Jessica's great day today...

turbotim · Postby **turbotim** » November 11th, 2008, 10:36 am

Alright, alright...

There was this big field out beyound our house. Well, just accross a small ditch..

Oh, the grass was so high. It was up to my waist. Well, I would stand in my freshly cut yard and think to myself, "I wish the owner would cut that stinking grass!" It looked bad.

Well, he did... Bad thing is now mice are getting in my house. Jessica was calling me at work today because of the little pests. Well, I know it's getting cold and the grass is cut where they once kept warm but can't they find another place... :lol:

I just wish I could have seen Jessica's face when she saw a mouse sitting on our stove. She was talking to her mom on the phone shortly after the incident. Her mom was laughing at her. She told all this to me on the phone.

Well, Daryl and Terri (my brother and sister-in-law) saved her and Jakob. I couldn't leave work so I called Terri to see if she could go and pick her up. She did.. Now, I have to get rid of them. I will be going today to pick up something to kill them.. What should I get??

jessicacook · Postby **jessicacook** » November 11th, 2008, 10:50 am

The little rodent was playing with me because it knew I didn't like it. I was starting to be OK with it being in the kitchen. But when the little varmint ran into the living room and was crawling around on my couch? I KNEW I had to get out of there. Seriously, it would peek out from behind a pillow, and when I would scream it would run behind the pillow. Then peek out again, repeating the process. Then it crawled up the back of the couch and got down and ran around into the office and back to the kitchen. I couldn't stand it!

My mom was laughing at me....I was in tears, I admit it. I can't stand any type of critter, and this one could run extra fast!

Yes, it was an exciting day.....NOT.

jessicacook · Postby **jessicacook** » November 11th, 2008, 10:52 am

Tim wouldn't even come and save his wife and son from the mouse! He had to get his brother to do it! Praise the Lord for them!

(jk, Tim!) :lol:

Martha · Postby **Martha** » November 11th, 2008, 10:55 am

A cat.

PastorDaniel · Postby **PastorDaniel** » November 11th, 2008, 11:35 am

old-fashioned snap trap and some cheese....especially if it's a new move in....

Postby **Pastor Gary** » November 11th, 2008, 11:38 am

If they are small, I prefer the sticky traps that look like a shallow plastic tray filled with rubber cement. I put a tiny glob of peanut butter in the center and stick the trap along a baseboard or some place I have seen/suspect rodent activity.

Seldom fails me.

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » November 11th, 2008, 11:57 am

Pastor Gary wrote:If they are small, I prefer the sticky traps that look like a shallow plastic tray filled with rubber cement. I put a tiny glob of peanut butter in the center and stick the trap along a baseboard or some place I have seen/suspect rodent activity.

Seldom fails me.

They work great if you don't like the snap sound in the middle of the night. Or, if you don't mind that sound and actually run to find the booger with his head or spine not in its natural position, use them along with the good old mouse trap. We lived in a house with a pasture on 3 sides and every time they bushhogged and the first cold snap came, we'd get a visitor or two. I actually stomped one in the carport on the back step one day, and slammed the door on another. We also had a flying squirrel get in and my brother caught it. Someone identified it as a sugar something or other, but it didn't look like pictures of one of those --- it looked like and moved like and had webbed underarms (underlegs?) like a flying squirrel.

TW · Postby TW » November 11th, 2008, 12:58 pm

dolfan wrote:We also had a flying squirrel get in and my brother caught it. Someone identified it as a sugar something or other, but it didn't look like pictures of one of those --- it looked like and moved like and had webbed underarms (underlegs?) like a flying squirrel.

dolfan, I believe this is what you referred to. A Sugar Glider, also known as a "Sugar Baby."

The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small marsupial originally native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania.

Introduced into the United States approximately 15 years ago as domesticated housepets, Sugar Gliders are an extremely popular companion pet.

According to a recent 2007 study conducted by the American Veterinary Medicine Association (AVMA), it is estimated that American families have 1.1 million domestic Sugar Gliders in their homes; placing them between hamsters (1.2 million) and Guinea Pigs (1 million) in commonality as a household pet.

In this second picture you can see the membrane that allows them to glide.

TW

Mole_J · Postby **Mole_J** » November 11th, 2008, 1:07 pm

I always wanted a sugar glider as a pet

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » November 11th, 2008, 2:40 pm

Hey Tim, find a brown snake and turn it loose, it will get the mice!!!! :lol:

jessicacook · Postby **jessicacook** » November 11th, 2008, 3:07 pm

Rahab wrote:Hey Tim, find a brown snake and turn it loose, it will get the mice!!!!

We have already killed 2 snakes in a week too. We are getting a cat. And we have snap traps, traps they run up in and can't get out. Plus the extra glue board. We already caught one mouse this week on a glue board. Plus Tim is sealing up any holes he finds with steel wool pads. He heard they can't chew through them.

Hopefully this will be the end of the critters.....

Jude 2