Little Citters

PaulC7

Just the other week my boy was relaxing on the couch when he thought he seen something moving by the chair... we thought nothing of it until the missus thought she saw something moving too... then when i thought i seen something we knew something was going on.

That day went into the food cupboard to get something and saw a packet was open pulled it out and seen there was nothing left and the same had happened to two other packets... all noodles although it did have a go at the jelly.

So being brave i emptied and cleaned it out but found nothing.

So one night we left a few bits on floor and sure enough next morning they had gone...

rats or mice are loose in the house :shock:


After a bit of investigation we found some possible places were it may be getting in... but we have just recently had a washing machine returned so may of come in that way (so we read)... made up a batch of filler and done some plastering of the holes.


Went out and bought a trap laid it that night with some chocolate and next morning.......



it had gone... all the chocolate and still no sign of the creature. :scratch: :dontknow:





The trap needed a good push to trigger it so went out and bought another one...

laid both of them out with chocolate again and after two nights... we discovered this... :thumbright:





**Now the bad pics**















not sure if its a large mouse or a small rat... what do you think?

Judging by the second picture... we think it was getting out the way of the trap arm but was a little too slow and took the force of the blow to the head... we was expecting to find it caught in the trap.

tlw1

sunday roast?

cooldad

You bastard. You killed Kenny.

projectsome

I'm reporting you to PETA Piper, they'll have a few pickles to pick with you

Anonymous

Scrolling down I was thinking, come on where's the pictures?... and there they were! Awesome

PaulC7

deadkenny wrote:

Scrolling down I was thinking, come on where's the pictures?... and there they were! Awesome

I had to overcome my fears and get close to it for them pictures glad you like lol

Gazlar

PaulC7 wrote:

deadkenny wrote:

Scrolling down I was thinking, come on where's the pictures?... and there they were! Awesome

I had to overcome my fears and get close to it for them pictures glad you like lol

You should have said, I love nothing better than getting my face into a bloody rat

thekickingmule

cooldad wrote:

You bastard. You killed Kenny.

Actual LOL!

Is that one of CWNT's guinea pigs? Didn't last long.

crazy88

You're lucky it didn't leave you a little brown parcel too, they often think it's a nice farewell present to us humans. We caught one recently also. We avoided the bloody carpet mess though, I assume your lady partner had fun cleaning that up?

And here he is, all asleep and stuff. How cute.

tboy823

Our cat takes care of our critters - not that they were in the house!!

crazy88

I hope you got the pound back that the theiving mice were trying to steal!

delcol

you lucky you only had one ... we had a fooooooking nest of them the other year.. was gonna start charging them rent they were eating so much thats when they decided to move out...

pest guy got rid of them for us via poison.. he reckons they can fit thorugh a gap as small as a bic pen lid..

i see one-one night go between the floorboards a gap i cant fit my finger into, ( a bit like the missues gap :shock: :shock: )

hanf him by the back door to warn off others.

Stevo_666

delcol wrote:

you lucky you only had one ...

He's only caught one...

schlepcycling

tboy823 wrote:

Our cat takes care of our critters - not that they were in the house!!

Blimey, the tooth fairy's gone a bit mad.

PaulC7

Well the traps are still being laid out and as yet nothing has popped out to say hello... were happy about that and hope it stays that way, if we were to find 3 trying to rob our £££'s the missus wouldnt be living here no longer.

crazy88 wrote:

I assume your lady partner had fun cleaning that up?

You assume wrong, she wont even go near it, sick from the kids or blood either that pleasure is left to me.

robmanic1

crazy88 wrote:

I hope you got the pound back that the theiving mice were trying to steal!

Maybe it was in the "kitty"?

Eh? Eh? Anyone.....?

PaulC7

Since my last post the mice have only been interested in triggering the traps and not eating the choc.





So borrowed a dog... which didnt work either, the mice just went over ground... they were spotted on the back of the cooker (tail swinging out from the side was the big giveaway) and another time one/same mice was sitting next to the kettle.

Was making a butty and when i put the bread back i noticed a small hole in bottom of it, so had a look at it and it wasnt my finger that had made the hole but mice...





so as a last resort went out and bought some big cheese only yesterday...





placed one by the kettle and one behind the cooker... with a few nuts in the middle...

and this morning found this...







Folded the trap over and with a hop, skip and a jump i squished it and into the bin it went.


Really hoping thats the last know then.

Aggieboy

schlepcycling wrote:

tboy823 wrote:

Our cat takes care of our critters - not that they were in the house!!

Blimey, the tooth fairy's gone a bit mad.

Are those mice blind?

Stevo_666

PaulC7 wrote:

Folded the trap over and with a hop, skip and a jump i squished it and into the bin it went.

So this trap just catches them and you've got to squish the little buggers with your feet to finish the job?

YeehaaMcgee

delcol wrote:

i see one-one night go between the floorboards a gap i cant fit my finger into, ( a bit like the missues gap :shock: :shock: )

Funny you should say that, because I've found mice there, too.

Aggieboy

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

delcol wrote:

i see one-one night go between the floorboards a gap i cant fit my finger into, ( a bit like the missues gap :shock: :shock: )

Funny you should say that, because I've found mice there, too.

How can you find mice but never the clitoris??

BillyMansell

tboy823 wrote:

Our cat takes care of our critters - not that they were in the house!!

Someone should tell the top mouse it's step, back, step, back, pivot then freeze and not step, back, step, back, pivot then side kick.

sloppycowpat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... ll-soapbox
hehe

cat_with_no_tail

Stevo 666 wrote:

PaulC7 wrote:

Folded the trap over and with a hop, skip and a jump i squished it and into the bin it went.

So this trap just catches them and you've got to squish the little buggers with your feet to finish the job?

At the risk of sounding like a big, soft, mincy, commuter, that sounds like a terribly inhumane way of disposing of the little beggars.

angry_bird

I've got a mouse that lives in my flat down at uni. We've named him Itchy. It's just the one, and he's definitely a mouse, once we managed to catch him using ninja skills and a tupperware box, then we let him go because he looked so cute and doesn't really cause much trouble. We're nice like that.

Stevo_666

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

PaulC7 wrote:

Folded the trap over and with a hop, skip and a jump i squished it and into the bin it went.

So this trap just catches them and you've got to squish the little buggers with your feet to finish the job?

At the risk of sounding like a big, soft, mincy, commuter, that sounds like a terribly inhumane way of disposing of the little beggars.

Yup, call me a soft shyte but while I don't mind putting out a mouse trap that snaps their spine clean in two, the idea of me standing on one of the little bleeders while it's still alive and squishing his guts out feels a bit cruel. That, and scraping it's guts out of a corrugated shoe sole is going to be a right pain...

bg13

hope the commuting fraternity don't see this one! there will be outrage across london!

sloppycowpat

im inclined to say that stamping on them is more humane than a standard trap purely on the basis that they will die!!!

I have used the metal snapping traps and have seen them trapped by the tail, leg and face but still alive and that is much worse because they are still alive and feeling pain

and now the cc bit :P

I think it would rather be crushed by the statue of liberty than an oversized garden gate

cat_with_no_tail

sloppycowpat wrote:

im inclined to say that stamping on them is more humane than a standard trap purely on the basis that they will die!!!

I have used the metal snapping traps and have seen them trapped by the tail, leg and face but still alive and that is much worse because they are still alive and feeling pain

and now the cc bit :P

I think it would rather be crushed by the statue of liberty than an oversized garden gate

Whilst I sort of agree, and have seen traps before that have clearly not quite killed the mouse instantly and it's clearly suffered, at least those traps are designed to kill them as humanely as possible. The one in the pic on the last page is specifically designed to just trap the thing (in a clearly very painful and distressing fashion) but keep it alive with a view to be killed by the person who trapped it.

Now the CC bit

Clearly though, the most humane way to kill one would be to crush it with my obvious.

Stevo_666

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Now the CC bit

Clearly though, the most humane way to kill one would be to crush it with my obvious.

Might be a bit painful if it managed to nibble your cheese before it died :-)

cat_with_no_tail

Stevo 666 wrote:

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Now the CC bit

Clearly though, the most humane way to kill one would be to crush it with my obvious.

Might be a bit painful if it managed to nibble your cheese before it died :-)

I'd positively insist on it dear boy.