On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 07:05:28 -0400,
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I get mice coming in during the fall - they don't last long around my
28 lb. mouser. He eats everything except the tail and what appears
to be the bile duct which presumably would be bitter.

You mean he doesn't leave you the liver? What a piglet!

There's nothing quite like stepping outside bare footed to
get the morning paper (glasses off, so everything is in soft
focus) and almost squish on a fresh mouse liver with or
without the front quarters... a gift from my dear kitty
cat.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Mark Thorson wrote:
Nancree wrote:


Mice also love gumdrops. Honestly! I read this tip years ago. They seem to
like the color and taste. The advantage is that the gumdrops last. They don't
dry up and fall off like cheese.


In my experience, Resse's Peanut Butter Cups are beloved
as trap bait by both rats and mice.

In my experience, mice like spicy meat - I've seen them go for bulgogi
(the more garlicky the better) and pepperoni. Tie it to the base before
setting the trap.

-j.

COTTP wrote:

Decided to use the glue traps at the time. Well, next day when I came in
there were two of the little critters stuck to it. What to do, what to
do.

That's the thing about glue traps - they're alive and stuck and panicked
and crying and you have to kill them. Snap traps are much more humane,
imo. Old bf and I had a glue trapped mouse one time, had to hit its
head with a hammer to kill it. That was just creepy. He wanted to
reuse the trap, so he grabbed the mousey corpse with a paper towel to
remove it, it mostly came off, but its tail was still in the glue.
D'oh. At least it was alreay dead by then.

-j.

In article , joshiro911
@hotmail.com says...
Mark Thorson wrote:
Nancree wrote:


Mice also love gumdrops. Honestly! I read this tip years ago. They seem to
like the color and taste. The advantage is that the gumdrops last. They don't
dry up and fall off like cheese.


In my experience, Resse's Peanut Butter Cups are beloved
as trap bait by both rats and mice.

In my experience, mice like spicy meat - I've seen them go for bulgogi
(the more garlicky the better) and pepperoni. Tie it to the base before
setting the trap.

They go for anything with a heavy aroma - so some cheeses, peanut
butter, spiced meats etc. work well.

June Oshiro wrote:

That's the thing about glue traps - they're alive and stuck and panicked
and crying and you have to kill them. Snap traps are much more humane,
imo. Old bf and I had a glue trapped mouse one time, had to hit its
head with a hammer to kill it. That was just creepy. He wanted to
reuse the trap, so he grabbed the mousey corpse with a paper towel to
remove it, it mostly came off, but its tail was still in the glue.
D'oh. At least it was alreay dead by then.

Thank you for sharing. :-P

jmcquown wrote:

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jmcquown wrote:

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jmcquown wrote:

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Margaret Suran wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
In article , Blair P.
Houghton wrote:


I had a mouse.

After reading it do speak about "the 'on demand' thing", it is
nothing to be scared of. Neither is breast feeding.

Honey, I'm chilled. You'll have to forgive me, I'm not feeling well and I
get a bit irritable when I get sick while on vacation. Thankfully, I had my
cat snuggled up next to me, purring soothing sounds in my ear.

I'm not afraid of breast feeding, although I do object to women whipping
them out in public places. Not to worry, I'm old enough to have
grandchildren myself so no one is going to be sucking off my tit anytime
soon, unless you count what I pay in U.S. taxes

Jill

No problem at all. I hope you feel well soon. I am starting to come down with
a sore throat myself. Not good just before New Year's day.

My daughter is very shy about that. Although she has had to feed the baby away
from home she keeps herself quite well covered. No public exhibition for her.

She is getting ready to go to work next week and has accumulated a bunch of
bottles in the freezer for those times while she is away from home. She pumps
in between feedings.

Funny, this is somewhat on topic...

Bert

In article ,
sf wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 07:05:28 -0400,
wrote:


I get mice coming in during the fall - they don't last long around my
28 lb. mouser. He eats everything except the tail and what appears
to be the bile duct which presumably would be bitter.

You mean he doesn't leave you the liver? What a piglet!

There's nothing quite like stepping outside bare footed to
get the morning paper (glasses off, so everything is in soft
focus) and almost squish on a fresh mouse liver with or
without the front quarters... a gift from my dear kitty
cat.



Oh gods! ROFL! That brings back sooo many memories! ;-D
Patience was a gray torty that was the best mouser in the entire
neighborhood, I swear! I remember getting mouse (and squirrel and
rabbit) squishy parts lodged between my toes! Ick!

Thanks!!!

K.

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In article ,
June Oshiro wrote:

COTTP wrote:

Decided to use the glue traps at the time. Well, next day when I came in
there were two of the little critters stuck to it. What to do, what to
do.

That's the thing about glue traps - they're alive and stuck and panicked
and crying and you have to kill them. Snap traps are much more humane,
imo. Old bf and I had a glue trapped mouse one time, had to hit its
head with a hammer to kill it. That was just creepy. He wanted to
reuse the trap, so he grabbed the mousey corpse with a paper towel to
remove it, it mostly came off, but its tail was still in the glue.
D'oh. At least it was alreay dead by then.

-j.


IMHO glue traps are the most horrible and inhumane things that man has
ever come up with. :-( If the animal is lucky, it'll shove it's nose and
mouth into the glue and suffocate. Otherwise, they slowly die of
starvation/dehydration.

Kinda like crucifixion. :-P

If you MUST use glue traps, at least kill the poor things when they get
trapped! If you can't hit them, toss the glue trap into a pail of water
and walk away for an hour or so. sigh Still not fun, but better than
the alternative.

I'd like to see those damned things outlawed. At least snap traps are
quick, and the coumadin based poisons cause the animal to bleed to
death. Not really painful at all. That is what I use if I get a bad rat
infestation around the livestock...

Just my opinion. I HATE glue traps! They are inhumane...

K.

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In article ,
Mark Thorson wrote:

June Oshiro wrote:

That's the thing about glue traps - they're alive and stuck and panicked
and crying and you have to kill them. Snap traps are much more humane,
imo. Old bf and I had a glue trapped mouse one time, had to hit its
head with a hammer to kill it. That was just creepy. He wanted to
reuse the trap, so he grabbed the mousey corpse with a paper towel to
remove it, it mostly came off, but its tail was still in the glue.
D'oh. At least it was alreay dead by then.

Thank you for sharing. :-P


I'm glad she did...
The more people we can get to boycott that product, the better!

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The subject of this particular thread reads like something you might
read on a graffiti laden wall....now I know it is past my bed time.

Just a Jeanie

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:02:06 -0600, Katra
wrote:


I'm glad she did...
The more people we can get to boycott that product, the better!

I agree.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:54:15 GMT, sf wrote:

I agree.

That's the most intelligent post you've ever made. Do you remember
what you were talking about?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:00:59 -0600, Gar wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:54:15 GMT, sf wrote:

I agree.

That's the most intelligent post you've ever made. Do you remember
what you were talking about?

Yep.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article ,
sf wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:02:06 -0600, Katra
wrote:


I'm glad she did...
The more people we can get to boycott that product, the better!

I agree.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Thank you. :-)

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Katra wrote:
I'm actually impressed that you are live trapping... ;-)

Well, that was the plan, as I've only had one other
mouse in the house and that was 2 or 3 years ago.

But my karma bartering may end. I looked over the back
fence, and there are an easy dozen mouse-sized holes in
the dirt beside the culvert.

I doubt the mice I've caught this time were the same
mouse*, so if the cover plate doesn't stop the invasion
I'll have to start leaving out poison baits.

Watch out tho', mice can carry Hanta virus.

Exactly my worry if the numbers start getting into
the range of statistical significance.

--Blair
"This ain't no Waldorf Moustoria."

* - and it's up to 3 now; the last one was an ugly scene,
as he'd been caught in the trap overnight and either
the Stilton had disagreed with him or he'd gotten
claustrophobic (a claustrophobic mouse? there's a
trick...) or maybe they really do just go wherever and
whenever, because the trap was dripping mouse gunk of
all sorts.