Tuesday, November 20, 2012

There's Never Just One

 Weeks ago, we discovered a mouse was hanging out in our kitchen.  Specifically, oddly, our dish drainer.  It  did not venture down the counter the other way to nibble on the crackers or bread.  It stayed right around all the clean dishes.

Once that horrible discovery was made, I may have taken everything out of our cupboards and washed it all in a bleach bath and then washed it again in regular suds just to be sure it was Clean with a capital C.

We used duct tape to block up the hole the mouse was coming through (because, yes, that's how we roll) and I promptly stopped thinking of the mouse.

Last night my husband went upstairs to visit the kids in the bonus room.  He sat down on the couch, glanced at the side table and realized that what covered the table top was not crumbs.  It was mouse poop.  Mouse poop all over the table, the sewing table, the floor, the furniture, the boxes, and one entire empty dresser that was turned into a mouse apartment complex, complete with a drug store drawer stocked with loose tums.

Now, we didn't see a single mouse.  But based on the amount and the area covered, it is not just one.

Honestly, is there ever just one?  I don't think so either.

My first thought was we should abandon the house.  Grab what we can and leave the mice the rest.  That turns out to be impractical, so we're going to do some traps and see where that leaves us.

Currently, every noise I hear, I am positive is a mouse.  I miss the old days when every noise was a zombie!

13 comments:

  1. I'm with you—abandon ship!

    Good luck catching the critter(s).

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  2. The way I view mice (and allow me to assure you, I don't view them for long) is that they were here first. That being said, all's fair in love and war. And war it is, when it comes to the little varmints. Great post, especially for one who lives five miles up a dirt road, on a mountain.

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    1. If it (they?) had stayed under the sink, we could have gotten on just fine. But they settled in a little too much and now it's on!

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  3. I'm with ya - - I'd prefer zombies over mice any day!!

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    1. Right! When I thought the noise was a zombie, I could say zombies aren't real. Now I hear a noise, and I KNOW it's a mouse. Eek!

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  4. *shiver*

    I'd go for abandoning ship too ... Good luck!!

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    1. Thanks! So far, it's been a gruesome mess. I'm glad my husband is on disposal duty.

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  5. Abandon ship!

    Ah zombies....I have so many zombie escape plans! :D

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    1. Yes, exactly! Zombie plans I have aplenty....mouse mutiny, not so much!

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  6. Ah, mice. Keep a hammer by the bed, it may come in handy! They just irritate me, not because of the scuttling but because they always steal my sweets!

    Love the duct tape idea, we opted for purple play dough, why not, right??

    Hope the eviction plans work out well for you!

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  7. Most definitely never just one. We're having a horrific issue with them this year for some reason. We've lived in this house for almost two years now with no sign of the critters and then, about a month ago, we were seemingly overrun. Seven so far. At this point, zombies would be the better option by far.

    Sleepy Joe's remark about the hammer reminded me of my grandfather, who kept a .22 revolver loaded with bird shot in the pocket on the side of his living room chair. He stayed up late reading Louis L'Amour novels and watching for mice out of the corner of his eye. Got quite a few that way. And freaked all the people in the house out as an added bonus.

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  8. I hate rodents, I hope you find every single one and get rid of them. My daughter has a snake in her classroom and she feeds it mice. I think that's all they're good for. :-)

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