to reveal a extremely sticky surface. I set it up with a bit of cheese. The next day there were 2 little mice stuck to it. Ramon disgustingly folded the trap in two and threw it out.
After the grasshopper and the mice were gone, I felt good. Cleaner. Until I was going out the the latrine the other night. I had on my stylish head lamp and bam a massive tarantula is sitting feet from my house. I screamed like a little girl. It scurried under a boulder that is in my yard. For the next half and hour Ramon and I try to kill it. I was basically standing back shining the light on it's cave. We utilized Baygon, flushed out the space with water, and poked a stick around. I haven't seen it since, so I am going to assume, for my own comfort, that it is dead.
Just as I was getting over the tarantula sighting, I see something scurry over the stove. I obviously yell out. Two muchacos (young men) are visiting, and say I'm crazy because they didn't see anything. I see another shadow and shout again. They get out the broom and search for the mouse. After attacking the wall with the broom, the mouse leaves. I will definitely be setting up a sticky trap tonight.
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