Cockroaches have completely overrun this dump we call home, today I had to throw out about 20lbs of dog food as well as a ton of people food and run out and buy more dog food and rubbermaid containers to keep everyone's food in untill this problem is solved 
But, that's a who 'nother rant!
Today, after emptying my entire kitchen I finally put down some roach killing gel that I've had since we moved. I'd never put it down so far because I was afraid the dogs might get sick from eating the poisoned bugs, but everyone convinced me it would be fine. So, I started out by squirting a line of it along the baseboard where they all ran when I rousted the nasty little things (a covered area when the kitchen is in it's normal state). I went to get the mop to take advantage of the clear floors and come back in the kitchen to see Scrappy running out like she knew she was doing something bad and at first I thought nothing of it since there was nothing left in the kitchen for her to get into. Then I realized that she had been in the corner where I had put out the poison and sure enough when I looked it was all gone!
I immediatly started freaking out, called the number on the box and got some stupid automated service where the closest option to what I wanted was "If this is a medical emergency call..." So I grab the phone book and call the vet, closed. I just went down the page calling vets and got 3 more we're closed messages. By this time I'm really freaking, so I go back to the number on the box and choose the option for a medical emergency. The lady that answers asked for the number on the box to identify the poison and I'm sitting there listening to her type, trying not to scream at her to hurry up and she comes back and says "That's not poisonous to people or dogs!!!! WHEW!!! I could have cried again I was so relieved!!! She told me to just make sure she had water, so I gave her some ice cubes to eat (she loves that) and she's been fine.
I was so mad and so scared! I couldn't believe that in under a minute she woke up from a sound sleep, checked out a completely empty room, found poison and ate it! I also couldn't believe it didn't occur to me to cover it up... I know how she finds trouble to get into! Geeze, if anything bad had happened I never would have forgiven myself!
Moral of the story...Never under estimate the troublemaking abilities of Scrappy!
But, that's a who 'nother rant!Today, after emptying my entire kitchen I finally put down some roach killing gel that I've had since we moved. I'd never put it down so far because I was afraid the dogs might get sick from eating the poisoned bugs, but everyone convinced me it would be fine. So, I started out by squirting a line of it along the baseboard where they all ran when I rousted the nasty little things (a covered area when the kitchen is in it's normal state). I went to get the mop to take advantage of the clear floors and come back in the kitchen to see Scrappy running out like she knew she was doing something bad and at first I thought nothing of it since there was nothing left in the kitchen for her to get into. Then I realized that she had been in the corner where I had put out the poison and sure enough when I looked it was all gone!
I immediatly started freaking out, called the number on the box and got some stupid automated service where the closest option to what I wanted was "If this is a medical emergency call..." So I grab the phone book and call the vet, closed. I just went down the page calling vets and got 3 more we're closed messages. By this time I'm really freaking, so I go back to the number on the box and choose the option for a medical emergency. The lady that answers asked for the number on the box to identify the poison and I'm sitting there listening to her type, trying not to scream at her to hurry up and she comes back and says "That's not poisonous to people or dogs!!!! WHEW!!! I could have cried again I was so relieved!!! She told me to just make sure she had water, so I gave her some ice cubes to eat (she loves that) and she's been fine.
I was so mad and so scared! I couldn't believe that in under a minute she woke up from a sound sleep, checked out a completely empty room, found poison and ate it! I also couldn't believe it didn't occur to me to cover it up... I know how she finds trouble to get into! Geeze, if anything bad had happened I never would have forgiven myself!
Moral of the story...Never under estimate the troublemaking abilities of Scrappy!
