29th March - Operation Mousetrap Begins
Well after enduring hoards of slime slugs, scorching sun rays and plagues of mice, the fight back has begun!! After a trip to the local DIY store, I have returned with more bags of seed compost, seed trays, protective netting and some mice poison. I regard myself as an animal lover and have, in the past turned a blind eye to the odd slimy trail or mouse dropping beside the dog’s bag of biscuits (stored outside). But after seeing a whole seasons worth of seedlings wiped out in one night, I have reluctantly begun Operation Mouse Trap.
After surveying the bewildering range of mouse annihilating products in store, I opted for two poison filled plastic bait boxes rather than the conventional decapitating mouse traps. The bait boxes contain a slimly looking green mixture which the instructions promise will unleash a quick and relatively painless death to any of my hungry furry friends. I hope death is quick as the last thing I want to do is to finish off a half dead mouse writhing around in agony – even if it was the critter that ate my 7 pod plant.
Just before bed last night, I placed the two bait boxes in the outhouse well out of reach of our inquisitive dog. I awoke this morning to find that the first night of operation mouse trap went surprising well, maybe too well. Three rather cute looking, but distinctly dead mice were lying on the floor of the outhouse, which I quickly scooped up using one of the dogs ‘poo bags’ before introducing them to their new home – the bin. However, I don’t know whether I’m now more worried than relieved. I was expecting to find one, maybe two dead mice over the first few days of operation mouse trap, but three in the first few hours!! I hope I’m not introducing too many more mice to the bin over the next few days. A few stray mice I can live with but not an infestation.
Death Count Update:
Day 1: Five!!
Day 2: Five
Day 3: Two
Day 4: One
Day 5: One
Day 6: Zero (problem sorted?)
After surveying the bewildering range of mouse annihilating products in store, I opted for two poison filled plastic bait boxes rather than the conventional decapitating mouse traps. The bait boxes contain a slimly looking green mixture which the instructions promise will unleash a quick and relatively painless death to any of my hungry furry friends. I hope death is quick as the last thing I want to do is to finish off a half dead mouse writhing around in agony – even if it was the critter that ate my 7 pod plant.Just before bed last night, I placed the two bait boxes in the outhouse well out of reach of our inquisitive dog. I awoke this morning to find that the first night of operation mouse trap went surprising well, maybe too well. Three rather cute looking, but distinctly dead mice were lying on the floor of the outhouse, which I quickly scooped up using one of the dogs ‘poo bags’ before introducing them to their new home – the bin. However, I don’t know whether I’m now more worried than relieved. I was expecting to find one, maybe two dead mice over the first few days of operation mouse trap, but three in the first few hours!! I hope I’m not introducing too many more mice to the bin over the next few days. A few stray mice I can live with but not an infestation.
Death Count Update:
Day 1: Five!!
Day 2: Five
Day 3: Two
Day 4: One
Day 5: One
Day 6: Zero (problem sorted?)
posted by thechileman
5 Comments:
Hope you get em all before they do damage to your next set of seeds...
krukurr
It's a shame you can't put them in a bucket of water and turn them into liquid feed for the chillies - that would be the ultimate revenge.
I'm not sure that the smell would do much for domestic harmony in the chileman household not to mention what all that warfarin would do to the chile plants. Never mind!
little buggers!
There are lots more mice in other places, you are not effecting any mouse Eco-system... so kill the little sods! :D
haha
I think we should keep the same view, and then in our understanding of this point, and then deeper thinking!
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