It's a mouse!
It's a mouse! I just saw the little fucker crawling into a hole in the foam where the pipes go into the wall under the counter.
My cat, Butters is under there right now on guard duty. He has orders to put it's head on a pike as an example to the others if he catches it.
Deploy the steel wool!
ReplyDeleteWe've never had mice in 13 years in this house. Steel wool in these holes, Lex Larson? Any other tips?
ReplyDeleteLeopold "Butters" Stotch?!
ReplyDeleteProfessor Chaos himself.
ReplyDeleteGenerally speaking, mice won't chew through steel wool. Ideally, you'd want to evict the mouse (trap and repatriate it, kill it, whatever your foreign policy dictates) and then stuff the holes with steel wool to prevent them from gaining entry again. Be aware if you use poison they could croak in an awkward place and stink up the joint. Also: mouse mummy in your walls. Creeeeepy.
ReplyDeleteCheck if there's spilled food or anything that will draw them back, clean it up if you find any. Even dog food or cat food will attract them. Check any packaged stuff you have in cupboards to be sure they didn't gnaw on it.
My foreign policy for rodents was written by Dick Cheney. Poison is out, traps seem to be in. I'll leave out some traps before patching up the wall. See if I catch any. The shitty thing is we have a townhouse, and if they don't like us, they could just move to the neighbors.
ReplyDeleteIt was in the chip/pretzel/snack cupboard. All that stuff is now in the garbage.
Thanks!
Yeah, looks like I'm going to invest in some electric traps.
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