tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post3509359201341696740..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Weston, we have a problemMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-62282901873104642382010-11-17T21:45:14.950-06:002010-11-17T21:45:14.950-06:00Well, you're not alone in the great Mouse Hunt...Well, you're not alone in the great Mouse Hunt. We caught a big fat one earlier this week in our pantry. :-( I've thought we had a mouse for the last couple weeks but Zilla tried to convince me the nibbles out of our food were from the cats. Boy am I glad I didn't listen to him. I'm hoping he didn't have a friend...so far no more mice and no more evidence of one. <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-28229945521081142972010-11-17T16:49:23.354-06:002010-11-17T16:49:23.354-06:00I had a dog that use to catch them and now I have ...I had a dog that use to catch them and now I have cats but unfortunately they manage to get in our dropped ceiling and that's when the traps come out. We got one that is disposable so you don't have to see the poor little critter lol. <br /><br />It's the mouse outside that I'm having problems with. He lives under my steps in the back of the house. He also totally empties out the cat food that I leave for my ferals/strays. My inside cats go nuts throwing themselves at the sliding doors but what do the outside cats do - NOTHING!!! go figure. I've decided I must have hundreds of pounds of cat food under my steps/house taken one piece at a time(sigh).catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-70211917360500974412010-11-17T10:45:35.350-06:002010-11-17T10:45:35.350-06:00Blogger ate my first post. Quick summary - I won&#...Blogger ate my first post. Quick summary - I won't kill mammals. DB or the cats might, but I won't. Now incects, reptiles, etc., are another story.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-91982991519866530192010-11-17T10:11:29.594-06:002010-11-17T10:11:29.594-06:00No mice here, thank dog. (Although one time when ...No mice here, thank dog. (Although one time when I did have a mouse, we tried to get the dog to catch it and she looked at me like I was insane...)<br /><br />We do have gerbils, though, and I really don't see the difference between gerbils and mice, but AC insists there's a difference. I told her a cat wouldn't see the difference, and when she gave me the strange head-tilt, I reminded her that if the gerbils get out, I will borrow a cat...Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-78572251517902190642010-11-17T09:27:35.868-06:002010-11-17T09:27:35.868-06:00Luckily, never had that problem since I moved off ...Luckily, never had that problem since I moved off the farm. But at that time, cats worked pretty well. :) Not only did they catch the ones that came in, but I think maybe they served as a bit of a deterrent. But this is always the time of year they would make their way indoors, and with that field behind the apartment complex, they probably moved indoors at harvest.<br /><br />We always used peanut butter on the traps too. Maybe you should get some of the cheap kind, it might stick better. :)<br /><br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-56515638147058737442010-11-17T07:51:35.174-06:002010-11-17T07:51:35.174-06:00The electronic pest repellents don't work. Fo...The electronic pest repellents don't work. Found out the expensive way. <br /><br />We have to watch out for mice when the guys cut and bale hay, because it runs the little buggers out of the fields. Rats and flies are the two life-forms I have no problem exterminating. No guilt feels whatsoever.Maven Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191207825985417403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-25110277695910088782010-11-17T06:15:04.239-06:002010-11-17T06:15:04.239-06:00Every year especially this time of year we get a f...Every year especially this time of year we get a few mice in the house. We have tried to find their entry way... with no luck. We have put steel mesh everywhere. We've closed off the roof vents, the fireplace. They still get in. Lately we hear them in the wall behind our shower so my husband goes behind the faucet and dumps down the D-con pellets. It gets rid of them. Unfortunately, it doesn't eliminate the problem. You have to find the place they enter your place. My neighbor swears by the blocks of poison. We tried that and the block disappeared. They actually dragged it off. I'm sure it eventually killed some of them. I don't like to touch the traps so I don't use them.<br /><br /> We recently had a bat too. OMG I'm terrified of them. We have all of our windows covered in plastic so we just opened the front door and it went out pretty quickly!Laurie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533221100348874087noreply@blogger.com