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Re: [at-l] A mouse problem
Better a cat than mouse poison in the house, Conni.
Highlander
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> From: DaRedhead@aol.com
> To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: [at-l] A mouse problem
> Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 1:27 PM
>
> First, let me mention I live out in the country, in a huge over a hundred
year
> old farmhouse on 11 acres. Then, let me mention my stupidity in not
unpacking
> my backpack when I got back from Trail Days. I had totally forgotten
there
> was food in it. I have been having a battle of the mice in my house for
about
> a month. They are bold enough to run over your feet when sitting at the
> table. Yuk. But as Toney was going around gathering gear for his trip
this
> weekend, he was looking for the Petzl, which I told him was in my pack.
I
> guess I was lucky that the pack was partially unzipped - he came across a
mess
> - oatmeal and little pieces of pop tarts strewn about the inside of my
pack,
> cute little mousey bites in the paper wrappings. Gee. See, I don't even
have
> to leave home and stay in a shelter to worry about them eating holes in
my
> pack <g>. I have hung it in the closet, and hopefully that will work
while I
> figure out how to get rid of the little rodents. I set two traps a night
and
> they are always occuppied in the morning. So I think they have gone
beyond
> the mouse trap stage. If I set out poison, will they die in my walls and
> stink for a year?? Although not actually Trail related, I could use some
> advice (and no, I don't want to get a cat with Cassy being so young. She
is
> rather aggressive with animals, thanks to a wonderful lab that allows her
to
> abuse himself :))
>
> The Redhead
> Ga > Me 00
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