For the last month Brad and I have been trying to get rid of the ninja mice that have tried to take over my pantry! I think we finally have beat the little furry fellas. And it hasn't been easy. I am not a fan of the sticky traps but our ninja mice are too smart for the regular traps and the enclosed traps. Desperate times call for desperate measures!
Several days ago I finally caved and told Brad we HAD to get the sticky traps. This has got to end! I had it all planned out. The mouse would get caught I would suck it up and take care of the poor fella with the bb gun and put on my big girl shoes and remove the trap from my house. A few hours after Brad had set a sticky trap next to the stove we caught one. We had also set poison out the night before and when I checked the sticky trap the mouse appeared to be dead. I figured he's far enough back that the dogs can't get him so I will get Lizzi fed and occupied and then take care of business.
Oh boy was I wrong! Turns out the little fella is one amazing actor! Yep that's right he was very much a live and flopping around on that sticky trap. And he flopped himself right to where Callie could get him. Callie is far to good at getting things! She got the mouse before I had a chance to use the bb gun and solve the problem. In the process of Callie sticking her paw towards the mouse to get it she got stuck to the trap... Oh man was that a hoot! Well at the time it was rather freaky! Here is my dog waving her paw with a live mouse stuck to it!
Callie thought that this was all a game at first until I started to panic a little. I wasn't sure how to get the mouse off while it was alive. There was no way I was reaching for a trap with the mouse still moving! Of course earlier in the morning Brad had left for the fire station so I was home alone trying to figure out how to take care of this alone. Brad did answer like my 5th phone call and told me to across the street and have Bob help. Callie didn't want to walk. Well she couldn't really walk with a mouse attached to her. But Bob saved the day! He managed to get the trap unstuck from Callie. Of course in the process of Callie limping across the street she took care of the little mouse. He was no longer wiggling around. Poor guy had almost as traumatic day as we did.
Note to self: Next time you use sticky traps and there's something in it, get rid of it right away! Don't wait for it to come back alive or someone else might take matters in to their own hands or in this case "paws"
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