A Different Kind Of Mouse Trap

Right after Ryan's birthday party in October, I heard a mouse in my kitchen.  Junior quickly put out some glue traps, and we caught two mice within a couple of days of each other.  We left a couple of more traps out, but after a few weeks, I threw them away, thinking we had already caught all the mice in the house.

I was wrong.  A couple of weeks ago, after getting the kids safely on the bus, I was sitting here at the computer when I heard another mouse in the drawer under my stove.  The weird thing through all of this is that I never found any mouse droppings.  That night, Junior put out another glue trap, and the next morning the mouse was on there.  The thing I hate about these traps is that even though they work well catching the mice, they don't kill them.  These poor mice suffer as they die slowly in the trash.  I know, why feel bad for a disease carrying mouse?  But, they are living creatures, too, and they shouldn't have to suffer.

When I saw these Nooski Mouse Traps, I knew I wanted to give them a try.  They are unlike anything I have ever seen, and they kill instantly, which is what I am after.  Is is also pretty impossible for other animals you may have in the house, like cats or dogs, to set off the trap accidentally.

Here is how the trap works:

• The trap is set by rolling on a latex rubber ring
• The mouse is attracted by the bait
• The mouse works its way into the trap
• The latex ring is triggered
• The mouse dies swiftly inside or next to the trap
• Set the trap again with another ring

Sounds simple, right?  We set the trap up a couple of weeks ago, and have yet to catch a mouse.  I don't think it's the trap...I think it's because there are no mice in the house right now.  Is it weird that I am looking forward to the day I find a poor little mouse with a green ring around it's neck lying next to the trap?

The trap itself was easy to set up.  We always use peanut butter as bait, so we stuck some inside, as per the instructions.  I really like that this trap is reusable, because although those glue traps weren't exactly expensive, the cost does add up when you have to keep buying them.


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A Mouse In The House

Last Friday, Ryan had a friend come over early for his party.  This kid is really sweet, and he's funny.  So when we were sitting in the living room and he said he saw a mouse run from under my desk to under the bookshelf, I thought he was kidding.  He insisted that he really saw a mouse, but I didn't believe him.

Fast forward to Monday morning.  Junior calls me around 6am (which is weird) to tell me that when he was getting ready to go to work that morning, he saw a mouse in the house.  He said it was sitting on it's back legs (you know how mice sit...well, at least I see the hamsters do that pose) just staring at him.  he said he walked right up to it, and it didn't move at all.  It just stood there staring at him.

I asked if he shooed it out of the house, and he said no.  He went to work, leaving it sitting in my living room.  Am I the only one who thinks that was just plain wrong?  He justifies it by saying that the mouse looked really sweet.  Okay, whatever.  He's just lucky I haven't seen the little guy.  We went to the store Monday night to get a trap, but I want one that will catch him alive so that we can release him in the woods.  Unfortunately, those traps are more expensive than the snap traps, so we will have to wait until Friday to get one. 

Let's all just hope I don't run into the little guy before than.

One Word ~ Gross

The other morning, I went outside to check on my garden. I was in my pajama pants, tshirt, and flip flops. I got a few feet from my front porch, and felt something cold slapping my foot with every step. I looked down, and it was half a mouse, and the cold slapping my foot was the guts hanging out!

Yeah, I know. I almost threw up!

It seems my cats have started leaving me presents on the front porch, dead mice. Gross, half eaten dead mice.

I can tell you now, I do not step one foot out the door without looking for "gifts".