Ben by Daniel Shelton for March 05, 2021

What if it is a squirrel or raccoon in the attic and too big for your trap?

Reese’s works better .

We used to get mice in the bin where we kept the cat food. Hubby would carry the bin out to the compost heap and put the mice there. And then jog back to the house so he got here before they did!

Peanut butter is what my husband uses. Of course the cats (and dogs!) get most of them :)

I don’t see a cast on her arm. Not that I don’t but my wife can handle something like that, com’on it’s 2021 women are equal.

My husband is the squeamish one regarding mice. I’m quite happy to see them dead. :P

Dan is reading too much Overboard. Next week there will be mice pilots flying around. Go Ben!

Time for that mouse to go to Trevor Trevor land.

Killed a mouse once. The cat brought me ‘gift’ that was still alive and heading for the floor to ceiling bookcase. I had nightmares about trying to get it from behind the books, or dying there and not finding it. The cat just sat there as if, what is it about my gift that you don’t like. It took my heavy garden shoes to finally kill it. The cat and I had a discussion. Thank you for the gift, but no more ‘squeaky’ toys in the house. That was the last time a rodent (dead or alive) was brought it. It was always deposited at the door – outside.

Where I live, it’s illegal to release wild animals onto public property or property you don’t own. If one lives on a typical suburban lot, releasing a mouse will not do much; it’ll just come back to its home in one’s attic.

All this for a mouse?

And don’t forget the Grey Poupon… ㋡

About 12 yrs ago we were going on a LONG summer motorcycle trip, our home was only about 4 yrs old, we got back & I found a dead mouse on the bathroom floor. I had the cleanest used toaster in town & I am sure the mouse died of thirst near the only source of water in the house, toilet, he could smell it but couldn’t climb up to get it. Now I have 2 freal cats & they bring mice INTO the house & rabbits & chipmunks & birds etc both dead & alive..

Bread worked as bait for me.

Liv named the mouse, which Ben doesn’t understand, and I agree with him. I was invited to lunch with a family in Peru once, and the delicacy (following the ever-present soup) was roast guinea pig. The family kept them in a cage in the backyard and served them on Sundays and special occasions. I asked if they named them and the mother said, “Oh no, not the ones we eat.” In case you’re wondering, it was similar to a small bird, like quail or pigeon. The meat was good but the skin was tough and you had to pick the meat out from the bones.

My wife named the owl that hangs around our place. She likes the owl because it eats mice and asian doves (an invasive species).

A non-killing mousetrap is also useful if your pet hamster gets loose