Nocturnal Bag Rattler - Page 5

FileNotFound · 01-16-2004, 09:30 AM

Looks like a young mouse. Think you got about 10 more where that one came from.

Whatever you do...don't put them all into the same bin or you'll have 60 of them.

And while mice are very good at chewing, if the bin has nothing to bite down on, they can't get out. That means as long as it's fairly flat they'll have a fairly tough time. They'd need to relly on their front claws to scrape enough material off to start taking bites out. Once they can bite, it's as good as a 1' hole for them.

Now go get an excercise wheel!

Beletseri · 01-16-2004, 09:50 AM

He looks like a Deer mouse rather than your regular house mouse. Can anyone confirm? Of course Deer mice carry Hanta virus but he probably doesn't have it.

He would appreciate a running wheel and you could keep him in a good sized aquarium but you might have trouble moving him. Wild mice jump like popcorn on a hot pan when they are moved to express themselves.

Some wood shavings would probably make his stay more comfortable too along with some paper towels to shred.

Peanut butter is also a favorite snack. Put some on his doritos.

Griff · 01-16-2004, 10:00 AM

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Originally posted by Beletseri

...you could keep him in a good sized aquarium but you might have trouble moving him. Wild mice jump like popcorn on a hot pan when they are moved to express themselves.

The water should reduce the jumping problem.

plthijinx · 01-16-2004, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by Slartibartfast
Or how about a nice drive to the country and a quick toss of mousie out window into a field.

just make sure you slow down a little bit first

Brigliadore · 01-16-2004, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by Beletseri
He would appreciate a running wheel and you could keep him in a good sized aquarium...

Some wood shavings would probably make his stay more comfortable too along with some paper towels to shred.

Peanut butter is also a favorite snack. Put some on his doritos.

Actually I think he would be most comfortable at a Ritz Carlton. Get him a Suite there. Never mind the money, you two are buds after all.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-16-2004, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by FileNotFound

And while mice are very good at chewing, if the bin has nothing to bite down on, they can't get out. That means as long as it's fairly flat they'll have a fairly tough time. They'd need to relly on their front claws to scrape enough material off to start taking bites out. Once they can bite, it's as good as a 1' hole for them.

From the picture the can looks like it has lumps on the inside for stiffness. Good place to chew.

plthijinx · 01-20-2004, 06:00 PM

the truth is out now slang! you've been busted training Spartacus for the "Extreem Mighty Mouse Special Olympics"

i put a twenty on the trap!

Elspode · 01-20-2004, 10:39 PM

The helmet is part of his flight training, right, Slang? And the trap is to see if he is smart enough to work the controls on the spacecraft?

FileNotFound · 01-21-2004, 10:28 AM

Hmm anyone have a link to the movie of a mouse getting catapulted by a mouse trap when it stepped on the wrong side of the trap?

slang · 02-07-2004, 07:37 AM

Quick update:

2 small. 2 large mice..........dead.

Cracker Jack bags have since been silent through the night.

Elspode · 02-07-2004, 08:40 AM

Dude...you can't just tell us "mice are dead", and not give details.

Did the neighbors notice the gunshots?

Griff · 02-07-2004, 12:50 PM

In slang country the neighbors get suspicious when there aren't any gunshots. If nobodies shootin' something untoward must be going on.

slang · 02-08-2004, 05:21 PM

Ok, here's the scoop.

I finally had enough of the bullshit and set the traps. They worked great. I put some pnut butter on a Dorito and set it on the trigger of the trap.

so then I caught 4 of them. One died from his injuries and one other one was a slow mover from getting the trap across the head.

After about a week there were no more customers, so I decided to kill the inmates. I wanted to gas the little bastards but my friend said that if I did then the animals that might like to eat the mice would get sick. Ok, so what would you suggest? Let them freeze to death then leave them out in the yard. I bet they arent in the yard more than a few hours.

He was right. So now they're gone and there arent any rattling bags or little mouse poops or tracks. That makes me happy.

Elspode · 02-08-2004, 05:35 PM

At one of my previous jobs, the boss was totally enchanted by alternative mouse-ridding technology. My favorite was a plastic ramp which you were supposed to hang off of the edge of a wastebasket. The ramp ran to the floor. At the top of the ramp was a flexible "diving board" type thing upon which you'd put the bait. When the mousey type victim ventured out onto the flexible piece, it would fall into the wastebasket.

We never really asked what happened to the mice that fell in, although we were led to believe it worked as a trap. Then, one day, one of the office staff comes in the front door with an odd look on his face, saying "What's the deal with the frozen blue mice out on the lawn?"

Seems that our shop foreman had come in early and found his wastebasket filled with four mice courtesy of the boss's trap. He didn't want them in there, so he reasoned, like Slang, that it was cold enough outside that they wouldn't last long, and they didn't.

He didn't really have a good explanation for why he had spray painted them blue beforehand, though.

Slartibartfast · 02-08-2004, 05:52 PM

Those weren't mice, they were SMURFS!

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01-16-2004, 09:30 AM	#61
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	Looks like a young mouse. Think you got about 10 more where that one came from. Whatever you do...don't put them all into the same bin or you'll have 60 of them. And while mice are very good at chewing, if the bin has nothing to bite down on, they can't get out. That means as long as it's fairly flat they'll have a fairly tough time. They'd need to relly on their front claws to scrape enough material off to start taking bites out. Once they can bite, it's as good as a 1' hole for them. Now go get an excercise wheel! __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

01-20-2004, 06:00 PM	#67
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	the truth is out now slang! you've been busted training Spartacus for the "Extreem Mighty Mouse Special Olympics" i put a twenty on the trap! Attached Images __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

01-20-2004, 10:39 PM	#68
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The helmet is part of his flight training, right, Slang? And the trap is to see if he is smart enough to work the controls on the spacecraft? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-21-2004, 10:28 AM	#69
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	Hmm anyone have a link to the movie of a mouse getting catapulted by a mouse trap when it stepped on the wrong side of the trap? __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

01-16-2004, 09:50 AM	#62
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	He looks like a Deer mouse rather than your regular house mouse. Can anyone confirm? Of course Deer mice carry Hanta virus but he probably doesn't have it. He would appreciate a running wheel and you could keep him in a good sized aquarium but you might have trouble moving him. Wild mice jump like popcorn on a hot pan when they are moved to express themselves. Some wood shavings would probably make his stay more comfortable too along with some paper towels to shred. Peanut butter is also a favorite snack. Put some on his doritos.

02-07-2004, 07:37 AM	#70
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Quick update: 2 small. 2 large mice..........dead. Cracker Jack bags have since been silent through the night.

02-07-2004, 08:40 AM	#71
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Dude...you can't just tell us "mice are dead", and not give details. Did the neighbors notice the gunshots? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-07-2004, 12:50 PM	#72
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	In slang country the neighbors get suspicious when there aren't any gunshots. If nobodies shootin' something untoward must be going on. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-08-2004, 05:21 PM	#73
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Ok, here's the scoop. I finally had enough of the bullshit and set the traps. They worked great. I put some pnut butter on a Dorito and set it on the trigger of the trap. so then I caught 4 of them. One died from his injuries and one other one was a slow mover from getting the trap across the head. After about a week there were no more customers, so I decided to kill the inmates. I wanted to gas the little bastards but my friend said that if I did then the animals that might like to eat the mice would get sick. Ok, so what would you suggest? Let them freeze to death then leave them out in the yard. I bet they arent in the yard more than a few hours. He was right. So now they're gone and there arent any rattling bags or little mouse poops or tracks. That makes me happy.

02-08-2004, 05:35 PM	#74
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	At one of my previous jobs, the boss was totally enchanted by alternative mouse-ridding technology. My favorite was a plastic ramp which you were supposed to hang off of the edge of a wastebasket. The ramp ran to the floor. At the top of the ramp was a flexible "diving board" type thing upon which you'd put the bait. When the mousey type victim ventured out onto the flexible piece, it would fall into the wastebasket. We never really asked what happened to the mice that fell in, although we were led to believe it worked as a trap. Then, one day, one of the office staff comes in the front door with an odd look on his face, saying "What's the deal with the frozen blue mice out on the lawn?" Seems that our shop foreman had come in early and found his wastebasket filled with four mice courtesy of the boss's trap. He didn't want them in there, so he reasoned, like Slang, that it was cold enough outside that they wouldn't last long, and they didn't. He didn't really have a good explanation for why he had spray painted them blue beforehand, though. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-08-2004, 05:52 PM	#75
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Those weren't mice, they were SMURFS!

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