Comments | lovelyevening: the case of the missing potato skin

lovelyevening

the case of the missing potato skin

Jul 29, 2005 23:21

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spo00on July 30 2005, 04:49:54 UTC

Have dinner with me tomorrow night, and then let's go to a show...

Whaddayasay?

lovelyevening July 30 2005, 19:48:52 UTC

i'm sorry, i'm busy. this is my anniversary weekend.

poisonorchid July 30 2005, 04:56:33 UTC

"i thought there might be an animal down there." oooohh! tales of the potato skin snatchers! you gotta watch out for those!

;p

nolagurl July 30 2005, 13:55:01 UTC

I have a solution. It's about seven feet long and eats once a month. :-)

poisonorchid July 30 2005, 19:49:17 UTC

i actually thought about that!

thebedespeaks July 30 2005, 06:22:50 UTC

had a housemouse like that once. For the longest time I tried to ignore it and live-and-let-live, but when it kept getting into my Doritos I had to turn HardCore and put out the spring traps :(

identitee July 30 2005, 16:51:41 UTC

<< i know this was terribly interesting. >>

Hell, ya!

Or maybe I'm just that much more boring than the rest of your friends. LOL.

drava July 30 2005, 17:55:39 UTC

Are you sure it was a mouse or was it a rat? (I ask because mice aren't usually big enough to be dragging shit around.) I don't want to freak you out but in either case if you see one it usually means there are considerably more than one, and if it's bold enough to be moving around in front of you or during the day, chances are it's already a problem. People do get sick and die from rodent bites because there's a possible bacterial infection that can cause liver failure, and that's aside from more mundane problems they can bring like ringworm and respiratory illness. Sorry, don't mean to be the voice of doom, but a couple of years ago I had to move away from a rat infestation so I did a fair amount of research on the subject. I'd call either the landlord or an exterminator or start googling other options, right away, and try to find out where it's coming in and get the holes filled with steel wool and hardware mesh. Unfortunately it's usually not a case of one critter needing to be caught--if you start trapping you might have to ( ... )