Mouse Murder

[ladycat]

It is day 2 in the Cat vs mouse stand off.  I am being held in sleepless terror, at the merciless paws of a small and squeaky enemy.  The tables have turned, this time the mouse really is mighty.

It was hate at first sight, it scampered across the hall, I screamed like a banshee.  A few minutes later it appeared at my bedroom door, clearly making

Comments

[pir]

whether her screams are those of passion or pervasive terror

I don't feel this is an either/or question.

[ladycat]

Acted terror? Fun. Actual terror? Let me find a new clutch, because that's not my bag ;-)

[pir]

Acted terror is tame, actual terror is too far. The interesting bits lay in the small gap in the middle and pushing limits upwards (gently, normally).

[ladycat]

Interesting for you, does she get a say in this?

[valkyriekaren]

Oh dear. Can you borrow a friend's cat for a few days?

[djpsyche]

I was just going to offer mine, but no idea whether she'd be a good mouser.

[ladycat]

Thank you! I was thinking about cats (added benefit of someone to snuggle on cold winter nights!), but I'm allergic, and anti-histamines react messily with my hip medication. Between the glass stuffed steel wool and the poison arriving today, I wouldn't want to hurt a fellow feline with good intentions.

[girfan]

I always found peanut butter on mouse traps worked a treat! Not sure how this works with humane traps...

[cookwitch]

We used peanut butter and raisins. Worked fine for us. We disposed of the wee fella well away from the house.

[valkyriekaren]

Indeed. Something sticky so Mr Mouse has to hang around will make it more likely that he triggers the trap, rather than just being able to snag it with a paw and run away.

[ladycat]

He's gone one better now, he's not touching the traps at all *sigh*. I've a nasty suspicion he's eating downstairs and sleeping with me. I will refrain from passing gender-based comment ;-)

[jondiesch]

"...mint-soaked cotton wool in every corner (alongside the spider repellent conkers which I fear mouse may be eating)"

The above sentence caused me to snort gin down my nose.

[ladycat]

This is where pou pourri originated. Most people think it's smelly stuff that certain jet-lagged scientists of our acquaintance mistake for nibbles from time to time.

In reality it's a collection of smelly natural products which someone, somewhere, believes will repel unwelcome house guests. I'm still wondering which product I need to repel nosey exs and possibly nosey exs of exs.