tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post5732646953030315175..comments2023-09-13T07:49:41.738-07:00Comments on Musings from Mâvarin: MousetrapKaren Funk Blocherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-50895744106206385472004-10-30T01:24:00.000-07:002004-10-30T01:24:00.000-07:00"...and then the mice attracted the snakes and we ..."...and then the mice attracted the snakes and we just had to move." LOL a familiar story. Don't wait for the snakes. Get a professional exterminator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-78822531338982472082004-10-30T06:26:00.000-07:002004-10-30T06:26:00.000-07:00We have mice too...but they have not entered the h...We have mice too...but they have not entered the house this fall yet! Just a matter of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-60217465013431190642004-10-30T09:59:00.000-07:002004-10-30T09:59:00.000-07:00When I had mice in one apartment I lived in, we us...When I had mice in one apartment I lived in, we used the plastic traps. The mouse basically has to stick its head inside, and so it snapped the neck 100% of the time, never the foot. We also used peanut butter as bait, so the critters couldn't grab it fast and run off.<br><br>I always kind of found it ironic that the roommate who had pet rats (me) was always the one killing the rodents in the house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-47306620562295813832004-10-30T14:59:00.000-07:002004-10-30T14:59:00.000-07:00We get so many strange bugs - especially when it&#...We get so many strange bugs - especially when it's wet. We've just taken to the phrase, "bug du jour." Most of them stay outdoors, but one does get inside occasionally, much to the delight of the cats. So far we haven't had to deal with rodents, but I did see a rat the size of a Buick (it sure seemed that large) in the alley one day. Scared me to death. We're not far from a wooded area, so I'm hoping the rat just strayed a bit, like the largish turtle we found in our yard one day. We put that in a box and took it to the pond in the park. You won't catch me doing that with the rat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780547696687100620.post-6408417720211702832004-10-31T20:15:00.000-08:002004-10-31T20:15:00.000-08:00And so the contest is on, through the ages, still ...And so the contest is on, through the ages, still not found a replacement for the fearless feline... the inventors call to duty... to build a better mousetrap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com