tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post6501142668764648583..comments2024-03-14T09:01:47.587-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: No Kill, No Catch Mouse Trap And Other Maintenance Adventures Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-39876700917217816882015-12-14T23:00:53.161-09:002015-12-14T23:00:53.161-09:00Steve, so much to reply to in this post! But I'...Steve, so much to reply to in this post! But I'll get to the matter of your 'cute little mouse'. <br /><br />A boy, huh? You should hope. But our 'cute little mouse' of two years ago became 3 soon enough and when we finally did have to declare an end to co-existence with our Wall B and B guests, we found that more had been living between the floors of the flat we live in and our neighbour above. Yikes.<br /><br />And to think our mice have it so easy compared to toughing it in Alaska. No freezing temps, LOADS of seed foods throughout the year. Few if any predators in the sky and way too few fox who will bother chasing them for the rubbish easily obtained elsewhere -- why hunt when you can shop?<br /><br />But peanut butter? Such an American reply. Really! It borders on some sort of cultural stereotype. (oops) But mice eat grains. I read this PB nonsense on the intertubes, too, and tried it with traps. Didn't work. Read up on the lives of mice. Gave them names (remember, started with one 'cute' mouse). Bargained with food left outside. <br /><br />Finally, I had to recognise nature was running its course right over our lives and foodstuffs. I won't talk about the horrors of war here -- I know you have your fill of that in the states.<br /><br />What I will say is best of luck to you. Follow your bliss as they will follow the life of ease as long as their little mousy lives may have it through your graciousness. I think it’s why they evolved to look so damn cute. They lived with us for thousands of years but unlike dogs and cats, we never really took to them – but they certainly did us.<br /><br />Sadly, you will face what we yearning-to-be always Earth-hugging liberals must: our inner conservative 'take no hostages' primitive, alter-egos. I finally bit that bullet and am now, once more, in possession of a mouse-free home.<br /><br />But, alas, nature indicates not for long...<br />Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com