Rats Are Taking Over North Texas

No, I'm not referring to someone like Jerry Jones, I'm talking about the real deal, the rodents known as rats. The rat population of North Texas is booming, bringing a lot of work for North Texas Pest Eliminators.

People are finding rats in place like their swimming pools, bird feeders, attics and dog houses.

Usually what the Pest Eliminators call "Rat Season" does not begin til the weather gets cold and the rats start invading warm spaces. But with the rat population boom the Pest Eliminators have been getting calls all year.

The rat problem is not limited to any particular part of town. The nicest of neighborhoods have rats. They are everywhere. Some blame the rats showing up in new locations on all the Barnett Shale gas drilling disrupting the rat's homes, forcing them to move. That doesn't sound too plausible to me.

Other than stopping a nearby gas drilling operation, to protect yourself from rats you can make sure you don't have any holes in your house. A rat can squeeze through a quarter-size hole. Don't put any food outside for your pets. Don't have any thing growing up against your house. Rats love living in ivy. If your house has been invaded don't battle the rats yourself, call in the experts.

I've not heard if anything has been done with the Big Cheese Rodent Factory. The city of Fort Worth had given the rat growers til the first of November to quit stinking up the neighborhood.

Fort Worth Gas Price, Rats & Zorro's Buffet

Earlier today I blogged about obesity. And then a few hours after that I found myself talked into going to the biggest buffet in Texas. That being Zorro's Buffet.

I've blogged about Zorro's Buffet before. Sadly, for Zorro's Buffet, their official website is badly designed, so my blog shows up before their website when someone Googles "zorros buffet fort worth."

The Race Way gas station next to Zorro's had gas at $2.64. There was no line. You can get the stuff in the $2.60 range all over this zone now.

A large percentage of the Zorro's Buffet customers today were obese. One sat near me. Obese people can really eat a lot of food.

Today was Mexican food day at Zorro's. Which included chile rellenos, which is my favorite Mexican food. I had 5 rellenos. They were good. I always judge the quality of a Mexican restaurant by the quality of their rellenos. Zorro's was not quite as good as Esperanza's, but like I said, I had 5 of them.

Two guys sitting behind me, judging from overhearing their conversation, were exterminators. They were having their best extermination year ever. Getting rid of rats.

And now the weird part. One of them said the rats were on the move due to all the gas drilling disturbing their habitat. So, the rats move into people's homes and garages.

Now, as much as I find much to be disturbed about regarding all the urban gas drilling, I find it hard to believe that it has caused a mass exodus of rats.

I've not seen any rats in my neighborhood and I've got a gas operation going on right across the street.