We've caught a few mice in the last year that we've been in our house, but started to see the evidence of these things not seen... So we again set mouse traps but to no avail for several weeks. I checked the "Trap line" again the other day only to find that the mice seem to be chowing down on the bait as if it is some sort of Russian roulette style buffet-- but no bodies were to be found. It turned out that the traps had rusted so much in the humid air, that they could have done a jig on the trap and it would not have snapped... so we needed to turn elsewhere... to the glue traps we had bought so long ago and never used under the protest of my lovely, sensitive wife.
The sensitivity dried up a bit at the sight of mouse evidence and she let me lay down the sticky pads to wait for a mouse. 2 days later we found a large (for a mouse) piece of mouse poop right beside the glue trap as if it was taunting us-- "hehe THAT CLOSE!!"
I looked under the sink to see if that one had poop all around it only to find a breathing, writhing mouse with all 4 feet and it's chin firmly glued to the pad! it tried to wriggle away but was trapped we awaited it's timely death as we went about our business....
A couple of hours later as my lovely' beautiful, sensitive wife was making lunch- she could hear high pitched blood curdling screams and a scraping sound under the sink-- it must be it's last fight for life, I thought to myself- the time is near!
I looked to confirm that only to be a bit freaked out that a second mouse had now supplanted itself on the glue- but only it's back feet were caught- apparently it's front paws were protected by the now lifeless body of his companion... he was attempting to drag his self, his pal and the glue trap to a location that would be unreachable for me-- so with the prospect of smelling rotting mouse corpses for a time, I reached for a utensil (which will remain nameless in case you come to my house for a BBQ- don't want you to be too freaked out watching me use it to turn your steak over!!) I took the writhing rodent and his dead friend to the neighbours yard and introduced them both to a large rock....
For some reason, Shar wants me to buy the regular traps from now on--- I have no idea why...
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now that one was funny! you can get the great ones that are kind of a flatish tubular shape at wally world. my parents use them. one time a mouse somehow got its head in one and it didn't croak so it backed all the way around to the other side f the circular step and got its hiney in the other one. good times, good times. also....you only have to squeeze the little lever and it releases the rodent.
another funny bit....you know how you don't want people to know you used the bbq fork. well....the night you guys made that teriaki chicken at our house, michael and i nearly choked when we saw you guys marinating away witht the turkey baster that we thought we had thrown away. apparently the foreign kid washed it and put it away and you guys then basted our dinner with it. yes indeed, this was the tool used for the infamous nasal irrigation experiment. we threw it away as soon as supper was over and since you are that far away, i feel safe in mentioning it now. mmm salty!
Thanks for letting us know- that was the best Chicken Teriyaki we ever made- now we know the secret!!
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