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Forum: General Stuff Topic: Mouse started by: Leisher Posted by Leisher on Feb. 08 2011,13:56
There's a mouse in my office. The little critter left me a few presents around my desk. Laid out some glue traps for tonight. Let's see what I catch... Posted by Paul on Feb. 08 2011,14:26
< Amateur >.And not the good kind, which involves nubile/gullible co-eds. Posted by GORDON on Feb. 08 2011,15:42
Glue traps - when a quick severed spine is no fun.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 08 2011,17:58
I use kill traps. Glue traps are just too inhumane.
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 08 2011,18:18
A co-worker, the foamer, used to work at a glass company here and they used glue traps. Apparently there's an oven there that gets pretty hot for the glass. Someone there threw a glue trapped mouse in and he says it vaporized pretty quickly. Ouch.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 08 2011,18:25
Depending on how much of a survivalist your mouse is, you might end up with a chewed off foot in your trap. If it is still stuck, you will either need to kill it or watch it dehydrate.
Posted by unkbill on Feb. 08 2011,19:43
(GORDON @ Feb. 08 2011,18:25) QUOTE Depending on how much of a survivalist your mouse is, you might end up with a chewed off foot in your trap. If it is still stuck, you will either need to kill it or watch it dehydrate. You are talking about city mice(Pussys) not like real mice ,survivers, like here in the country. Otherwise they would be called Rats. Posted by Leisher on Feb. 09 2011,05:48
No mice in my office last night. I cleaned my stash of food out (oatmeal and such) Friday, and while they did return over the weekend I think they've learned their lesson. They were spotted elsewhere in the building Monday night eating grapes out of someone's garbage. That person set out a trap last night too and had fur in the glue trap this morning. So score one for the mouse. Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 09 2011,09:44
Just let loose the proper variety of snake in your office/cube. Mouse will be gone shortly.Make sure you tag that slithering bastard with a transmitter, though, otherwise you'll never be able to find it again. Posted by Leisher on Feb. 09 2011,11:40
I actually suggested the snake idea yesterday. Then said if the snakes become a problem we can bring in hawks. And so on...
Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 09 2011,12:15
Nah. Electronic tagging and tracking is invaluable when doing nature-assisted surgical pest removal. Otherwise, you'll be genetically engineering vat-grown cyborg veloci-raptors with laser beams before you know it.
Posted by unkbill on Feb. 10 2011,08:43
Mice are a very good indicator of the upcoming winter. Knew that 2 months ago. We have been overrun with mice this year. Just snapped the neck of number 16 last night.
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 10 2011,09:51
QUOTE Otherwise, you'll be genetically engineering vat-grown cyborg veloci-raptors with laser beams before you know it. Please explain why that would be bad. Last night's report: Another glue trap had the treat taken and fur stuck on the glue. This mouse laughs at glue traps. Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 10 2011,10:49
(Leisher @ Feb. 10 2011,11:51) QUOTE QUOTE Otherwise, you'll be genetically engineering vat-grown cyborg veloci-raptors with laser beams before you know it. Please explain why that would be bad. I don't like the idea of artificially creating the new dominant species when I'm currently part of the status quo in that area. Posted by Leisher on Feb. 10 2011,11:10
Well, we'd put a kill switch in them. That way if they tried to eliminate us we have the means to wipe them all out at once with no effort.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 10 2011,11:38
(Leisher @ Feb. 10 2011,14:10) QUOTE Well, we'd put a kill switch in them. That way if they tried to eliminate us we have the means to wipe them all out at once with no effort. Perhaps a Lysine Contingency. Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 10 2011,13:17
(Leisher @ Feb. 10 2011,13:10) QUOTE Well, we'd put a kill switch in them. That way if they tried to eliminate us we have the means to wipe them all out at once with no effort. Yeah, like how we put emergency door release hatches in that space rocket that trapped the astronauts inside. And how we had redundant safety features on that Deep Horizon well. And how Chernobyl had proper safety procedures in place. Mankind's record for performing competent science isn't enough to convince me it's a good idea. We'd fuck up the kill switch. Posted by unkbill on Feb. 10 2011,16:26
The three laws can only come to one logical conclusion. Revolution
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 11 2011,06:04
Just got into the office and was told the mouse was captured on the third glue trap.
Posted by unkbill on Feb. 11 2011,06:09
(Leisher @ Feb. 11 2011,06:04) QUOTE Just got into the office and was told the mouse was captured on the third glue trap. Where there is one there is a dozen. Posted by GORDON on Feb. 11 2011,06:32
May have been a scout.
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 11 2011,07:31
QUOTE Where there is one there is a dozen. I said the same thing, but apparently this little guy had patches of fur missing on his body, so he was quite possibly the same mouse from the last few nights. Still, they're going to setup another trap tonight. Posted by GORDON on Feb. 11 2011,07:32
I can install a laser defense grid for you.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 11 2011,07:54
When we had mice a few years ago in our garage, there were 4 that we caught and killed. If there were any more, they never made their presence known.Prolly cuz I cut off the heads of the mice we got, and put their heads on toothpicks. Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 11 2011,08:45
Even if you've got a few mice running around, they tend to be weird in how they go exploring for food. They make odd individual choices about what nooks and crannies to search. While only one or two might find a stash in a particular spot, there are probably other critters running around elsewhere.
Posted by unkbill on Feb. 20 2011,07:08
Yesterday was a bad day to be wearing fur at my house. Number 17 in the morning. Wife bought new traps in the afternoon. Set them about 9. I set them back to back. Within 5 minutes I had a double 18 and 19.Don't know how I got the second. It was in a split second. He managed to drag the trap all the way to the back of the dishwasher. Had to use a stick to drag it back. Reset. Didn't take 5 more minutes. 20. Somehow this poor bastard was made into a sandwich by both traps. Actually took me a minute outside to figure out which one to spring first. This is the worst it has ever been. Might have to think about a cat.Saw a flash of black in my family room. 21 coming. |