The Rodenator

The squirrel holes have gotten so bad we are worried a horse will break a leg.  We fill in the holes but because we don’t fill in the dens they just show back up bigger than before.  Darling Husband borrowed Bargain Finder Friend’s Rodenator.  The Rodenator works using a long tube to put oxygen and propane into the hole and then a spark is sent into the hole and BOOM, the hole explodes, the tunnels collapse, then we fill in the fallen earth and hopefully the squirrels are gone. 

We put our dog in his crate and went to work getting rid of the squirrel and gopher holes in the front pasture.  It was a family affair Stick Boy and Pre Teen Daughter would search for the gopher holes and squirrel holes and put sticks in them.  Darling husband operated the Rodenator.  Teen Son would fill in the holes when we were done. I drove the truck and helped whoever needed it.  It worked great.  We kept an eye on the horses, sheep, and cattle.  The cattle were not interested after the second blast.  The horses wanted to see what we were doing and occasionally we had to chase those curious critters away.  When we had a loud blast the sheep would look up and run around then go back to eating. 

We were all productive and happy until we went into the house. 

Our wonderful dog panicked every time the Rodenator went off.  He tore apart his crate and pulled everything off the top of it.  Chewed on lots of my plastic containers, broke a bottle of syrup, pulled trash bags out of the cupboard and ate them, took a bit out of each potatoe in a 5 lb bag, chewed a bottle of soap ……. All of this was on the floor of the kitchen when we came up to make lunch. 

After the fire scaring our dog, us being out blasting the rodent holes scared our poor dog every time we made a noise.  After lunch I stayed in the house with our dog.  Darling Husband and the boys went out to work until they ran out of oxygen.