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

[Anju Singh]

Yikes. Ok good to know. And decluttering seems like a good idea.

I've got shiner coming in tomorrow for a surface cleaning and steel wool
filling as a start.

Regarding decluttering, at secret location we have rats but declutterjng is
a huge part of our regular cleaning plan and we have never had an
infestation so I believe it does help.

Regarding the stage, if there is a break between shows maybe we can take it
down and rebuild it to be flush with the floor?

Yikes :( what a bummer

On Friday, August 7, 2015, Lindsay Kasting <l.kasting86 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for dealing with that Megan! Ugh what a nightmare.
> On Aug 7, 2015 10:17 AM, "Megan Speers" <speers.megan at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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!
>>>>
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>>>> Anju Singh
>>>>
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