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raeanna74 · 09-30-2003, 09:19 AM

At basement apartment we used to live in we had a number of critters get inside. The landlord who lived upstairs and done all dht remodeling and expansion on his home himself. Not very talented. none of the door jambs met the walls straight and the doors had gaps here and there. None of them were in the same place even. I did a few little modifications on the windows and outside entryway to keep the critters out.

First mouse I saw was early in the morning when I turned on the light in the kitchen before my eyes had really focused. When I saw him dash across my kitchen floor to my livingroom I yelled for hubby to come. He brought his BB gun and stood guard at the entrance to eh livingroom while I literally tore EVERYTHING apart in there. Turned the furnature upside down and moved everything. We never found it. I'm pretty certain it was hiding inside my sofa. The only possibility I can think of.

We used the metal traps. My father-in-law gave em to us. Apparently they'd been snapped a few times and had lost some of their spring. We had 2 mice around. Used cheese with peanut butter to make it stick and got their attention ASAP. First one foudn the trap minutes after we turned the light out in our bedroom. We heard the snap. I turned on the light. Hubby got his BB gun and put it out of is misery immediately. Same sort of story for the second one in hubby's office.

I did feel bad destroying them but it was the safest way of removing them from my home and protecting my baby. You know a mother and her baby.

My policy and what I teach my daughter with any critter is - if you come in my home you are just asking for my wrath, if you stay out of my home I will watch you and appreciate you and leave you alone. That is unless I want to eat you but that's another issue. I'm not about to eat mice or rats unless I'm starving.

We had a Wolf spider come in once. Hubby is so paranoid about spiders he freaked and grabbed our daughter. I stomped it and took the squashed critter to a friend of our who is one of those "bug -ologist" things. He told us what it was. Glad I didn't mess around with him.

09-30-2003, 09:19 AM	#32 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	At basement apartment we used to live in we had a number of critters get inside. The landlord who lived upstairs and done all dht remodeling and expansion on his home himself. Not very talented. none of the door jambs met the walls straight and the doors had gaps here and there. None of them were in the same place even. I did a few little modifications on the windows and outside entryway to keep the critters out. First mouse I saw was early in the morning when I turned on the light in the kitchen before my eyes had really focused. When I saw him dash across my kitchen floor to my livingroom I yelled for hubby to come. He brought his BB gun and stood guard at the entrance to eh livingroom while I literally tore EVERYTHING apart in there. Turned the furnature upside down and moved everything. We never found it. I'm pretty certain it was hiding inside my sofa. The only possibility I can think of. We used the metal traps. My father-in-law gave em to us. Apparently they'd been snapped a few times and had lost some of their spring. We had 2 mice around. Used cheese with peanut butter to make it stick and got their attention ASAP. First one foudn the trap minutes after we turned the light out in our bedroom. We heard the snap. I turned on the light. Hubby got his BB gun and put it out of is misery immediately. Same sort of story for the second one in hubby's office. I did feel bad destroying them but it was the safest way of removing them from my home and protecting my baby. You know a mother and her baby. My policy and what I teach my daughter with any critter is - if you come in my home you are just asking for my wrath, if you stay out of my home I will watch you and appreciate you and leave you alone. That is unless I want to eat you but that's another issue. I'm not about to eat mice or rats unless I'm starving. We had a Wolf spider come in once. Hubby is so paranoid about spiders he freaked and grabbed our daughter. I stomped it and took the squashed critter to a friend of our who is one of those "bug -ologist" things. He told us what it was. Glad I didn't mess around with him. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.