Mouses in Your Houses

[Totenkindly]

Maybe it's the fact that there is a dirty little creature in my home that I never invited inside. You know, besides my husband.

Oh, he's not THAT little!

+1 for the chunky peanut-buttered trap. I killed about 16 mice in 48 hours with that stuff. Fortunately we have some aggressive ants in my part of the world to dispose of the corpses. Very elegant and clean skeletons afterwards.

holy cow.

(Speaking of that, can they strip a cow in under 2 minutes?)

...Bats are adorable! Okay, so I have a thing for rodents. Oh, okay, so it's critters in general.

Maybe you could catch the mice, dress them up in cute little rubber bat suits, then fling them across the street with a homemade trebuchet.

Just sayin'.

Hmm, this thread also reminds me of the other night, when I was rudely awakened by a big spider crawling over my face.

SHRIEK

No spiders.
None.
Nada.

Now you've got me recalling that "fear factor" episode where the guys had to get their girlfs' out of those large coffins while they were covered in tarantulas.

I need a shower, my skin aches.

Ahhh, why did I click that!? Eww. Eww. Do they even exist in the U.S.? If so, I'm never showering again.

waaa -- we can run but we can't hide... or shower?!

 

[JivinJeffJones]

YouTube - Huntsman Spider

Yeah, that's them. They're okay when they're not eg running at your half-asleep face.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

(Speaking of that, can they strip a cow in under 2 minutes?)

I wouldn't know, but they can strip 16 mice corpses clean in 24 hours. If a cow had been running around in my house, eating my tobacco rolling-papers I might be in a position to satisfy your morbid curiosity.

 

[Haight]

Clean the house!

 

[cafe]

Normal crickets I can handle. Camel crickets -- No way. :horor:

I am a bad lady that poisons mice because I'm spacey and forget to check the traps and don't remember until they start smelling. With the poison they usually wander off somewhere outside my house to die.

My cats will kill mice, but they don't eat them. That would be too normal and convenient. No, they put them in the bathtub for safekeeping and playtime.

 

[Mitzy]

stupid cats.

 

[Ivy]

Just took this:

 

[nottaprettygal]

I love you so much right now. Nobody ever understands my moth thing!

Aww. See, that story doesn't seem odd to me because I would have acted similarly. I think the worst part about a moth in the house is that 15-20 seconds after someone tries to hit it with an object (and misses) and you have no idea where it flew off to. It could be down your shirt, under your pillow, or in your hair. NO ONE KNOWS! It's a very tense moment.

Oh, he's not THAT little!

That what she said.

Yesssssssssss.

 

[nottaprettygal]

Clean the house!

Oh yeah. I'm scared though. I need a flashlight to look under the radiator.

Just took this:

Holy crap. I don't recommend going outside today.

 

[Totenkindly]

I wouldn't know, but they can strip 16 mice corpses clean in 24 hours. If a cow had been running around in my house, eating my tobacco rolling-papers I might be in a position to satisfy your morbid curiosity.

I bet one of those would scare the hell out of rhinosaur if it landed on his face while he was asleep!


.... hmmm... maybe a cow dressed up in a rubber bat costume?
("I'm BATCOW!" Not very stealthy though, the damn cowbell keeps giving her away.)

... I think the worst part about a moth in the house is that 15-20 seconds after someone tries to hit it with an object (and misses) and you have no idea where it flew off to. It could be down your shirt, under your pillow, or in your hair. NO ONE KNOWS! It's a very tense moment.

ugh. I don't know how they do it. It's like a stealth plane, they just disappear.
Those thousand-leggers do that too. Grrrr.....

 

[Ivy]

Based on photographic evidence I estimate that moth to be roughly 2/3 the size of the hot tub.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

Based on photographic evidence I estimate that moth to be roughly 2/3 the size of the hot tub.

Yeah, that'll end up down your shirt sometime tonight. It is written.

 

[Kora]

In my former house there were mouses. My parents put some glue on a plate with cheese in the middle, and it was pretty effective. But maybe you just don't like having a mouse sticked to somewhere yelling and all that...

But IMHO, you better take care of the moths *shivers at the pic*.

 

[nottaprettygal]

Yeah, that'll end up down your shirt sometime tonight. It is written.

I dunno. She's likely to be nekkid in that hottub, so the possibilities are much much worse.

 

[JivinJeffJones]

I dunno. She's likely to be nekkid in that hottub, so the possibilities are much much worse.

She should be able to get away as long as she doesn't pass out with fear and have it crawl all over her unconscious and helpless body.

 

[Ivy]

Screw you guys.

 

[Martoon]

Just took this:

Have to keep... working. Must... resist... urge... to photoshop...

Ah, screw it. Anyone have a good pic of Ivy sleeping?

 

[Tigerlily]

Screw you guys.

No, go screw Noah.

 

[Anja]

My cats are friggin' useless.

Hah! I hear that. My girls have their own cat doors and they bring mousies IN so they can play with them.

I nearly always have a live mouse in here somewhere.

Thankfully, it got caught between the pages of a book and Haight beat it to death with a broom.

So. We are to asume that Haight is not "friggin' useless?"

Seriously, I don't let it bother me much. It's amusing to me.

I probably should be more concerned healthwise but it's never gotten to the point where it seems unhealthy. If it did I'd be clueless about how to remedy it as I don't care to murder small fuzzy creatures.

Maybe call your County Extension Agent? I'll bet they'd have some good ideas.

 

[nottaprettygal]

So. We are to asume that Haight is not "friggin' useless?"

Well, I'd probably still be standing on a chair right now if he were totally useless.

I'm not necessarily worried about one mouse. I'm worried about mice. And it's not even that cold outside yet, and one is already in here. I don't want my apartment to be infested.