Creepy Crawlies....

[DucksNuts]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Again, what is a mouse going to do to you? Just ignore it.

It might scurry up the leg of my pants and they can give you a nasty nip.

LOL... and just why would it do that? You keepin' cheese nips somewhere we should know about?

[DucksNuts]

They are just unpredictable little bastards, I dont know why I am soooo terrified of them, I dont like the scurrying and the ability to jump.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I don't name my Wolfies... we used to, but after a while there became so many that we gave-up. Plus, this is odd, but most are ladies that come inside, and they look masuline, so they are hard to name properly. Too butch.

Am I arachnid rascist if I think they all look alike?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Again, what is a mouse going to do to you? Just ignore it.
I can't wait to hear the news-cast... "man mauled to death in his home by mouse...."

Mice are pretty bad. If you have mice in your home, chances are they are nibbling on the insulation on the wires in your wall. Many houses have burned down, killing their occupants, because mice were nibbling on the wires and started fires.

Also, mice can carry diseases.

I live in an older house, and every Fall, when it starts to get cold, the mice find their way into our house. In the past week, my traps have killed four of the bastards.

The worst one was in the eaves by our bedroom the other night. We were sound asleep when we suddenly woke up (The snapping of the trap woke me, but I didn't realize it.) Then I heard a loud squeaking noise, and a *clunk* *drag* as the mouse tried to get out of the trap. The trap should have broken its little neck, but didn't. It's like 3AM, and I'm not very alert. I grab an empty coffee can, and pick up the trap with the live mouse in it, and plop the whole thing into the can. I wanted to kill the mouse, but wasn't sure how. I was tired, and just wanted to get back in bed. So I wandered into the kitchen and put the can into the freezer. As I got back into bed, I warned my wife not to look in the freezer in the morning until I got there first. When I checked on him the next morning, the little guy was a mousecycle.

I can't stand mice in the house. I'd happily poison them if it didn't mean I'd be smelling the rotting bodies for a month or so. Traps are the only way to go.

[Iggy]

I had a pet mouse once (bought from a store, so no diseases and you could handle it without it biting you). It got a huge tumor on it's leg so I called the vet and asked him what to do. They charge $50 to put an animal to sleep, even if it is a tiny mouse. I was a kid at the time, so I didn't have the money. He suggested to me to put the little guy in a sealed box in the freezer. They just go to sleep thinking it is time to hibernate and never wake up so he said it was the most humane way to kill them. You did good glatt. (except for the trap, that had to hurt)


Edit: Poison is worse than traps though, so I have to agree with your choice of mouse ridding methods. I personally am a cat person so I never have mouse problems. My kitties kill them all.

[Hagar]

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

They are just unpredictable little bastards, I dont know why I am soooo terrified of them, I dont like the scurrying and the ability to jump.

That's EXACTLY why I don't like Huntsmen.

Roll me in mice and throw me to the cats, I don't care - Just keep me the hell away from the big spiders.

I guess we've all got our little phobias.

Originally Posted by glatt

Mice are pretty bad. If you have mice in your home, chances are they are nibbling on the insulation on the wires in your wall. Many houses have burned down, killing their occupants, because mice were nibbling on the wires and started fires.

Also, mice can carry diseases.

I live in an older house, and every Fall, when it starts to get cold, the mice find their way into our house. In the past week, my traps have killed four of the bastards.

The worst one was in the eaves by our bedroom the other night. We were sound asleep when we suddenly woke up (The snapping of the trap woke me, but I didn't realize it.) Then I heard a loud squeaking noise, and a *clunk* *drag* as the mouse tried to get out of the trap. The trap should have broken its little neck, but didn't. It's like 3AM, and I'm not very alert. I grab an empty coffee can, and pick up the trap with the live mouse in it, and plop the whole thing into the can. I wanted to kill the mouse, but wasn't sure how. I was tired, and just wanted to get back in bed. So I wandered into the kitchen and put the can into the freezer. As I got back into bed, I warned my wife not to look in the freezer in the morning until I got there first. When I checked on him the next morning, the little guy was a mousecycle.

I can't stand mice in the house. I'd happily poison them if it didn't mean I'd be smelling the rotting bodies for a month or so. Traps are the only way to go.

Don't get me wrong... I trap them. Hate to do it, but, it it does not wear diapers or use the toilet, it does not shit in my house.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The Wolf Spider leaps on the back of the grasshopper....well not really on it's back, but straddling it's back. The point is Mr Grasshopper is going nowhere.
Doing it's best Dracula imitation, sinking it's large fangs, injecting love potion, the Wolf immobilizes Mr Grasshopper.

The Wolf needs no silk. He doesn't build a web to catch prey nor does he wrap the insect in silk.....it won't take that long.
Mr Grasshopper dies almost immediately and slowly loses color..... as he dissolves on the inside.
A Grasshopper Slurpee for Mr Wolf.

[DucksNuts]

The pic I could handle, but seriously....I feel quite ill after reading that Bruce.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Sorry! Just doing a play by play.

[Crimson Ghost]

Great.
Now I'm in the mood for a milkshake.
Thanks Bruce.

[LabRat]

Blech. Why did I have to read that... ugh.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Aw c'mon, it's just like PBS. The wonder and glory of Mother Nature doing her thing. The amazing adaptations of different types of the same critter, to find their niche in the scheme of things.

[RellikLaerec]

Did you know that on average, a person will EAT 5-6 spiders a night! I know this for a fact. Woke up a couple of times, not hungry and picking spidey legs out of my teeth!