(if you don't know what movie that came from, stop reading, Google it, watch the movie and then come back. thank you)
We have some crafty little fuckers in our house, and not just my kids.
Last week I grabbed a bowl out of my "serving dish pantry" (yes - you read that right....not to be confused with my "food pantry"). Because I like everything nice & lined up, the dishes are kept in their original boxes and stacked nice and neat on the shelves. But when I opened the box, a whole bunch of acorns fell out. We have a mouse in the house.
Let me say: I've gone through all sorts of stages of dealing with these little invaders. As my house backs up to a farm, we are no stranger to the twice-yearly 2-3 mice that find their way in every fall & spring. When we first moved here, I made Brad buy those humane traps. He would catch one and drive it up the street and let it loose on another farm.
Then they started eating my Special K with Strawberries and all bets were off.
So we went the poison route. Two problems with that:
- The poison dehydrates them so they start looking for water. In theory, this takes them out of your house where they die. In reality, they chew through the condensation line that runs from your air conditioner, flooding the bottom boxes of your priceless Christmas decorations.
- They may not make it out of the house before they die. They may get stuck in behind the drywall in your basement. Then the basement stinks. Then the flies come. Then you realize that your basement would make a great location shoot for the next Amityville Horror movie.
So we're back to the traditional mousetraps. And as has always worked in the past, we smear them with peanut butter. But this mouse is not easily caught, as evidence by this picture:
That's right - he licked the peanut butter off both traps without setting them off. For the third time this week. The next time he does it, I'm changing my name to Carl and getting a big hose!
(and yes, those ARE two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies on the left...and they are all mine!)
Maria
I love mousies. I'd make him a little meal of whatever we were having for b/l/d. 🙂
Darla
*shudder*
eyeinthesky
How about a nice, cool drink, varmints? Scum, slime, menace to the golfing industry! You're a disgrace. You're varmints. You're one of the lowest members of the food chain and you'll probably be replaced by the rat.
Well, I have been pushed. It's about time somebody teaches these varmints a little lesson about morality and about what it's like to be a decent, upstanding member of a society!
pamajama
Oh no, anything but mice. It may be time to move. I would suggest glue traps, but then people would start throwing things at me. I do not understand anyone treating vermin like they are anything but germ breeding terrorists. I am so sorry for your situation!
This was a great entry:)
JanB
Time to get a cat.
JanB
I wish I had posted a wittier reply, but I was just too sore to come up with one.
Lara
We use crunchy peanut butter. Wedge one of the peanuts under that little loop on the trap. They will work their little tails off to get it all out. And usually catch their little tails. And hopefully more of them. Cause just the little tails are kinda gross if you think about it too much.
Sandy (Momisodes)
OMG! We had this same problem too in our previous home. What a nightmare! The peanut butter seemed to work for us though. We also used the execution traps. I was all about the quick death....until,....uh, nevermind.
Say What?
"I'm allright, don't nobody worry about me"
Caddyshack - classic movie. It woudl probably scare to know that when my siblings and I were first allowed to watch that movie, and the first time you see the gopher dancing - we all shouted "DAD!" That's how my beloved Dad danced.
Little rodent varmints! yeah, crunchy peanut butter worked for us too.
I would hide the GS cookies from them!!
Mindi
Maria: you like mice? Yeah, well....(insert snappy comment that somehow makes fun of Maria here)
Darla: actually, the time one ran by me in the back yard, I actually did that cartoon "jump on the chair" thing (well, it was the patio)
EyeintheSky: methinks someone has seen the mooooovie!
pamajama: but glue traps don't kill them, do they? then I would have to contend with a struggling little Stuart Little looking at me and sayin "Set me free, pretty please?". And then I have to bash its head with a shovel.
JanB: Brad's allergic. Really allergic. And I hope you were sore from good sex, 'cause exercise isn't worth it!
Lara: I'm going to try the wedgie-peanut thing. Thanks!
Sandy: do tell! (no really - please - I want to know. I'm not feeling very generous towards rodents right now. I'd probably even slap Mickey if I saw him right now!)
Say What: It's a lure....I brought them upstairs and ate a hal a box last night (this could be why I lost less than a half-pound last week)
Say What?
Good lure!
And don't slap Mickey after all "it's a Cinderella story" lol
Rebecca
Fuck cruelty-free traps. Life if cruel and that's what these filthy vermin deserve. Before the cats, I used glue traps. The down side is they don't kill- not right away, but throw the trap + mouse in a plastic bag, knot it and he'll be dead soon enough. Just avoid looking at them.
Mindi
Say What: and yet, the little fucker did it again. And ignored the wedged peanut that was suggested!
Rebecca: throw it in a bag & suffocate it? Can I just say that I have never wanted you to marry my brother and bear his children more than I have right now? Yer skeerin' me!