Rat gate attempt part 1.

well we finally found something that we could use in order to block the rats from going into the kitchen and it did work.
...for a little bit.
at first the rats were running towards the kitchen door and when they realized they no longer had the access to the kitchen they'd turn away and go somewhere else instead.
of course this didn't last very long because then they actually started exploring the thing blocking their normal route to the joys of the kitchen floor and of course one of them found a gap (there were two small gaps on each side that I tried to stuff with my slipper. the right side worked fine but I guess the gap on the left side was big enough for a rat to dig through) and by squeezing through that gap encouraging the other one to follow her lead. luckily only Nixon went in there and I managed to stop Garbo from joining her. they both ended up in the cage pretty quickly after that.

it was fine having them in the kitchen for a while. they'd always come out of their hiding places when I'd call them and when I'd offer my hand they'd hop on it but last night we spent 2 hours trying to get Garbo to come out from underneath the oven so we figured that the kitchen days are over and it's time to actually do something about it. I guess we're still in the developing stages of this because one slipper and an oven mitten sure aren't going to keep away two small rats with the ability to dig and pull things. I really don't know what else to use for filling that gap so I guess for now I'm just gonna have to sit next to them and make sure I catch them on time before I'll be crawling on the kitchen floor looking for Garbo again.