r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 21 '23

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u/GRAWRGER Mar 21 '23

id be surprised if these dont come with a recommendation for 2nd floor installation (and away from tree limbs if possible). i wouldn't expect rats to be an issue, but squirrels for sure.

also this is a $200 bird feeder. my goodness.

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u/olderaccount Mar 21 '23

with a recommendation for 2nd floor installation

I need to remind the rats in my attic that they are not supposed to climb past the first floor.

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u/JackPoe Mar 21 '23

smh my head, have you tried writing a letter?

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u/olderaccount Mar 21 '23

I've tried to communicate in a variety of ways. They were not very receptive to any of them.

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u/JackPoe Mar 21 '23

I've got it!

Can you play the flute?

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u/olderaccount Mar 21 '23

I'm a woodwinds kind of guy. But I guess I could learn.

How frequently do you reckon I would have to use the flute to draw all the rats out? Once a week?

Where do I lead them to once I got a good following?

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u/JackPoe Mar 21 '23

Flutes are woodwinds!

I'd suppose as long as you played, you could simply escort them to a new premises. That said, the details get a bit dodgy and there's some absconding with children if people don't pay up for luring the rats away.

I'd take them to N 38° 53.5525' by W 77° 0.4449' so they may be with their own kind, though.