Sputterduck, you may want to rethink rural living.

[MissionaryMomma]

I'll give you one very convincing reason:

This morning, around 4 am, dh jumped onto his pillows, right out of a deep sleep. I woke up and asked what on earth he was doing. He said that there was something in the bed, nibbling on his feet. I told him to shake the blankets and go back to sleep.

I had a hard time falling back asleep after that. Once I finally began to relax again, I felt something on my calf. I laid still to see if it was my imagination. It wasn't. There was a mouse in the blankets. I threw the sheet and covers back, one at a time, so that the mouse could escape and not be trapped in between the layers. It was dark, so I couldn't see much. I threw the blankets back and tried to sleep. I fell asleep 10 minutes before the school alarm. UGH!

Time to put out the traps and such. Too bad the cats here don't have a litter box and have to be let out every few hours. I'd let them stay in overnight if that was the case (but it's not my house and not my cats).

I hate mice!

[Teresa64]

Oh no!!! I don't know how you stayed in that bed!!!! I would have freaked and had to wash the sheets before I would even think about gettin back in there. Even then I don't know. I probably would sleep on the couch for a while.

[Laurens_Mom]

YIKES!! At our old house in MI we used to get mice in our attic. I don't miss that in the least.

[TaraBear]

Oh my there is no way I could fall asleep after that, let alone stay in that bed....I would have gotten up and stripped the bed. Eeeek. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

[hidesome]

poison.

[3girls2luv]

I would have thrown my sheets away. I would have totally freaked!

[HammBugga]

eeeeeek!

[CatSoup]

lol My kitties bring me mice and moles all the time. They never eat em, they just put them out for me to see.

[still_me]

lol My kitties bring me mice and moles all the time. They never eat em, they just put them out for me to see.


Do you know that when cats bring you live animals they think they have to teach you to catch your own food? If it is brought to you dead, it is an offering.


ETA: I agree with Hidesome. Poison would be put out as fast as I could get it.

[CatSoup]

Do you know that when cats bring you live animals they think they have to teach you to catch your own food? If it is brought to you dead, it is an offering.


ETA: I agree with Hidesome. Poison would be put out as fast as I could get it.

It must be an offering then. :) There's nothing like stepping off of the porch to feel a dead animal under your shoe.

[MoonBound]

My parents were hippies. We lived in the northwoods for a while. We had 4 cats. everytime mom had someone over the biggest cat who make a point of leaving out lots of dead mice. More if the extra person in the house was my grandma who hates mice and cats. Are you saying the cat actually liked grandma? She taught me (I was 4) to throw my shoes at him.

I would not have slept in the bed until I knew the mouse was gone and depending on where I lived throughly cleaned the bed. I would be too worried about my kids getting into it to use poison, I trap where my kids couldn't reach or only at night.

[still_me]

My parents were hippies. We lived in the northwoods for a while. We had 4 cats. everytime mom had someone over the biggest cat who make a point of leaving out lots of dead mice. More if the extra person in the house was my grandma who hates mice and cats. Are you saying the cat actually liked grandma? She taught me (I was 4) to throw my shoes at him.

I would not have slept in the bed until I knew the mouse was gone and depending on where I lived throughly cleaned the bed. I would be too worried about my kids getting into it to use poison, I trap where my kids couldn't reach or only at night.



Apparently the cat loved your grandma. That or the cat knew it would drive her crazy. lol


Catsoup, My kitty likes to chase the mice around when they come in during the spring and fall. I once reached under the couch to get a toy and guess what I touched? Yep! A dead mouse that the cat had apparently caused a heart attack in. I screamed like a psycho and ran to wash my hands as fast as I could. The funny thing is that I have picked up much worse than that when it comes to things that our cat has killed.

[Sputterduck]

Yikes! Thank goodness for my kittens... I'm sure they'd love to have a mouse to play with. lol Well, they might be scared of it, but I'm sure they'll toughen up eventually.

MM, are you going to be able to sleep tonight? I would so not be able to.

[Sputterduck]

It must be an offering then. :) There's nothing like stepping off of the porch to feel a dead animal under your shoe.


It's an offering of love, you know. I tried to explain that to xSO's mother when she came screaming about a dead, bloody pigeon in her living room. Her latest adopted stray just loved her so much, he gave her a present. For some reason that didn't seem to comfort her. rofl

[MissionaryMomma]

I'm too tired not to sleep. I am going to tuck in the draggin sheet, though.

Poison is now my friend. :)

Dh scared me more than the mouse. Here come this white nekked body out from under the covers and jumping on his own pillow. Apparently I muttered a Turkish word and then asked him what in the world was he doing. That's a lot of action for one night. LOL!

[3girls2luv]

It's an offering of love, you know. I tried to explain that to xSO's mother when she came screaming about a dead, bloody pigeon in her living room. Her latest adopted stray just loved her so much, he gave her a present. For some reason that didn't seem to comfort her. rofl

I hope our cat *never* loves us that much. She is a Diva cat and she expects us to bring every thing to her. ;)

[Funmommy]

It must be an offering then. There's nothing like stepping off of the porch to feel a dead animal under your shoe.

Better than waking up in the middle of the night and reaching for something on the side of the bed and finding something squishy and furry :p
Yup it really happened ... but it was DH :roflol

My dog used to bring in moles and mice all the time (alive) :eek:

I've gotten quite used to having things in my house that don't belong there :nono:


Oh and I would NEVER do poison!!!
You don't know where they are going to die and if they die in your wall it REEKS for months!!!
and if your cat eats the dead mouse it'll poison your cat

[NickNAK]

I wouldn't put poison out. She said she has cats. If the cats eat the mice that are killed by the poison it can kill them too.

I prefer the sticky traps.

[Funmommy]

I think sticky traps are horrible but better than the poison.
The poor mice starve to death ... not a nice way to go :(
But then again you're looking at a total mush here :p
I use the spring traps and put them up high, close to the walls.
The mice will walk along the walls ... always to the outside of the rooms.
I put mine up onto the beams we have in my house but I put a tiny eye hook
into edge of the trap and another in the beam and then tie them together
using a fishing line. After having a trap going missing this is mandatory thing
in my house :eek:

[MoonBound]

Just be glad it is not bats!!!

[Funmommy]

been there done that .....
mice
moles
voles
chipmunks
bats
chickodees
humming birds
ok thats enough ... I won't get into bugs :eek: