I am hunter, hear me roar! I have mice in my house. Check that, I have SMART mice in my house. Well, sort of. Let me explain. My wife had me doing some manly, husbandly duties like putting stuff in the attic. I was putting a box in, when I see a shadow move across the floor. It could have been just that, a shadow, but not my luck. I now am thrust into the bitter cold and on my way to Lowe's (aka heaven). I buy 4 old school mousetraps, you know, the ones that could take off a pinkie! I put two in the garage (access point) and two in the attic (scene of the crime). There is a big glob of peanut butter on each one, and they are now waiting for fresh kill. I check them the next day. Garage: 2 traps, no peanut butter, no mice, neither set off. SHIT! Attic: 1 trap, no peanut butter, no mouse, not set off. SHI.....? 1 trap? I put 2 up there. Where did it go? Is it connected to mouse somewhere? Did it take it and put it in the fridge next to the donuts as retaliation?
Official score: Humans 0, Mice 1.
I reset the 3 traps with cheese this time. (Tom and Jerry cartoons
WILL pay off.) 2 in the garage and 1 in the attic. Check a day later. Garage: 2 traps, no cheese, 1 set off, no mouse. I think I found a stick in one of them. WTF! Attic: 1 trap, no cheese, not set off, no mouse.
Official score: Humans 0, Mice 2. This isn't looking good.
My neighbor Steve comes over, and while talking i tell him I have mice. Steve tells me that he's had them too and caught at least one of them. He tells me about the traps, putting the PB just a little bit in the center, the firm and sensitive side (what?) and about glue traps. GLUE TRAPS? I decide to take him up on the offer of giving me a couple, and try them out. I reset the traps again. 1 regular and 1 glue in the attic. 3 regular in the garage, and 1 in the powder room. Total= 6 traps, 3 locations.
Official score: Humans 1.5, Mice 3. YES!!! I have found 2 dead mice. 1 counts as half. It was found in the garage lying in a box. I think i gave it food poisoning or overfed it. The other one was in a trap in the attic. But here's the thing. 1 mouse escaped the glue trap in the powder room, and the other glue trap is missing in the attic. I mean, WTF!! How big is this mouse in the attic? I heard it scurry this morning at 215am, and Jill asked if it was a mouse. I told her no, it was the wind........Yeah, she didn't believe me either.