Don't Touch Me...

[kerbeetle]

So Daniel's little make-shift mouse/rat contraption failed. Last night I came home and all of his work was in the middle of the bathroom floor. The mouse (mice or rats or whatever it is) were able to chew through it and make their way back into the apartment somewhere. So I immediately call Daniel for back-up and promptly leave the apartment. Why

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[machiavelli_f]

We had mice in our house a few years ago.
I caught them with a hammer.

[kerbeetle]

Does that mean I could call you to come over and help? ;)

[machiavelli_f]

Yeah, but I don't know that you'll want me hanging around in your bathroom long enough to remove mice with a hammer. It does work pretty well, though. You hit them with the hammer, which slows them down a LOT. Then you are free to scoop them up and throw them outside. They don't even come back in because the hammer slows them down just that much.

[kerbeetle]

I don't care how you do it, I just need someone to actually do something. It's driving me mad that I know they are in my apartment and I can see them and do nothing about it. The traps and poison so far haven't done much. We'll see what happens when I call the complex and/or get home tonight.

[crystella74]

Also, keep in mind - like I said in my novella of a post - the poison will make them stupid. They take more risk of coming out to see "what's going on" than an average mouse. So, the poison will MAKE THEM come out more.

If you're not brave enough to reach down and whack the snot out of it when he comes to say hello, you might wanna get rid of the poison. Just a suggestion...

[kerbeetle]

I was told the poison was something they would take back to their nest or whatever and would eventually die on the inside of the walls or whatever. That's why I did it. I just want the thing to go away so I can breathe easier and actually sleep at night. That's all.

The complex just doesn't seem to understand the urgency. And unfortunately, neither does Amy. She doesn't get that I've been crying, upset and losing sleep every night this week wondering where it is or what it's doing. I can't have these creatures around, I just can't.

[crystella74]

Sorry honey. I'm on Amy's side with this one.

But I still love you!

[kerbeetle]

It's my issue since it's in my part of the apartment so I will just have to suck it up and deal with it.

Oh well.

[crystella74]

This is AWESOME!

It reminds me of when I was a kiddie, and my mom found one in the kitchen. Our house was basically in the middle of a big farm, so we CONSTANTLY had them in our house. She'd put out D-Con, which made them slow and stupid. Well, this stupified/poisoned mouse was wandering through the kitchen at the same time my mom was cleaning up a dropped box of cereal with a Shop Vac (that's the kinda thing that happens with 7 kids in the house). In an effort to "save time," she simply sucked up the little guy with the vacuum!! :)

I remember hearing it thud against the side of the canister. :)

Then, because of all the commotion, another stupified/poisoned mouse came out to see what all was going on - and she sucked him up, too!!

It was hysterical!!!

[kerbeetle]

That is hilarious!! If only it were that easy. I would give anything for them to find the bugger and kill or get rid of him or whatever TODAY. Then the nightmares can cease for awhile. Or at least go back to being about something else. heh