After 3 nights of the barrel trap being unsuccessful, I added rat poison to the peanut butter, and hurrah!, no more rat in the kitchen! But the snake in the workshop, he’s waiting for Roy’s return. Roy went to the dentist in Lyon, France, last evening (Monday the 28th) and was thankful to be worked on with an electric drill rather than a hand tool, and xrays were almost instantly up on the computer, rather than the old method of processing and waiting. He was hopeful but again in pain from the work done. He’ll go again Tuesday evening, and then we’ll see if he’ll be home soon.