deadly mammal

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

so i just turned my head and caught sight of a little mouse running behind my filing cabinet.

ooo, now it's peeking its head around to look at me. cute.

so should i a)try to catch it an put it outside, b)leave it alone and trust the cat or dog to take care of it while i'm gone (leaving in ten), c) pour some bleach back there and investigate in a couple hours, or d) other.

cray · Nov 29, 2007

Haggis · Nov 29, 2007

cray said:
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Ziljon · Nov 29, 2007

Give is some peanut butter and a bowl of water.

Backward Masking · Nov 29, 2007

Build an effigy of cheese in honor of your tiny, furred friend.

clockwork · Nov 29, 2007

Haggis said:
.45

.50

(i bet he didn't like his flooring and plasterboard anyway)

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

thanks. most i got in the way of projectiles is a fishing rod. and i'm out of cheese. got peanut butter though. are they picky? think he'd like some holiday fudge?

Williebee · Nov 29, 2007

Wait. See if he's still stirring Christmas eve.

I've always wanted to know, ya' know?

clockwork · Nov 29, 2007

I spent the better part of three hours catching a teeny tiny mouse once. Little schmenger was damn fast but I got him.

I then put him outside at the end of the garden where he was probably eaten immediately.

Haggis · Nov 29, 2007

joetrain said:
thanks. most i got in the way of projectiles is a fishing rod. and i'm out of cheese. got peanut butter though. are they picky? think he'd like some holiday fudge?

Mound the peanut butter around a treble hook and cast upstream from your mouse. As your bait drifts past his nose, he'll strike.

No need to set the hook. Typically, they impale themselves.

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

the cat and i chased a huge rat around the house for a half hour last place i lived. i used the cat to corner the thing and then trapped it. a big step in my and blinky's relationship. during the chase the beast climbed our water cooler and jumped over my wife's head and onto the ground. one of the coolest things i've ever seen.

well, the problem hasn't resolved itself and i gotta go. guess i'll see if there are any gory details to report later.

reigningcatsndogs · Nov 29, 2007

Bazooka, plastique, hand grenade..... you don't want to miss the little ^&*^&78

SpookyWriter · Nov 29, 2007

joetrain said:
think he'd like some holiday fudge?

Please tell me you don't plan to poop in the corner again.

cray · Nov 29, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
Please tell me you don't plan to poop in the corner again.

he never plans on it...

reigningcatsndogs · Nov 29, 2007

joetrain said:
the cat and i chased a huge rat around the house for a half hour last place i lived. i used the cat to corner the thing and then trapped it. a big step in my and blinky's relationship. during the chase the beast climbed our water cooler and jumped over my wife's head and onto the ground. one of the coolest things i've ever seen.

well, the problem hasn't resolved itself and i gotta go. guess i'll see if there are any gory details to report later.

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
Please tell me you don't plan to poop in the corner again.

cray said:
he never plans on it...

what happened in your living rooms was completely intentional, but i can't figure out how you knew it was me.

and besides, the mouse was running away from one of my piles when i saw him, so i don't think that'll work.

general update:
i'm back and no sign, but i sense its imminence.

rugcat · Nov 29, 2007

clock_work9 said:
I spent the better part of three hours catching a teeny tiny mouse once. Little schmenger was damn fast but I got him.

I then put him outside at the end of the garden where he was probably eaten immediately.

Actually, he probably immediately returned to the safety of your house.

Actual solution:

Get a live trap (here's a good one), catch the mouse or mice, and release them at night a goodly distance from your house.

They actually work.

joyce · Nov 29, 2007

As long as it didn't look like your avatar, you might be ok.

arodriguez · Nov 29, 2007

Cast a magical spell on it.

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

i wouldn't piss that thing off if i were you, joyce. you think i want him as my avatar? it took my kidney.

clockwork · Nov 29, 2007

rugcat said:
Actually, he probably immediately returned to the safety of your house.

Actual solution:

Get a live trap (here's a good one), catch the mouse or mice, and release them at night a goodly distance from your house.

They actually work.

It's a big garden and he didn't come back so I guess it worked.

WendyNYC · Nov 29, 2007

Those sticky glue traps work for me. Kinda gross though.

joyce · Nov 29, 2007

joetrain said:
i wouldn't piss that thing off if i were you, joyce. you think i want him as my avatar? it took my kidney.

Is that what the thing is eating....your kidney?

joetrain · Nov 29, 2007

joyce said:
Is that what the thing is eating....your kidney?

kidney's long gone. the little bastard is a quick hand in the black market.

that thing is what's left of my neighbor's german shepard.

JoeEkaitis · Nov 29, 2007

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