I got tired of hunting for the source of that dead and rotten mouse odor in the (overfull) garage. So I drilled a small hole in each of the traps and tied on a 4-foot (more or less) string. That helped… but not 100%. Now I also put something heavier than a mouse on the other end. Usually the corner of a container of some sort.
I heard my cat in the middle of the night running around furiously…Got up and saw a tiny mouse trapped in the corner by my cat. I tried to get the mouse and he scooted all over the place…meanwhile the cat is going nuts…but after many attempts to get the mouse, he disappeared under the couch never to be seen again….
(((((((((( GASP! ))))))))
He was so darned cute too! Since that night, I haven’t seen a single mouse in my house……LOL!
Cornered one in my greenhouse. It just crouched down and stayed there shivering. I had a large stick and was going to hit it, but …..couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. Afraid I’d rather go with the poison traps.
I stopped using snap traps. Three times, I witnessed a mouse still alive while caught in one. I switched to live capture traps, but now realize releasing a mouse into what is, to her, an unfamiliar area is also cruel.
We had a Lab named Cleo that was a kleptomaniac. She was always stealing things from various neighbors on our road; dog bowls, 2 cow skulls, ceramic bird feeders and yes, mouse and rat traps.
I once caught a shrew in a mousetrap. It was so small the bail passed over it’s body and caught it by the tail. I released it and it scuttled into the bushes cursing me. Sailors could have taken lessons from the language that shrew used on me!
The mouse that burrowed under the siding/insulation panel, next to my outside door, stays in his place while I am in mine. I sometimes see his little dark gray arse coming and going across the concrete. I have seen mouses scamper past my door in years past to get to the grassy area adjacent. I occasionally leave sunflower seeds and mixed nuts at his “door” and they disappear without fail.
allen@home over 2 years ago
What are you trying to do Earl. Give Opal a stroke.
hariseldon59 over 2 years ago
Maybe Roscoe got curious and it snapped on his tongue. Or Nelson decided to play with it. Or maybe Earl simply forgot where he put it.
sirbadger over 2 years ago
What kind of mouse trap do you use when you have pets?
C over 2 years ago
It was swell knowing you Opal
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
I’ll go with the former possibility.
monkeysky over 2 years ago
The same has happened in my parents’ house many times. None of the traps ever turned up
Concretionist over 2 years ago
PSA:
I got tired of hunting for the source of that dead and rotten mouse odor in the (overfull) garage. So I drilled a small hole in each of the traps and tied on a 4-foot (more or less) string. That helped… but not 100%. Now I also put something heavier than a mouse on the other end. Usually the corner of a container of some sort.
Wilde Bill over 2 years ago
I suspect one of them will find the trap the next time they get out of bed late at night (barefoot) to use the loo.
JoanHelen over 2 years ago
Garfield Classics this morning may hold the clue.
[Unnamed Reader - 8bb645] over 2 years ago
I welcome our rodent overseers
Cornelius Noodleman over 2 years ago
That’s nothing, we’ve had pet rats.
cubswin2016 over 2 years ago
Earl is really going to get it now.
iggyman over 2 years ago
Where’s Muffin?!
jagedlo over 2 years ago
You mean your home is being invaded by the X-Mice, Earl?
tremaine53 over 2 years ago
I’d check with Roscoe and Muffin, frankly.
jslabotnik over 2 years ago
A mice mutiny
iggyman over 2 years ago
Mighty Mouse? !
1953Baby over 2 years ago
Prolly the Rats of NIMH. . .
ANIMAL over 2 years ago
You REALLY need to stop sharing…..
Groucho & Redd Panda over 2 years ago
My brother had a few mice. His big tomcat played with them.That’s all, no murder, just played hide and seek, cat style.
Told my brother, he must have a Buddhist Cat.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
True story
I heard my cat in the middle of the night running around furiously…Got up and saw a tiny mouse trapped in the corner by my cat. I tried to get the mouse and he scooted all over the place…meanwhile the cat is going nuts…but after many attempts to get the mouse, he disappeared under the couch never to be seen again….
(((((((((( GASP! ))))))))
He was so darned cute too! Since that night, I haven’t seen a single mouse in my house……LOL!
kaycstamper over 2 years ago
I like the electronic ones because they’re the most humane but mice have gotten smart and won’t go into them.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
EEK…….is right.
oldlady07 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Cornered one in my greenhouse. It just crouched down and stayed there shivering. I had a large stick and was going to hit it, but …..couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. Afraid I’d rather go with the poison traps.
Jogger2 over 2 years ago
I stopped using snap traps. Three times, I witnessed a mouse still alive while caught in one. I switched to live capture traps, but now realize releasing a mouse into what is, to her, an unfamiliar area is also cruel.
So, what should I do?
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 2 years ago
Don’t you just hate it when mighty mutant mice maraud?
Lightpainter over 2 years ago
Muffin talked Roscoe into sniffing the mouse trap too closely….
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 2 years ago
BUNNIES!
juicebruce over 2 years ago
Earl on mouse duty ! 24 Hours a day ….. 7 days a week !
cleokaya over 2 years ago
JP Steve Premium Member over 2 years ago
I once caught a shrew in a mousetrap. It was so small the bail passed over it’s body and caught it by the tail. I released it and it scuttled into the bushes cursing me. Sailors could have taken lessons from the language that shrew used on me!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 2 years ago
“Make a better mousetrap, and the government might ban it.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 2 years ago
The mouse that burrowed under the siding/insulation panel, next to my outside door, stays in his place while I am in mine. I sometimes see his little dark gray arse coming and going across the concrete. I have seen mouses scamper past my door in years past to get to the grassy area adjacent. I occasionally leave sunflower seeds and mixed nuts at his “door” and they disappear without fail.