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| Tweet Topic Started: May 19 2008, 08:26 AM (639 Views) | |
| dolmansaxlil | May 19 2008, 08:26 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I have a mouse. It's a holiday. I don't know if anywhere in town is open so I can buy traps. Ick ick ick. |
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| Riley | May 19 2008, 08:27 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Do any variety stores sell mouse traps? |
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| Piano*Dad | May 19 2008, 08:28 AM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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Try this:
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 08:31 AM Post #4 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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You could always corner it, and when it runs out, stomp the sh't out of it. Mouse versus 10.5" Boot: Mouse = 0 Boot = 1 Game Over.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| M&M's | May 19 2008, 08:32 AM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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EWWWW Frank! |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 08:34 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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You need a humane trap:![]() And a helpful human:
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Piano*Dad | May 19 2008, 08:39 AM Post #7 |
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Bull-Carp
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My kids were very, ah, protective of the mice that infested our attic a little while back. They insisted on trapping the mice. Then we had a hard freeze so they didn't want to release the mice until it 'warmed up a little.' So, we had about four guests in an aquarium for a few days. Unlike 'normal' pet mice, which are slow and sorta nearsighted, these were fast as lighting and very agile. Big ears on these suckers, too. Sticking your hand in the cage to put down some food or water generated some interesting results. Ever seen a mouse bounce off the top of a cage.
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 08:41 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That is funny. I had a mouse in law school. I got a humane trap and called my boyfriend. Seemed to work for me.
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Aqua Letifer | May 19 2008, 08:43 AM Post #9 |
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Depending on the kind of mouse you have, I dunno if I'd call a Kryptonite trap like that one "humane." |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 08:44 AM Post #10 |
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Dol, you could always get a few cats and let them slink around in the house. Then, if the cats became bothersome, after your rodent problem was taken care of, you could get dogs that would chase the cats out of there. Then, when the dogs became too much, you could get elephants that would chase away the dogs. (Elephants are no good for trampling mice. They are too skeered.) Then, when the elephants became too much of a bother, you could get lions to chase out the elephants. Once the elephants were gone, you could get a pack of mongeese to stalk and chase the lions out. They take care of snakes, too. Once the mongeese became too much bother, you could get some badgers to chase out the mongeese. Or, at that point, you could just cry, "BADGERS!? We don't NEED no steenking BADGERS!!!!" Or, you could just get some good hiking boots. You're welcome.
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| dolmansaxlil | May 19 2008, 08:49 AM Post #11 |
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Where do you think I live, Frank? Australia? I did the "humane" sticky traps when I lived in Toronto. How ripping half of a rodent's fur off in the attempt to escape is humane is beyond me. No. I'm going with the snappy kind. I don't think I can convince Rob to make the 12 hour drive to dispose of it. ![]() Oh - and the other problem. I have Liam right now. I don't particularly want him to know I have a mouse. He may want to keep it. Or he may be weirded out (like me). Not good. |
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| George K | May 19 2008, 08:52 AM Post #12 |
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Get a bowl (mixing bowl, or something like that), and put some goodies in the bottom. Fashion a ramp with goodies (seed, grain, and other tasties) along the ramp, which entices the little Once you got him, out to the backyard, where, with spring coming, he shouldn't be interested in coming back to the house (till next year). |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 08:56 AM Post #13 |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| sarah_blueparrot | May 19 2008, 08:57 AM Post #14 |
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No! Don't use Frank's (first) method! On the other hand, George, if mice are anything like spiders, they'll come back in whatever the weather. But you can't kill it. It's too cute. Why don't you just leave it where it is? Simplest solution. |
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Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 08:59 AM Post #15 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Because mice, like rabbits, are prolific reproducers. Also, they eat insulation, wiring, get into foods, leave germs and turds all over the place, and are more than just a minor nuisance. Seriously. Cute though they might be, they MUST be gotten rid of. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 08:59 AM Post #16 |
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I didn't think those were marketed as "humane" but the mouse was supposed to die in that process. Those tapes gross me out, either way. George, you're exactly the helpful human that Dol needs, go help her out. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| RosemaryTwo | May 19 2008, 09:02 AM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Dol, can you ignore it for one day, until a professional can come out? Maybe George could fly in? |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| sarah_blueparrot | May 19 2008, 09:02 AM Post #18 |
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Our neighbours kept rabbits to eat, before they all escaped, and a big black one lives in our garden now. I went there at the weekend and there was a little baby one. It's very exciting. They'd better bloody do something because every time I go home I have to mow the lawn, which seems to be growing like a jungle, so maybe they'll help with that...
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| Riley | May 19 2008, 09:07 AM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A mouse? I don't even want to know how many are living here. :lol: |
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| sarah_blueparrot | May 19 2008, 09:10 AM Post #20 |
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Yeah, A mouse? You don't need to worry about it breeding, then. Although that's what I said about the rabbit.
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Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 09:12 AM Post #21 |
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^^^THIS!! Srsly... |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Radu | May 19 2008, 09:27 AM Post #22 |
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I first heard the rodents in my piano. I bought some "door" traps and set free the little creatures in the fields. Then the cat started to have fun with the mice. Cats are cruel creatures. They play with the victim and enjoy every moment. When the number of cats increased, the mice disappeared. No mouse in five or six years. |
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| George K | May 19 2008, 09:29 AM Post #23 |
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Time for the rodent story of all rodent stories: Back in 1985, when Mrs. George was pregnant with Sophie, I was on vacation on a nice spring week. For some reason, one night, I couldn't sleep, and went down to the family room to watch TV. It was a blustery windy stormy night, and as I sat watching the TV, I thought I heard the toilet in the family room flush. It was 3 am. I got up, went to the powder room, and looked in the toilet. Nothing there, though the water was bobbing up and down a bit. Must be the wind blowing over the stack, or something. The next day, Mrs. George took Stephanie and Jennifer shopping, leaving me alone on this nice sunny calm day in May. As I sat in the family room, I heard a splash in the toilet - again. I walked into the powder room, lifted the lid of the toilet, and saw movement in the water again. Hmmm.... I lifted the lid to the tank of the toilet, and guess what was there? A rat. Yes, a RAT. Not a cute little mouse, but a full grown rat, looking me right in the eye. He must have swam up the drain from the sewer, into the bowl (which had the lid down), lifted the flapper, and got stuck in the tank. Now, the question arises, what to do? Well, having an older house, we have bugs - spiders and an occasional ant. I called Orkin (our exterminator) and said, "Come and exterminate this rat." "Oh, no, sir, we don't do that. We do preventive treatments only." "You're EXTERMINATORS, fer Chrissakes - come and exterminate." "Sorry, we can't help you today." "You're fired." So, I called the village. They sent a police officer with a long pole and a noose at the end that they use for catching dogs. He laughed and said that he couldn't be of much help. No Sh!t Sherlock. Many other phone calls ensued. One guy wanted to come out with a gun and shoot the critter. That would be harmful to the toilet, I told him. If I could only figure out a way to make the rat not fight..... Hey, I'm an anesthesiologist, right? I have a friend who works at a local hospital and I called him, asking if he could "procure" some gas in a bottle should I undertake this myself. He would. Now, the question is, what gas, how much, and for how long. I called the local zoo, and spoke to the vet. She said that it was probably not a good idea to do this by myself (who knows what diseases the rat has), so she transferred me to the "Small Mammal" curator. He was a friendly guy, and he asked where I live. I told him. "Gee, that's on my way home. I'll stop by on the way home." Sure enough, at 5:15, a brown station wagon with the plate "RODENT1" pulled into my driveway and an older gentleman came up. "Let's take a look at this mouse you have in your toilet." "It's *not* a mouse." "Yeah, of course. Let's take a look." I led him into the powder room, shut the door, and lifted the tank cover. "Hey, Mister! You have a RAT in your toilet!" "See? Now what?" "I'll be back." He went back to his car, got a long leather glove and a cage. He grabbed the rat out of the toilet, put it in the cage and latched it. "Now what?" "I'll take it back to the zoo to be destroyed. We don't want to feed it to our animals, they may get sick." "What do I owe you?" "Are you members of the zoo?" I told him we were, and he told us that all he would like is a visit at the small mammal house next time we go to the zoo. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | May 19 2008, 09:34 AM Post #24 |
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Hahahaha.... What a great story, George! My cats keep bringing in mice and rabbits and birds, and rather than killing them, they bring them in, uninjured, and then turn them loose in the house. Bastards...
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| Piano*Dad | May 19 2008, 09:35 AM Post #25 |
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Well ...... did you meet up with him again when you next visited the zoo? |
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