[Blacklabcollective] Rat Cleanup Plan for Sunday/Monday's Show & Pest Control

[Lindsay Kasting]

Thanks for dealing with that Megan! Ugh what a nightmare.
On Aug 7, 2015 10:17 AM, "Megan Speers" <speers.megan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone! Get ready for a long ass email!
>
> I just met with the pest control guy and it looks like we have a fair bit
> of work ahead of us if we wana get the rats under control. I didn't get
> specific with our use of the space, he just assumed we are "trying to open
> a business" and I kept everything vague.
>
> Basically, as we all I'm sure suspected, the back sink hole is the biggest
> major entry point that exists. He referred to it as a "superhighway". He
> also said all the clutter back there (wood, garbage, etc) is primo rat
> nesting material and should be cleared out and filled in.
>
> The actual back door has a corner on it that has a small gap, and this is
> another easy entry point. Rats apparently have collapsible ribcages and can
> fit through super tiny holes. Great!
>
> There are other visible possible entry points in the back bathroom (the
> one that's painted white), I noted to him that there seems to be a lot of
> feces and chewed up wood and stuff near the hot water tank and he couldn't
> see in there very well but said that he figured there's probably an entry
> point back in there. There is another pretty large one in the front corner
> on the side near the stage, and numerous other, smaller ones all over. He
> also felt that under the stage is a potential nesting zone since it is
> hollow and suggested we get rid of it if we don't have a use for it
> (haha...).
>
> Basically the steps he suggested were as follows:
> 1) Massively de-clutter! Any cluttered, cozy corners are rat havens and
> the less they can hide from humans, the less likely they are to want to
> hang out in the lab.
> 2) Clean up and deal with the sink hole in the back of the property (I
> personally feel this is well beyond our abilities).
> 3) Set out bait traps and snap traps. The bait traps I guess are blocks of
> poisonous stuff that the rats bring back to share with their families. Grim
> as fuck.
> 4) Locate all entry points and fill them with steel wool and pre-mixed
> concrete (this is a combo that they can't chew through).
>
> He really seemed to think that the sheer amount of STUFF in the space is a
> huge factor in how much rat activity we have. Every area of the space we
> went into, he would just point at all our piles of junk and say "all that
> has to go"... basically we need to get rid of anything non-essential/useful
> before we can really get a handle on the situation. And yea, the sinkhole.
> Hopefully while the landlord is in town we can talk him into actually
> hiring someone to deal with that back area... it needs to be dealt with by
> someone who knows how to fix it in a way where it doesn't further
> exacerbate the sinking of the building.
>
> Ok! hope everyone is having a great week. see y'all soon.
> -megan.
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Rafael "Cabeza" Manrique <
> cabezadevacarecs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds good to me! Awesome Anju.
>> Also, would you guys say that 60 beers is not enough show right? But it
>> is also a Monday.
>> How many beers should I buy?
>>
>> Rafael.
>>
>> 2015-08-06 14:55 GMT-07:00 Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> So, I talked to Megan and we are going to pay Shiner a few bucks to help
>>> clean up and reduce the rat situation. He has already agreed. This will be
>>> done Sunday afternoon, so in time for Sunday night and Monday night's
>>> shows. We will probably make enough Sunday to cover this cost from bar
>>> sales, as well as have some money to pay Lindsay back too.
>>>
>>> The last show I did was a little too gross to be in there and even the
>>> volunteers were grossed out, so I'm going to move ahead and make it a
>>> little less offensive.
>>>
>>> Also, Pest Control will be in tomorrow morning to meet with Megan
>>> regarding giving us a quote.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anju Singh
>>>
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