Wow - that mouse was very brave. I use the tea towel method here...throw a tea towel over them and take them outside (huge field behind the house). The kids get so disappointed when I do that...but a mouse doesn't have much of a chance with eight very eager cats. I've done that with mice, lizards, and even a snake that Othello proudly brought in from the garage. It wasn't that big but it was coilled up with it's head looking like it wanted to strike. When Othello saw what I was about to do - he grabbed his snake and ran! I thought I would be up all night wondering where that creepy thing was. Finally I managed to get a towel over it and take it outside.
I try not to kill things too (I don't even use pesticides indoors or out) - but I am the queen of my castle and I say who gets to live here. We have only enough room for me and 'the kids'. :-) elizabeth On 2/8/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My cats have all known what to do with mice and I accept that as part of
nature. Especially after I saw a mouse turn on Dixie, jump up and hit her
on the nose (if you are going down, go down fighting). However, I don't
need to be part of that interaction. I like the live trap idea and have
used it with possums and raccoons that were eating the ferals' cat food at
my Mom's. They, too, headed to places of comfort and safety on my farm. As
do snakes, rabbits and other critters whose lives are endangered. I've just
never tried it with a mouse.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Kelly L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:01 PM
*Subject:* Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
At 04:07 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote:
I take all of my mice to a wonderful place in the middle of an
olive/orange orchard that has an old turned over sofa and some trash,,They
all head into the sofa and I leave plenty of food for them...
Kelly
In a message dated 2/7/07 5:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with
great success.
I have to agree on the "humane" traps....... Have used them w/ much
success.....
Only dilemma I had was just "where" to relocate my new found furry
friends!!!
Me, I can't stand the idea/concept of hurting *any* living creature.....
Hugs,
Patti & her clan - (Which DOES include the mice in this house!! My felines
wouldn't know *what* to do w/ a mouse! Thank heavens....)
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