Mice.

It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.

D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.

Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
stores.

There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.

Appears we have ourselves a plague.

I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> Mice.
>
> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>
> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>
> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> stores.
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Get a cat or two? Perhaps that might help? Just a suggestion <g>.

Sky, who had two felines

--
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"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> Mice.
>
> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>
> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>
> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> stores.
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Make some of your own.

Get some shelf paper - you know the self sticky vinyl kind and some double
sided tape or a staple gun.

Stripe off the backing and tape or staple down the shelf paper upside down
so the sticky side is up.

The other option is double sided carpet tape they use at conventions.

Dimitri

Sky wrote:
> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>>Mice.
>>
>>It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>>couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>>
>>D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
>>pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
>>away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>>
>>Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
>>store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
>>stores.
>>
>>There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>>geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>>told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>>said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>
>>Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>
>>I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
>>--
>>
>>modom
>>** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>
>
> Get a cat or two? Perhaps that might help? Just a suggestion <g>.

We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that go SNAP.

Weekend before last I was wakened by a clanking sound. I remember being
annoyed that somebody had left the dishwasher open and one of the dogs
was licking the dirty dishes. Until I took inventory and realized that
all three of the dogs were already in bed with me.

I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
trap around.

While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded rodent
another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the inside of
the pantry door.

I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the noise
came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth. Even so,
it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what the
excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack and he
ran to get his airsoft BB gun.

Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the corner,
waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for a reason to
bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting a short-range
olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got her nose pressed
right up against the thing and is making noises like she's trying to
snort him like a line of colombian flake.

Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks the
mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the floor. A
second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon and stings me
on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered and he launches
himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun police mode,
lunges at the terrier.

In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up the
dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and the
trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to conduct her
experiments in private.

I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
trap and the still live rodent.

So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping him,
trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big mouse and
only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep his nose
above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with water and
drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the pitcher on the
floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to the kitchen.

Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing. I
slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of Twilight
Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the trap and by now
thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall to the bedroom.
When I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry it back to the
bathroom where she watches as I open the trap and dump the dead mouse
into the toilet. Surf's up, little dude.

Kathleen wrote:
> Sky wrote:
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>> Mice.
>>>
>>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>>>
>>> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
>>> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
>>> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>>>
>>> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
>>> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
>>> stores.
>>>
>>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>>> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>>
>>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>>
>>> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
>>> --
>>>
>>> modom
>>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>>
>>
>> Get a cat or two? Perhaps that might help? Just a suggestion <g>.
>
> We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
> addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
> some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
> back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that go
> SNAP.
>
> Weekend before last I was wakened by a clanking sound. I remember being
> annoyed that somebody had left the dishwasher open and one of the dogs
> was licking the dirty dishes. Until I took inventory and realized that
> all three of the dogs were already in bed with me.
>
> I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
> seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
> the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
> trap around.
>
> While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded rodent
> another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the inside of
> the pantry door.
>
> I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the noise
> came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth. Even so,
> it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what the
> excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack and he
> ran to get his airsoft BB gun.
>
> Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the corner,
> waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for a reason to
> bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting a short-range
> olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got her nose pressed
> right up against the thing and is making noises like she's trying to
> snort him like a line of colombian flake.
>
> Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks the
> mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the floor. A
> second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon and stings me
> on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered and he launches
> himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun police mode,
> lunges at the terrier.
>
> In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up the
> dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and the
> trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to conduct her
> experiments in private.
>
> I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
> trap and the still live rodent.
>
> So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping him,
> trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big mouse and
> only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep his nose
> above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with water and
> drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the pitcher on the
> floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to the kitchen.
>
> Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing. I
> slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of Twilight
> Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the trap and by now
> thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall to the bedroom. When
> I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry it back to the bathroom
> where she watches as I open the trap and dump the dead mouse into the
> toilet. Surf's up, little dude.
>
I'm amazed by the shenanigans to get rid of a few rodents. For only
$100.00 a day plus meals, lodging, and travel, I will rent out Tilly
Dawg, the famous Rat Terrier. Tilly was only four months old when she
presented me with a full grown field rat she caught out by the
greenhouse. She got lots of loving and a couple of treats and patrols
the property on a routine basis now. Since that time she has caught two
squirrels and nearly got a feral cat. The cat escaped by climbing a tree
and Tilly tried to give chase but couldn't get up more than a couple of
feet. Right now she's trying to tree an anole lizard that got in the
house somehow and I'm discouraging that act as we like our bug-eaters.

Of course you will have to sign a waiver that we are not responsible for
any damage caused by a terrier tearing around trying to get a rodent.
Her real, registered name is Tilly Runamok and is hard to control once
the chase starts.

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>
> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>
> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> stores.
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.

No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
be cleared up in no time.

http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg

--
Julian Vrieslander

Dimitri wrote:

>
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Mice.
>>
>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>>
>> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
>> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
>> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>>
>> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
>> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
>> stores.
>>
>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>
>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>
>> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
>> --
>>
>> modom
>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>
>
> Make some of your own.
>
> Get some shelf paper - you know the self sticky vinyl kind and some
> double sided tape or a staple gun.
>
> Stripe off the backing and tape or staple down the shelf paper upside
> down so the sticky side is up.
>
> The other option is double sided carpet tape they use at conventions.

So, how do you kill the trapped mice? We only used glue traps once. It
was bitterly cold and we threw the traps outside, mice still attached
where they presumably froze to death. I found it extremely upsetting so
we agreed that we wouldn't use non-lethal traps any more, only to find
that a lot of the other types of traps were less than uniformly fatal.

I'm well aware of the fact that drowning is not a nice way to die, but
given that the trapped rodents are unwilling to consume an overdose of
sleeping pills, what are my options? (I've already tried exposing them
to daytime TV but they seem immune to programming that would make your
average human commit suicide by sporking their eyes out)

George Shirley wrote:

> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> Sky wrote:
>>
>>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mice.
>>>>
>>>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>>>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>>>>
>>>> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
>>>> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
>>>> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>>>>
>>>> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
>>>> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
>>>> stores.
>>>>
>>>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>>>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>>>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>>>> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>>>
>>>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> modom
>>>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Get a cat or two? Perhaps that might help? Just a suggestion <g>.
>>
>>
>> We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
>> addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
>> some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
>> back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that go
>> SNAP.
>>
>> Weekend before last I was wakened by a clanking sound. I remember
>> being annoyed that somebody had left the dishwasher open and one of
>> the dogs was licking the dirty dishes. Until I took inventory and
>> realized that all three of the dogs were already in bed with me.
>>
>> I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
>> seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
>> the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
>> trap around.
>>
>> While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded rodent
>> another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the inside
>> of the pantry door.
>>
>> I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the
>> noise came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth.
>> Even so, it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what
>> the excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack
>> and he ran to get his airsoft BB gun.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the
>> corner, waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for a
>> reason to bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting a
>> short-range olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got her
>> nose pressed right up against the thing and is making noises like
>> she's trying to snort him like a line of colombian flake.
>>
>> Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks
>> the mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the
>> floor. A second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon
>> and stings me on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered
>> and he launches himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun
>> police mode, lunges at the terrier.
>>
>> In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up
>> the dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and
>> the trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to
>> conduct her experiments in private.
>>
>> I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
>> trap and the still live rodent.
>>
>> So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping
>> him, trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big
>> mouse and only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep
>> his nose above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with
>> water and drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the
>> pitcher on the floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to
>> the kitchen.
>>
>> Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing.
>> I slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of Twilight
>> Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the trap and by
>> now thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall to the
>> bedroom. When I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry it back
>> to the bathroom where she watches as I open the trap and dump the dead
>> mouse into the toilet. Surf's up, little dude.
>>
> I'm amazed by the shenanigans to get rid of a few rodents. For only
> $100.00 a day plus meals, lodging, and travel, I will rent out Tilly
> Dawg, the famous Rat Terrier. Tilly was only four months old when she
> presented me with a full grown field rat she caught out by the
> greenhouse. She got lots of loving and a couple of treats and patrols
> the property on a routine basis now. Since that time she has caught two
> squirrels and nearly got a feral cat. The cat escaped by climbing a tree
> and Tilly tried to give chase but couldn't get up more than a couple of
> feet. Right now she's trying to tree an anole lizard that got in the
> house somehow and I'm discouraging that act as we like our bug-eaters.

Cooper taught the BCs to hunt rabbits and to date, his kills outnumber
theirs by around 10 to one. He also chased a tree bunnie (squirrel)
nearly 15 feet up a tree before falling back in a Wile E. Coyote moment
that occurred when he suddenly looked down.
>
> Of course you will have to sign a waiver that we are not responsible for
> any damage caused by a terrier tearing around trying to get a rodent.
> Her real, registered name is Tilly Runamok and is hard to control once
> the chase starts.

Sounds good. Only you'll have to sign a waiver as well, relinquishing
custody of Tilly if she decides to sign on as a flyball dog and earthdog
extraordinaire.

Tilly sounds like an awesome little dog. You should look into local
earthdog events.

Julian Vrieslander wrote:

> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.

>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>
>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
> be cleared up in no time.
>
> http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg

Uh ... I get a few mice in the fall, too, not a plague. Can you send
me one of those? I'll take good care of it.

nancy

Kathleen wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>
>> Kathleen wrote:
>>
>>> Sky wrote:
>>>
>>>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mice.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>>>>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>>>>>
>>>>> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
>>>>> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
>>>>> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
>>>>> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
>>>>> stores.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>>>>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>>>>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
>>>>> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> modom
>>>>> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Get a cat or two? Perhaps that might help? Just a suggestion <g>.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
>>> addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
>>> some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
>>> back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that
>>> go SNAP.
>>>
>>> Weekend before last I was wakened by a clanking sound. I remember
>>> being annoyed that somebody had left the dishwasher open and one of
>>> the dogs was licking the dirty dishes. Until I took inventory and
>>> realized that all three of the dogs were already in bed with me.
>>>
>>> I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
>>> seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
>>> the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
>>> trap around.
>>>
>>> While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded
>>> rodent another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the
>>> inside of the pantry door.
>>>
>>> I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the
>>> noise came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth.
>>> Even so, it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what
>>> the excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack
>>> and he ran to get his airsoft BB gun.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the
>>> corner, waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for
>>> a reason to bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting
>>> a short-range olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got
>>> her nose pressed right up against the thing and is making noises like
>>> she's trying to snort him like a line of colombian flake.
>>>
>>> Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks
>>> the mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the
>>> floor. A second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon
>>> and stings me on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered
>>> and he launches himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun
>>> police mode, lunges at the terrier.
>>>
>>> In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up
>>> the dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and
>>> the trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to
>>> conduct her experiments in private.
>>>
>>> I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
>>> trap and the still live rodent.
>>>
>>> So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping
>>> him, trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big
>>> mouse and only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep
>>> his nose above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with
>>> water and drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the
>>> pitcher on the floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to
>>> the kitchen.
>>>
>>> Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing.
>>> I slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of
>>> Twilight Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the
>>> trap and by now thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall
>>> to the bedroom. When I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry
>>> it back to the bathroom where she watches as I open the trap and dump
>>> the dead mouse into the toilet. Surf's up, little dude.
>>>
>> I'm amazed by the shenanigans to get rid of a few rodents. For only
>> $100.00 a day plus meals, lodging, and travel, I will rent out Tilly
>> Dawg, the famous Rat Terrier. Tilly was only four months old when she
>> presented me with a full grown field rat she caught out by the
>> greenhouse. She got lots of loving and a couple of treats and patrols
>> the property on a routine basis now. Since that time she has caught
>> two squirrels and nearly got a feral cat. The cat escaped by climbing
>> a tree and Tilly tried to give chase but couldn't get up more than a
>> couple of feet. Right now she's trying to tree an anole lizard that
>> got in the house somehow and I'm discouraging that act as we like our
>> bug-eaters.
>
> Cooper taught the BCs to hunt rabbits and to date, his kills outnumber
> theirs by around 10 to one. He also chased a tree bunnie (squirrel)
> nearly 15 feet up a tree before falling back in a Wile E. Coyote moment
> that occurred when he suddenly looked down.
>>
>> Of course you will have to sign a waiver that we are not responsible
>> for any damage caused by a terrier tearing around trying to get a
>> rodent. Her real, registered name is Tilly Runamok and is hard to
>> control once the chase starts.
>
> Sounds good. Only you'll have to sign a waiver as well, relinquishing
> custody of Tilly if she decides to sign on as a flyball dog and earthdog
> extraordinaire.
>
> Tilly sounds like an awesome little dog. You should look into local
> earthdog events.
>
My old rat terrier and I belonged to a local earthdog group but the
competition was ferocious and Sleepy was frightened by all the whooping
and hollering. Left to her own devices she could get into the center den
in a phenomenal time but the noise put her off. She had always been
frightened by loud noises but, strangely, thunder didn't bother her. She
died of cancer on 09/24/07 and her ashes are scattered around her
favorite nap tree in the backyard. She was 11 1/2 years old and was a
staunch friend. Tilly is working up to be more of the same but we
despaired at first.

Kathleen wrote:

> I'm well aware of the fact that drowning is not a nice way to die, but
> given that the trapped rodents are unwilling to consume an overdose of
> sleeping pills, what are my options? (I've already tried exposing them
> to daytime TV but they seem immune to programming that would make your
> average human commit suicide by sporking their eyes out)
>


Couple of ways: put it in a tall skinny bucket or pitcher and pour in
some warm seltzer or other fizzy soda and put a lid on it (the CO2 will
kill them). Or just put them in the freezer.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Bob

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> Uh ... I get a few mice in the fall, too, not a plague. Can you send
> me one of those? I'll take good care of it.

Well, both of ours are all booked up for the foreseeable future. But if
you are interested, our most recent recruit came from he

http://www.velvacattery.com/

--
Julian Vrieslander

In article

s.net>,
Julian Vrieslander > wrote:

> In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
> > It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> > couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
> >
> > D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> > pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> > away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
> >
> > Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> > store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> > stores.
> >
> > There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> > geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> > told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> > said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
> >
> > Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
> be cleared up in no time.
>
> http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg

I should let you know that the feline in this picture is the late,
lamented Jasper. His successor, Luka, came from the Velva cattery in
Akron. Her Majesty (Phoebe, our elder statescat) came from a breeder in
Wylie who's still in business. Not too far from Cow Hill.

OB Food: The SO is cooking up rockfish Veracruz tonight. Tomorrow's
dinner will be the first chili of the season.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> Mice.
>
> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48 hours.
>
> D and I hauled all the drygoods and other comestibles out of the
> pantry yesterday to clean off the shelves and better seal the food
> away from pests. Everything is in plastic containers.
>
> Today I went out to buy mouse traps. Went to the local hardware
> store. Went to Wal Mart. Went to another local store. Ran out of
> stores.
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?
> --


If they're hungry enough they'll eat just about anything.

We get infested in the house right after the first few cold nights.
I put D-CON in strategic places as well as traps if we're not
babysitting anyone's cats at the time. Then I have to put it all in
places the cats don't have access to. Today's fancy cats aren't
much for mousing.

gloria p

In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
> addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
> some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
> back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that go SNAP.
>
> Weekend before last I was wakened by a clanking sound. I remember being
> annoyed that somebody had left the dishwasher open and one of the dogs
> was licking the dirty dishes. Until I took inventory and realized that
> all three of the dogs were already in bed with me.
>
> I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
> seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
> the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
> trap around.
>
> While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded rodent
> another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the inside of
> the pantry door.
>
> I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the noise
> came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth. Even so,
> it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what the
> excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack and he
> ran to get his airsoft BB gun.
>
> Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the corner,
> waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for a reason to
> bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting a short-range
> olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got her nose pressed
> right up against the thing and is making noises like she's trying to
> snort him like a line of colombian flake.
>
> Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks the
> mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the floor. A
> second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon and stings me
> on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered and he launches
> himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun police mode,
> lunges at the terrier.
>
> In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up the
> dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and the
> trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to conduct her
> experiments in private.
>
> I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
> trap and the still live rodent.
>
> So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping him,
> trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big mouse and
> only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep his nose
> above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with water and
> drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the pitcher on the
> floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to the kitchen.
>
> Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing. I
> slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of Twilight
> Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the trap and by now
> thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall to the bedroom.
> When I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry it back to the
> bathroom where she watches as I open the trap and dump the dead mouse
> into the toilet. Surf's up, little dude.

Okay, this had me really laughing uncontrollably, thanks! I have a BC
that loves to kill rats...

Sorry, but I've had to resort to using poison for rodent control. I use
outdoor bait stations that are carefully dog proofed! I'm thanking the
gods above that I've never had an INDOOR rodent problem...

Just the occasional Palmetto bug, and the cats take care of those.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> I'm amazed by the shenanigans to get rid of a few rodents. For only
> $100.00 a day plus meals, lodging, and travel, I will rent out Tilly
> Dawg, the famous Rat Terrier. Tilly was only four months old when she
> presented me with a full grown field rat she caught out by the
> greenhouse. She got lots of loving and a couple of treats and patrols
> the property on a routine basis now. Since that time she has caught two
> squirrels and nearly got a feral cat. The cat escaped by climbing a tree
> and Tilly tried to give chase but couldn't get up more than a couple of
> feet. Right now she's trying to tree an anole lizard that got in the
> house somehow and I'm discouraging that act as we like our bug-eaters.

I'm thinking about adopting one.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

"Julian Vrieslander" > wrote in
message
...
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> Uh ... I get a few mice in the fall, too, not a plague. Can you send
>> me one of those? I'll take good care of it.
>
> Well, both of ours are all booked up for the foreseeable future. But if
> you are interested, our most recent recruit came from he
>
> http://www.velvacattery.com/
>
> --

Or you could do a really nice thing AND have your mice taken care of:

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/dis...?petid=9867807

In article
>
,
Cindy Fuller > wrote:

> > http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>
> I should let you know that the feline in this picture is the late,
> lamented Jasper. His successor, Luka, came from the Velva cattery in
> Akron. Her Majesty (Phoebe, our elder statescat) came from a breeder in
> Wylie who's still in business. Not too far from Cow Hill.

What a face... :-)

Our experience in the past shows grays and tabbys to be the best mousers.

Some cats are just lazy. <g>
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

"Gloria P" > wrote
> We get infested in the house right after the first few cold nights.
> I put D-CON in strategic places as well as traps if we're not
> babysitting anyone's cats at the time. Then I have to put it all in
> places the cats don't have access to. Today's fancy cats aren't
> much for mousing.
>

Mine are! And I don't have to deal with any gruesome messes. It's ideal.

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:06:25 -0500, Kathleen
> wrote:

>We are currently dealing with our annual autumn mouse invasion. In
>addition to traps all over the place, you'd think the JRT might be of
>some use. But no. He set off a trap in the pantry a couple of years
>back and now associates the smell of rodents with nasty things that go SNAP.
>
[snip very funny story]

Many thanks for the rodent tale (tail?). I have an octogenarian (in
dog years) rat terrier mix, a goofy-looking but sweet mutt, and a long
haired dachshund. The latter two want to hunt mice. They thrash
about and make noises of dog desire. But they can't actually find any
mice. The old guy is mostly toothless and arthritic.

We were able to find some traps -- the spring-loaded,
smash-their-heads kind -- after dinner in Sulfur Springs. I've set
them about in the kitchen and the pantry. Off the floor
because...dogs.

OBFood: Barbecue for dinner. Ribs. Brisket. Hot sausage. Yum.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:19:52 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
> wrote:

>No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
>be cleared up in no time.
>
>http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg

That's a beautiful animal. We're in between cats at present, though.
And with three dogs, I'm not looking for another mouth to feed right
now. Not to mention the vet bills.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA

Cheryl (who has pet mice)

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He also
> said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>
> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>
> I wonder if they'll eat the Tupperware?


Some of the little buggers made their home in the glove compartments of
my cars. The guys who got into the one in the Buick and chewed up part
of my owners manual and the guys living in the glove compartment of the
Honda chewed up the envelop with my registration, insurance and
emissions test papers.

Here is a link to the best mouse trap I ever used. It is really easy to
set. The old traps require the bait to be jammed into a piece of
shaped metal that also acts as the trigger, and you have to pull the bar
back and try to set it without losing and fingers. The Woodstream trap
has a small tray that the bait sits in and a hinged lid that opens and
closes easily..... until you set it. To set the trap you just pull the
bar up and it automatically sets itself on the lid/trigger. When a
mouse sticks it's nose in to look for the bait it sets off the trap.

I caught several mice with these traps, not like the old ones that jump
around or the bait disappears without trading places with a mouse
corpse. However, if setting it on a carpeted area you may want to set
it on a piece of paper. There is a bit of blood splatter.




http://www.victorpest.com/store/prod...U7MF4FLA8EBWA6

In article >,
"cybercat" > wrote:

> Or you could do a really nice thing AND have your mice taken care of:
>
> http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/dis...?petid=9867807

We have had mixed breed cats, too. More recently, we have been sticking
with Russian Blues, because they don't trigger my allergies as much as
some other breeds.

--
Julian Vrieslander

"Julian Vrieslander" > wrote in
message
...
> In article >,
> "cybercat" > wrote:
>
>> Or you could do a really nice thing AND have your mice taken care of:
>>
>> http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/dis...?petid=9867807
>
> We have had mixed breed cats, too. More recently, we have been sticking
> with Russian Blues, because they don't trigger my allergies as much as
> some other breeds.
>
> --

Russian Blues are really beautiful. I am allergic to cats, too.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
>I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA
>
> Cheryl (who has pet mice)
>

haha! I forgot a bout that! You took them to the vet, Bless Your Heart!

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:19:52 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
> > wrote:
>
>>No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
>>be cleared up in no time.
>>
>>http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>
> That's a beautiful animal. We're in between cats at present, though.
> And with three dogs, I'm not looking for another mouth to feed right
> now. Not to mention the vet bills.
> --

So, how are the dogs doing with the mice?

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:38:50 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Some of the little buggers made their home in the glove compartments of
>my cars. The guys who got into the one in the Buick and chewed up part
>of my owners manual and the guys living in the glove compartment of the
>Honda chewed up the envelop with my registration, insurance and
>emissions test papers.
>
>Here is a link to the best mouse trap I ever used. It is really easy to
>set. The old traps require the bait to be jammed into a piece of
>shaped metal that also acts as the trigger, and you have to pull the bar
>back and try to set it without losing and fingers. The Woodstream trap
>has a small tray that the bait sits in and a hinged lid that opens and
>closes easily..... until you set it. To set the trap you just pull the
>bar up and it automatically sets itself on the lid/trigger. When a
>mouse sticks it's nose in to look for the bait it sets off the trap.
>
>I caught several mice with these traps, not like the old ones that jump
>around or the bait disappears without trading places with a mouse
>corpse. However, if setting it on a carpeted area you may want to set
>it on a piece of paper. There is a bit of blood splatter.
>
>http://www.victorpest.com/store/prod...U7MF4FLA8EBWA6

Cool. A better mouse trap. I've got some of the older type set
tonight, but these look like they're worth a try. Thanks.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:04:05 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:19:52 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
>>>be cleared up in no time.
>>>
>>>http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>>
>> That's a beautiful animal. We're in between cats at present, though.
>> And with three dogs, I'm not looking for another mouth to feed right
>> now. Not to mention the vet bills.
>> --
>
>So, how are the dogs doing with the mice?
>
Lousy. Two of them want to hunt mice, but they're comically inept.
--

modom
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:04:05 -0400, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:19:52 -0700, Julian Vrieslander
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem will
>>>>be cleared up in no time.
>>>>
>>>>http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>>>
>>> That's a beautiful animal. We're in between cats at present, though.
>>> And with three dogs, I'm not looking for another mouth to feed right
>>> now. Not to mention the vet bills.
>>> --
>>
>>So, how are the dogs doing with the mice?
>>
> Lousy. Two of them want to hunt mice, but they're comically inept.
> --

It's really, really cool coming downstairs to a dead mouse, no gore, no trap
to clean! Mine have caught a total of 5 in the past few years. If you change
your mind, there might be a little rescue tabby or even a purebred cat
waiting for a home. It's amazing the breeds you see given up.

In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> So, how do you kill the trapped mice?

Take 'em swimming. They're not so good at the backstroke.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
on "A Prairie Home Companion," <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
programs/2008/08/30/>

In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:

> I ventured down the hall and found one of the biggest mice I've ever
> seen with its front leg caught in one of the Black Cat mouse traps in
> the pantry. The clanking I'd heard was the mouse dragging the damned
> trap around.

'swhatcha get for tryin' to mess with Mighty Mouse. I'm tellin' PETA.
>
> While I was pondering what to do about the not-mortally-wounded rodent
> another mouse ran over my foot and climbed the shelves on the inside of
> the pantry door.
>
> I admit it. I screamed. Not long, and not loud, and most of the noise
> came out through my nose when I clamped my hand over my mouth. Even so,
> it woke my 13 year-old son, who came on the run to see what the
> excitement was about. I pointed out the mouse on the spice rack and he
> ran to get his airsoft BB gun.
>
> Meanwhile, the JRT has fled the scene and is peeking around the corner,
> waiting for something to go SNAP, the male BC is looking for a reason to
> bite the JRT, and the female border collie is conducting a short-range
> olfactory inspection of the trapped rodent. She's got her nose pressed
> right up against the thing and is making noises like she's trying to
> snort him like a line of colombian flake.
>
> Dear son arrives with the BB gun and squeezes off a shot that knocks the
> mouse off the shelf and sends it running for shelter on the floor. A
> second shot ricochets off a bottle of vietnamese cinnamon and stings me
> on the leg. The JRT's prey drive is finally triggered and he launches
> himself at the mouse, and the male BC, in full-on fun police mode,
> lunges at the terrier.
>
> In the confusion, that mouse escapes unscathed while I'm breaking up the
> dog fight. Meanwhile, the female BC has picked up the trap and the
> trapped mouse and is heading down the hall to my bedroom to conduct her
> experiments in private.
>
> I catch up with her before she makes it onto the bed and I confiscate
> trap and the still live rodent.
>
> So now what? How am I supposed to kill this thing? I try dropping him,
> trap and all, in the toilet to try to drown him but he's a big mouse and
> only pinned by one leg so he's able to tread water and keep his nose
> above the surface. So I find a tall pitcher, fill it with water and
> drop him in there. Better. He's submerged. I set the pitcher on the
> floor, and, unwilling to watch him drown, I retreat to the kitchen.
>
> Minutes later, to my absolute horror, I hear sloshing and splashing. I
> slink down the hall, afraid I've wandered into some sort of Twilight
> Zone experience only to find the female BC, carrying the trap and by now
> thoroughly drowned rodent, on her way down the hall to the bedroom.
> When I insist, she relinquishes her prize and I carry it back to the
> bathroom where she watches as I open the trap and dump the dead mouse
> into the toilet. Surf's up, little dude.

OMAlex!! I have to explain to my husband why I'm laughing so damned
hard! You have a way with words, Kathleen. I salute you.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
on "A Prairie Home Companion," <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
programs/2008/08/30/>

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
>
>> So, how do you kill the trapped mice?
>
> Take 'em swimming. They're not so good at the backstroke.
>
Horrible. Better to knock them in the head and end their misery, if you have
to.

In article >,
"Cheryl" > wrote:

> I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA
>
> Cheryl (who has pet mice)

<lol> And I, too, have kept pet mice and rats. ;-) Violet was a little
black and white patch colored mouse I had in college. I used to take
her to school with me. She was really good and would stay in my pocket,
or hid under my hair on my shoulder. She died of breast cancer. :-( I
was able to have the first tumor removed, but not the second one that
came back.

My sister had a white footed rat named "Cassie" that she taught to walk
a tightrope. Cassie got out of her cage one day and my sister woke up
with Cassie curled up in the palm of one hand, asleep. :-) She was a
very sweet rat. Rats make awesome pets and a good mouse is pretty cool
too, but they do smell. Cedar shavings are a must for them.

But, having kept them as pets does not stop me from killing the wild
ones...
They aren't the same and they carry many diseases, and are very
destructive. You don't want them in the house.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

"Cheryl" > wrote in
:

> I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA
>
> Cheryl (who has pet mice)

pet mice are not wild mice. they don't carry diseases (unless
they're exposed to wild mice).
and, cats can be taught the difference between pet mice
(family) & wild mice (prey)... but i wouldn't leave the pet
mouse loose in a room with the cats anyway.

lee <has had cats & mice, and cats & rats>
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

In article >,
enigma > wrote:

> "Cheryl" > wrote in
> :
>
> > I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA
> >
> > Cheryl (who has pet mice)
>
> pet mice are not wild mice. they don't carry diseases (unless
> they're exposed to wild mice).
> and, cats can be taught the difference between pet mice
> (family) & wild mice (prey)... but i wouldn't leave the pet
> mouse loose in a room with the cats anyway.
>
> lee <has had cats & mice, and cats & rats>

I've noted that cats tend to ignore pet rats for the most part... but
when I kept pet mice, their cages had to be kept in the closet with the
light on to keep them safe!

The cats seem to go nuts over the smell of mouse.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

Nancy Young wrote:
> Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>>
>>> It's become modom's house o' mouse. Became such in a matter of a
>>> couple of days. Mouseless to mouse-o-rama in not more than 48
>>> hours.
>
>>> There are no mouse traps in Cow Hill. They're all sold. A nice old
>>> geezer stocking the shelves at the local "hardware and feed" place
>>> told me he can't keep them. Puts 'em out, and they're gone. He
>>> also said mice ate the wiring around his car's engine.
>>>
>>> Appears we have ourselves a plague.
>>
>> No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem
>> will be cleared up in no time.
>>
>> http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>
> Uh ... I get a few mice in the fall, too, not a plague. Can you send
> me one of those? I'll take good care of it.
>
> nancy


Is Moxie afraid of mice? Persia is terrified of them!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Julian Vrieslander wrote:

>>> No worries, mate. We can ship you one of these, and your problem
>>> will be cleared up in no time.
>>>
>>> http://julianv.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p924499242.jpg
>>
>> Uh ... I get a few mice in the fall, too, not a plague. Can you send
>> me one of those? I'll take good care of it.

> Is Moxie afraid of mice? Persia is terrified of them!

She's fascinated by chipmunks, but that doesn't lead to her
actually catching them. I imagine it would be the same if
a mouse was actually inside the house.

Mugsy was much more of a mouser. She did catch a bird
once and brought it into the house where she and Rascal
stood over it looking amazed. They didn't kill it, they liked
birds.

nancy

Cheryl wrote:
> I can't read this thread. LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAA
>
> Cheryl (who has pet mice)

(laugh) I'm sorry Cheryl, I do understand. I don't like killing
them, but when you find mouse droppings anywhere in your
kitchen, something must be done. They need to stay outside.

nancy

cybercat wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In article >,
>>Kathleen > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So, how do you kill the trapped mice?
>>
>>Take 'em swimming. They're not so good at the backstroke.
>>
>
> Horrible. Better to knock them in the head and end their misery, if you have
> to.
>
>

"Knock them in the head"? With what, a tiny Louisville Slugger? If I
send you a mouse would you be willing to demonstrate your technique via
YouTube?