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11/13/06 10:50 - ID#36085
of mice and scaredy cats
Fuck
I think I have a mouse in the house.
Not running free through the apartment, but quite possibly in the walls or in the attic-- ew oh jeez- maybe both.
EEK!
and maybe it is something creepier than that!
All I know is that I heard something scratching at the wall in my bedroom while I was trying to sleep. Thinking that maybe my cat was trying to catch a little bug or dust bunny, I tried to ignore it. I continued to hear this scratching sound coming from above. In the darkness, I could make out my cat sitting on my dresser, staring at something. I decided to turn on the bedroom light to make sure it wasnt something super creepy dangling over my head.
I didn't see anything.
But I still heard the scratching-- and it wasnt the cat.
UGH. I don't know what it is, but I know that I AM NOT going to go and investigate it myself.
My apartment is very 'solid'. I don't know how whatever it is got in. And whatever it is should figure how to get back out.
Whatever it is, just wants to be warm. However, I care not to make a snuggly home for unknown creatures.
I am sleeping on the couch tonoght, as I can't bear to be up all night thinking about some creepy thing lurking in my walls.-- that and the fact that I am such a light sleeper, that any noise will wake me/keep me awake.
I know that I have had atleast one small (almost cute) mouse per autumn. Just one. And my cat does nothing to help me out. Just torments the hell out of it, and leaves it shaking and soggy of cat saliva.
I think its a mouse.. I thnink its a small almost cute mousey.
time to call the landlord..? I am such a scaredy cat.
good night.
I think I have a mouse in the house.
Not running free through the apartment, but quite possibly in the walls or in the attic-- ew oh jeez- maybe both.
EEK!
and maybe it is something creepier than that!
All I know is that I heard something scratching at the wall in my bedroom while I was trying to sleep. Thinking that maybe my cat was trying to catch a little bug or dust bunny, I tried to ignore it. I continued to hear this scratching sound coming from above. In the darkness, I could make out my cat sitting on my dresser, staring at something. I decided to turn on the bedroom light to make sure it wasnt something super creepy dangling over my head.
I didn't see anything.
But I still heard the scratching-- and it wasnt the cat.
UGH. I don't know what it is, but I know that I AM NOT going to go and investigate it myself.
My apartment is very 'solid'. I don't know how whatever it is got in. And whatever it is should figure how to get back out.
Whatever it is, just wants to be warm. However, I care not to make a snuggly home for unknown creatures.
I am sleeping on the couch tonoght, as I can't bear to be up all night thinking about some creepy thing lurking in my walls.-- that and the fact that I am such a light sleeper, that any noise will wake me/keep me awake.
I know that I have had atleast one small (almost cute) mouse per autumn. Just one. And my cat does nothing to help me out. Just torments the hell out of it, and leaves it shaking and soggy of cat saliva.
I think its a mouse.. I thnink its a small almost cute mousey.
time to call the landlord..? I am such a scaredy cat.
good night.
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Since when is killing mice wrong? Screw that nonsense.
Happy hunting!
But you should do something... Usually if you SEE one mouse, it's the tip of the iceberg.
The old school wooden snappy traps are dirt cheap, work, and are pretty humane.
Or the 'have a heart' ones catch the mice but don't kill them.
I agree, mice are kinda cute...
but if they die in the walls- ick.
good luck.
Home Depot sells humane traps. THey need to be baited. We didn't have much luck with ours last year. And this year, i THINK i saw a wee grey mousey come out from under our stove and retreat back. Of course, since the wee fire i started last weekend, it might have moved out. "Screw this place", and packed up his crumbs and cheese.
Another critter it could be is a squirrel, Carey. When my mom was a teenager, a family of them moved into the space between the roof and the ceiling of the attic bedroom she had. Drove her nuts, so to speak. She hated squirrels for years because of it. Would curse out ones she saw on the street. I think she moved out before the squirrels did...