Two by two
So far since we moved to this house I have blogged about rats in the compost, giant arachnids, slugs (and children ha ha ha). At Christmas, our suspicions were raised when the chocolate coins I had hidden in the small bedroom had been nibbled – I went and bought a mouse trap that has sat unopened on top of the microwave ever since. Sunday, I went into the room again (we don’t use it much) to check on the progress of my chitting potatoes*, only to find a small pile of droppings next to a neatly nibbled spud. Unwrapped and set trap.
Last night, quietly watching telly**, I noticed Cameron gesticulating at me from his sofa (we have one each. His is larger and has better sound quality, and I sit there when he is away). A mouse had run around my sofa then popped underneath – it spent the rest of the evening peeping out at us in a cute and cheeky manner. We need a cat – although I brought the trap downstairs and it had efficiently caught said mouse by the morning (I put him out the front door: I do hope they don’t have a homing instinct and that he will just have gone off somewhere else not come straight back in again).
Am hoping we just had one (but am about to rebait the trap and put it back upstairs again just in case) not a family.
*They are fine yet still not in the ground. Arg.
**Gavin and Stacey, I think, so we were pretty quiet. It’s not laugh-out-loud-funny, season 2, is it.
April 8th, 2008 14:38
We have only seen the first ep of the second series of G&S so far, but we did laugh out loud a few times. It’s such a cute and effortlessly funny show, but I’m not really sure if they can extend it beyond the initial six episodes. I’m wondering if they should have quit while they were ahead.
April 8th, 2008 19:20
Oh yeah – actually episode 1 was ok. There have been moments throughout (watch out for Bryn and Ness singing together) but it’s just not as good as season 1. Tis ever thus.
April 9th, 2008 05:58
Where mice are concerned always assume they will come back if you chuck them out of the house.
Work you way round the edges of your house looking for holes that they can come in through (1 cm thick crack is enough). If you find any then block them with wire wool or aluminium foil (they’ll chew through anything else).
Also have a quick look outside your house and look for other cracks or air bricks with bigger holes. Obviously they may be coming in via a neighbour’s house if you are not detatched.
Your local council can probably put down something a bit less humane than your current trap, and we reckoned that in the long run it was better to not have disease spreading mouse wee and poo in a house with small kids, so our conscience could handle dead mice!
April 9th, 2008 12:29
LOL Jase – we live in a Victorian redbrick house which is…well…airy. I’m adding this as ammunition to my cat campaign 😉
April 11th, 2008 15:34
Ooh yes, definitely need to get yourselves a cat or 2….. but of course then they’ll just bring in dead ones as presents for you – I never did find the head of the de-capitated one Ginny bought in once!!!