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We have a mouse.
Aug. 24th, 2014 08:00 amI have been doing the insomnia thing a bit, although I feel okay this morning, anyway, I was up late and went in the kitchen and as I turned around a small mouse stopped and we simultaneously threw up are arms and said, "WTF"? He then did a 180 and disappeared.
After a bit of nosing around I found a cupboard with a few boxes of crackers chewed open and A LOT OF MOUSE POO! eeeeeeeeeew.
After a lot of scrubbing and cussing and throwing out dry goods I went back to bed. The next day Suk offered me a ride to the hardware store where I bought a couple of traps. I have tried just about every type of spring loaded trap and they never work.
Neither do the "humane" traps. The thing is, I can almost convince myself that it is not my direct action that kills the mouse (or in my case DOESN'T) so I can set them and not feel too bad. An enlightened mouse would not spring the trap, a mouse trapped in habitual patterning would, so maybe the next incarnation he will be a smarter mouse, or something. Except instead of setting it properly I screwed up and just gave the mouse a free peanut butter snack.
I will set the thing properly tonight. I will. Seriously though, WTF mouse? Why aren't you living off the land?
After a bit of nosing around I found a cupboard with a few boxes of crackers chewed open and A LOT OF MOUSE POO! eeeeeeeeeew.
After a lot of scrubbing and cussing and throwing out dry goods I went back to bed. The next day Suk offered me a ride to the hardware store where I bought a couple of traps. I have tried just about every type of spring loaded trap and they never work.
Neither do the "humane" traps. The thing is, I can almost convince myself that it is not my direct action that kills the mouse (or in my case DOESN'T) so I can set them and not feel too bad. An enlightened mouse would not spring the trap, a mouse trapped in habitual patterning would, so maybe the next incarnation he will be a smarter mouse, or something. Except instead of setting it properly I screwed up and just gave the mouse a free peanut butter snack.
I will set the thing properly tonight. I will. Seriously though, WTF mouse? Why aren't you living off the land?
