mice

The mouse who loved mustard

adamg — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:54:54 +0000

Dan Miller reports stumbling onto the lair of the mouse in his house:

While cleaning the basement, we found a rolled-up carpet remnant with several little mustard packs inside, nibbled open and sucked dry.

Our little friend had to climb up on top of a condiment-supply table, carry the pack of mustard with his teeth and scurry to the other side of the basement.

Different approaches to mouse control

adamg — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:55:34 +0000

At BU, students freak out and sleep in common areas.

A more mature Doug Haslam uses a different technique: a cat and a small piece of cheese:

We hear noises, and it sounds like a mouse, but I don't want it to be a mouse. I want it to be the fridge, even though that would be much more expensive. Actually, it sounds like a mouse that has gained the ability to use tiny tools, like a saw or nail gun.

Congratulations: You've just caught a mouse with your humane trap. Now what?

adamg — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:59:18 +0000

Jim Sullivan confronts the situation:

I had never thought of what would happen AFTER I caught a live mouse. At least, I hadn't considered what to do with one in the winter when there was about three feet of snow on the ground everywhere in our neighborhood. I had purchased the trap during a summer when it was easy to imagine releasing a mouse in some flowery field, where he would see the abundant food supplied by blooming trees full of succulent fruits and hearty nuts, maybe some shapely lady mice nearby giving him a come hither look, and then he would gaze up at me with big brown eyes full of gratitude for not crushing his head, give me the mousy equivalent of a tip of his hat, and saunter off to live his suddenly wonderful life. Instead, I was faced with the prospect of tossing a cute little furry animal into a snowbank to die.

The case of the burning mouse

adamg — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:47:14 +0000

The Daily Free Press informs us that even BU is not immune from mice:

"We didn't realize there was a mousetrap underneath our radiator. A mouse got caught and then started burning underneath the radiator. So basically, it was really, really gross."

Murine activity

adamg — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:15:12 +0000

Eileen begins to ponder purchasing some boa constrictors for her apartment. Before it comes to that, however, she dons her Ninja hazmat suit and declares all out war on the vermin in her vicinity.

Earlier:
Charting mouse elimination.

You can chart anything

adamg — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:38:46 +0000

Nathanael graphs his efforts at de-mousing his place.

Of mice and crazy men

adamg — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:31:39 +0000

Ezra found himself yesterday dealing with conundrums involving both.

Just in time for the holidays: West Roxbury Home Depot opens pet department

adamg — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:11:13 +0000

But at least one customer doesn't like how the store is stocking pink mice babies in bags of birdseed.

At least they're not rodents of unusual size

adamg — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:07:37 +0000

The house Yup lives in has squirrels (among other problems). Jessi also reports squirrels, but she's still enjoying hers.

Krissy finds out the hard way her place has mouse issues:

... Our house smelled funny last night. Not just funny ... but BAD. FOUL. We couldn't figure out what it was ... so Matt moved the couch and there was a DEAD MOUSE there. It was grotesque. While I was having a little freak out session in the hallway, Matt was cleaning behind the couch. He moved the subwoofer and there was a ton of mouse poop. So, he pulled the carpet up and underneath the carpet was a DEAD AND DECAYING MOUSE. ...

Man vs. mouse update: Mouse still winning

adamg — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:51:07 +0000

Dan reports he's now advertising on craigslist for somebody willing to lend him a cat for a month.

If somebody agrees, let's hope the cat isn't named Tom.

Man vs. mouse

adamg — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:07:23 +0000

So far, the mouse is winning.

Wriggling mouse butt

adamg — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:31:12 +0000

Frecklegirl reports:

I walked into my kitchen today to refill my mac and cheese from a pot on the stove and I was greeted by the sight of a wriggling mouse butt squeezing into one of the burners. (cheap gas stove) ...