Freaked out by mice

[Arturo]

I have always been freaked by mice. Wierd, I have no problem dealing with rattle snakes, ugly and nasty people and complex litigation among other things, but guys and gals, I am fearful of mice. And for a guy like me, guess what I am dealing with RIGHT NOW. (Good that I can unload on this forum.)

I got a mouse trap that is one of those plastic ones that just opens like a little clip, and put the peanut butter there and set it out in my garage. This pretty big mouse has stuck just his nose in it and it clamped down on his nose, not his whole head, so he is sitting there looking at me with his nose clamped off. I don't want to get near him as he can move a bit with that thing on his nose. GUYS..... UGH. I hate this.

[amanda]

Oh dear... this isnt good.

OK be brave... go out to the garage and bash the crap out of that mouse, its just bad luck he came into the world as a Mouse... not much you can do now, he's got a squished nose. Do right by Mighty Mouse now and put him out of his misery.

If you were in Melbourne I'd come and take care of him. I'm from the Country a little (or big) mouse doesnt bother me none... you can take the Rattle Snake tho ugh scary it CAN kill you... a mouse is just dirty and cant kill you (unless its a REALLY big mouse).

When we lived out in the Country I picked up a jumper off the floor during Winter once and a mouse fell out of it... scared the beeeejeeeeezus out of me!

Don't worry he cant hurt you.... you'll be ok, go get him!

[Incurable]

Time for a little pellet gun practice and... send your condolences to Minnie.

[Arturo]

It is the strangest thing. Had a dream when young of mice crawling on me. Even tried a case for a gal who had a mouse in her soft drink...yuck.....but I am not going near it just yet. My pellet gun is right next to it as well. GAMO 177 caliber gun I use to shoot ground squirrels and rabbits when necessary. Neither squirrels nor rabbits bug me too much...a little, but not that bad. But I really cannot get near that mouse right now or I will throw up.

[Uncle-AJ]

Throw a cat in the garage and leave it for a day.

[padi56]

Well having kept quite a few rodents in my life,and many odd creatures like snakes and spiders.And seen many strange insects in this world today, there is one thing that sends the shivers down my spine in those millipede or earwig type insects.


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[Arturo]

I am a bit afraid that if I approach him he will break off, leaving his nose in the trap and then run into some place to die and stink up the place. I hate that too. So there is no easy solution to this. I am fearful as well that he will charge me with that trap on his nose. I don't feel bad admitting this. Hell, even Indiana Jones went grey with fear over snakes and I like them. I live in a jungle over here....cougars eating my dog, wild turkey, bobcats and lynx, foxes, quail, rattlers, rabbits, brown and grey squirrels......but I would have to get a damned mouse. OK, I am going to check on this now maybe sweep it into a bag....I HATE THIS!!!! The stupid traps are supposed ot kill not make suffer. GRRRRRRR

[Flyjet601]

Get a flame thrower......or some C4!
Remember Caddy Shack

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Arturo

I am a bit afraid that if I approach him he will break off, leaving his nose in the trap and then run into some place to die and stink up the place. I hate that too. So there is no easy solution to this. I am fearful as well that he will charge me with that trap on his nose. I don't feel bad admitting this. Hell, even Indiana Jones went grey with fear over snakes and I like them. I live in a jungle over here....cougars eating my dog, wild turkey, bobcats and lynx, foxes, quail, rattlers, rabbits, brown and grey squirrels......but I would have to get a damned mouse. OK, I am going to check on this now maybe sweep it into a bag....I HATE THIS!!!! The stupid traps are supposed ot kill not make suffer. GRRRRRRR

Much kinder to kill it quick than to let it suffer trapped.

[Arturo]

I did....dispatched it with a pellet gun.

[roadcarver]

When my wife and I were still dating, her parents lived in a semi-detached home.

I noticed there were some mouse traps in the home, but didn't see any mouse at all. One day, I lying on their sofa and saw a mouse at the other end of the sofa. I thought to myself, this ain't right.

I decided to hunt these buggers down and at the end of the several weeks of trapping these buggers, I caught 30+ of these!

I used the plastic specialized traps with peanut butter, stick traps and poison. It seemed that they exploded in population when her mom spilled some grains of rice in the basement and the mice invited its relatives over for a fiesta.

We made sure that the mice caught were dead. You don't want to know that I did!

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Incurable

Time for a little pellet gun practice and... send your condolences to Minnie.

[Ashley]

Ugh, I'm the same way with mice. We sell them at my work and it's disgusting. The only good use for those vermin is feeding them to good animals like snakes. I feel the same way about gerbils and hamsters. Hate them.
Once there was this cat playing with this live mouse, and I stepped on the mouse because I didn't want it getting into anyones house in my area, then I walked away and looked back just in time to see a magpie swoop down, grab the mouse, then eat it.
Was the weirdest thing ever.

[ezmoney46]

Originally Posted by Arturo

I did....dispatched it with a pellet gun.

Congrats

no more m-o-u-s-e

[Incurable]

A year ago, winter time, I thought I heard some strange noises coming from my kitchen area. I didn't think much of it but... it happened again, then again over a 10 minute time frame. Nothing big, just like something shifted a bit, something but what? Finally, I got up to investigate. Much to my surprise (and disgust), I managed to catch, out of the corner of my eye, a large rodent type critter skitter through a bedroom door , hunched down, hugging the walls, legs flying and moving at near freeway speeds. After a semi-second of disbelief, it hit me... CRAP, I've got a friggin' RAT in the house!

I won't go into all the details other than to say, these vermin are incredibly well adapted at stealth techniques and survival in general. Traps, peanut butter, and a week later, still no RAT... I didn't want to poison him only to find him weeks later using my nose. Too many places to hide in my house. It was me vs the rat and my living space violated... I would prevail.

I'd hear that vile bugger in the wee hours of the night and I'd jump up, pellet gun in hand, tromp around trying to herd/flush him... all to no avail. I, too, used those newfangled plastic traps but I find them moved, sprung, peanut butter gone and, no RAT. Frustrated, I baited an area and, if I heard a noise, I'd get up and stealthily poise myself for the shot, and wait. Sometimes for 1/2 hour or more at a time. BUGGER, never could catch him. What glimpses I did get were of his back end, legs scurrying, moving at unbelievable speeds to parts unknown. Now I was on a mission because, after all I'm the human and he was starting to dictate my time and control my evening hours. Unacceptable.

Getting desperate, frustrated and madder by the day, I finally employed some high tech equipment. This amounted to a baited and well lit kill zone, motion detector, silent light-based receiver and cocked and locked pellet gun. All I was missing was some urban camo gear and blind.

Finally, one evening while watching TV, the light started flashing and it was game-on. I slowly and quietly moved into position waiting for this uninvited, arrogant, fur-covered, tenacious, lil-bastid intruder (not so little actually) to show his rat-face. After a few moments, I saw him cautiously pop his head out from some back porch stuff a couple times then race into the open and the carefully placed bait in the kill zone. I couldn't believe it, he was finally slowed down enough to get a bead on. Finally things were on my terms, not his. Less than a second later, the saga was over.

It took me almost a full 2 weeks and a lot of drama to finally get that bugger. No, not the great white lion hunter but I probably felt just as satisfied. In review, I have a lot of respect for nature and the innate survival skills of the rodent species. If I were smart(er), I should have just pitted nature against nature and gone out and gotten a cat.

[JJ Irani]

Great story, Pat....you should have been a writer!!

[Incurable]

Thx JJ... War stories. Some big, some small...