Dave wrote, >So you think I got the ANCHO RAT? nope the sucker out smarted me, the trap >and the new sticky trap again!!! I have a story containing some similarities to yours, which I will refrain from telling because a) chiles were not involved, and b) the story wasn't nearly as interesting. The main characters were myself and a small creature whom I aptly named SmartMouse. SmartMouse and I finally ceased to be roommates after I installed a state-of-the-art Havaheart trap, which was the first trap from which he was unable to escape after eating the bait. He was much smaller and less distinguished in appearance than his work had led me to imagine. After paying him my respects and wishing him a good life, I opened the trap door in a nice wooded area not far from a state park and several older houses which were probably not terribly mouse-proof. Should you be interested in duplicating my success, you could find a nice rat-sized Havaheart trap at your local hardware store. You may want to bait it with Anchos. Good luck. Alex Alexandra Soltow pamra@rockland.net <*><*><*><*><*><*> Meandering to a different drummer.