Sep 11, 06 - 1:46 PM The gift that keeps on giving...
We have mice in the office! That's right - MICE! Ugh! Blech! I am freaking out. I had to ditch all of our food, lay poison traps all over, and clean up the mess that these rodent *******s left already. I told my boss that if the poison killed any mice that I was not going within 20 feet of them. He kept trying to freak me out all day by saying he saw them scurrying around. I'm scared to have my feet touch the floor! We work out of a house that we are trying to convert to a commercial property, so that makes it even worse somehow because it's like a home invasion. I'm here by myself now and I am terrified. I don't want to open cabinets or drawers for fear of mice being in them. That's it - no more open-toed shoes at the office for me. I will eat all my lunches outside of the office. And maybe, just maybe, I can actually convince my boss to let me do some more work from home. Does anyone have any good suggestions for getting rid of mice?
Greybishop
Sep 11th, 2006 - 2:20 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Mon -
I have an ongoing history with the little *******s.
Reader's Digest version:
When I first noticed that I had them I thought, "I'll be humane and use live traps". So, that first day, I came home and checked the live trap on the counter. Couldn't see anything through the opaque(???)lid , so I slid the door open to check the bait. Out pop two little heads.
If the "Reverse across the room jump while screaming like a girl" was an olympic event, I could represent my country.
I now use snap traps and poison and they seem to be under control.
Occasionally, they will steal a trap or escape the inescapable, so I'm trying to figure out how to charge them rent.
LOSTbean
Sep 11th, 2006 - 2:37 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
why not try something really crazy like a CAT? i have 2 and my house is very mouse free!
Jess
Sep 11th, 2006 - 3:50 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Doesn't WesB or someone have a Terminator Kitty? We get a mouse in the house once in a great while. My husband bought some kind of poison, D-Con I think. It is green. They eat it and eventually die. It really SUCKS when you come across a dead mouse. But it's better than coming across a live one!
Lady-in-Gray
Sep 11th, 2006 - 4:09 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
It's sawsee who has the cat he calls "The Little Terminator" . I wonder where sawsee has been these last few weeks. Harvesting his beet crop, maybe....
bil-a-bong
Sep 11th, 2006 - 6:22 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
I had to take a second look at that post title Monica. I was like, "oh no, Monica has a STD!"
wesb
Sep 11th, 2006 - 6:30 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
A terminator kitty!!!! Now, I don't know why but that sounds really scary...
bil-a-bong
Sep 11th, 2006 - 6:37 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
I had to take a second look on that title Monica. When I first read it I thought, "oh no, Monica has a STD!" Ha!!
DriveShaft
Sep 11th, 2006 - 11:54 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Actually, Bonger, that's the first thought I had, too...naturally, the notion left ME particularly dismayed. Quite glad to see that's not the case.
Of course, it could be worse, Mon. When I was a kid, we had a house out in the woods, and kept hearing what we THOUGHT was a rat or something running through the walls. It was a squirrel. My dad had set rat traps, and the poor guy got it caught on his tail. Needless to say, as loud as a squirrel running behind the walls was, a squirrel with a rat trap on its tail was a LOT louder-and his favorite path seemed to be the wall just behind my bed.
DriveShaft
Sep 12th, 2006 - 12:40 AM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Actually, let me clarify that: While the header on your post DID cause that to be the very FIRST thought in my head, I was able to dismiss it with a fairly high degree of confidence for a few reasons. Namely the obvious level of responsible thinking and classiness I've come to expect from you (not to say that any of you who DO have an STD aren't responsible or classy-ugh, this can of worms just gets bigger and bigger), not to mention the fact that this probably isn't the forum of choice if one DID want to make such a thing known.
On the other hand, once I HAD dismissed the notion of you having an STD, and prior to actually reading the post; I did wonder if perhaps it was a nasty cold or some other (non-sexual) virus you had fallen victim to...
Monica
Sep 12th, 2006 - 3:57 AM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Geez guys! I would never have titled the post with that if I had known it would cause such thoughts. Now that I think about it, I have heard that phrase used in relation to STDs. BUT since I don't have to think about that subject on a regular basis (and please, let's not break off on a tangent about how you're taking that to mean I'm not getting any )and if for some reason I did, I definitely wouldn't announce it here - I named the post that because I get to continually clean up mouse droppings and be terrified no matter where I am in the office. Though I must add that I am glad you all seem to have dismissed the notion as soon as you thought of it anyway, so thank you and no hard feelings.
jas65
Sep 12th, 2006 - 5:32 AM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Monica,
My sister bought a house 5 years ago that was infested with mice. She did place poison traps in the crawl space and attic. She also bought these things that plug into outlets that emit some sort of "only mice can hear" noise that keeps them away. She put one in the kitchen, where the little f'ers kept showing up. She hasn't had any problems since.
wesb
Sep 12th, 2006 - 6:04 AM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
A guy I know once found enough dried dog food pellets behind his wall to fill a 5 gallon bucket. A mouse was slowly stealing them from the bags he used to feed his dog, and storing them away back there.
Tap on the walls...
bil-a-bong
Sep 12th, 2006 - 6:24 PM Re: The gift that keeps on giving...
Mon, my apologies!
I shouldn't have let my twisted sense of humour get the best of me.
But....with that said, I laughed for five minutes after reading your reply post! And, of course I would *never* perceive your comments to be a reflection on your sex life !!
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