skritch skritch
I went to bed last night later than I should have, which is par for the course. As I closed my eyes, I heard a little “skritch skritch” sound coming from a corner of our bedroom. I’m pretty sure it was a mouse. I got up, baited a “live catch” trap and set it. And then I couldn’t sleep, because I just knew that I’d hear the trap close, and then I’d either have to get up and get dressed and go out and set it free near the woods or I’d have to lie there in the dark listening to it scratch or ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz………..
When I woke up this morning, there was no mouse in the trap. That corner of the room holds our dirty clothes hamper, and a few items had missed the basketball-like toss from across the room. It also had a few balls of wool roving (in plastic packaging) so if a mouse were going to pick a corner of our room, that would be the best candidate. I cleaned up a bit, but saw no signs of rodent activity. Was I just dreaming the whole thing? I’ve put the trap a little closer to the corner, so I suppose we’ll see. I had dreams last night that the trap had attracted ants, so now I’ve got vermin on the brain.
I’m a good liberal, but the one place I have a zero tolerance immigration policy is in regard to pests entering my house. My orange striped border guard cat is a little more lackadaisical. I still remember the time some years ago when a mouse tore apart my white bathrobe in the closet to make a little nest in our linen closet. If this mouse gets into my beloved new dress, I may have to fire the cat. From a cannon.
I just want a vermin-free house, is that so wrong?
No. I’m the same way but then I don’t have any problem killing the little bastards.
Vermin free house
Best place to start is with the “border-patrol guard”…
Rob
Re: Vermin free house
Well, we are going to see the vet tomorrow morning. It’s a start!
York Peppermint Patty
Bait the trap with a York Peppermint Patty. The smell is strong and draws them right away.
Lynda
We’ve dealt with mice here. It suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Especially in an old house, where I know there’s just no way to seal everything off. :/
And we’re not nice enough to use live catch traps. We use snap traps and poison (where the kiddos can’t get to them). Though if one does get trapped alive, we’ll release it out back (had that happen twice – once, for whatever reason, the trap didn’t kill it, so the hubs took it out back and pried the trap open. He said it seemed okay when he released it. The other one fell into an empty office-type trash can. Again, hubs took it out back. It was actually almost funny (and pretty darn impressive), because the little thing was jumping trying to get out, and you could see its outline through the trash can – it was nearly reaching the top. That’s a heckuva jump.
Thankfully, nothing recent. We do keep poison out in a couple of places just in case.