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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:48:30 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER yodeled: "Kreisleriana" wrote in message .. . (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Unfortunately, mice may have taken up residence in your house, but it sounds like Stinky is watching for that. However, it's also possible that field mice are coming in from outdoors. I grew up in a rural area, and we had this problem until we went through the entire house and stuffed steel wool in every crack and hole we could find. You must literally "scour" the house and fill in even the tiniest hole because mice can gain entry through remarkably small spaces. Don't forget to look high (such as around light fixtures in the ceiling) and low (such as openings around plumbing under sinks or in basements)! Mice can't chew through steel wool and it is flexible enough to completely fill a hole or crack, so it is superior to other "caulking" materials. MaryL Umm, that was a rhetorical question, but thanks. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:48:30 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER yodeled: "Kreisleriana" wrote in message .. . (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Unfortunately, mice may have taken up residence in your house, but it sounds like Stinky is watching for that. However, it's also possible that field mice are coming in from outdoors. I grew up in a rural area, and we had this problem until we went through the entire house and stuffed steel wool in every crack and hole we could find. You must literally "scour" the house and fill in even the tiniest hole because mice can gain entry through remarkably small spaces. Don't forget to look high (such as around light fixtures in the ceiling) and low (such as openings around plumbing under sinks or in basements)! Mice can't chew through steel wool and it is flexible enough to completely fill a hole or crack, so it is superior to other "caulking" materials. MaryL Umm, that was a rhetorical question, but thanks. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:48:30 -0500, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-LITTER yodeled: "Kreisleriana" wrote in message .. . (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Unfortunately, mice may have taken up residence in your house, but it sounds like Stinky is watching for that. However, it's also possible that field mice are coming in from outdoors. I grew up in a rural area, and we had this problem until we went through the entire house and stuffed steel wool in every crack and hole we could find. You must literally "scour" the house and fill in even the tiniest hole because mice can gain entry through remarkably small spaces. Don't forget to look high (such as around light fixtures in the ceiling) and low (such as openings around plumbing under sinks or in basements)! Mice can't chew through steel wool and it is flexible enough to completely fill a hole or crack, so it is superior to other "caulking" materials. MaryL Umm, that was a rhetorical question, but thanks. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:15:53 GMT, yodeled:
O J wrote: That's what I'd want to know! It sounds like you're lucky to have a hunter in the house. He doesn't seem to be dispatching them very effectively, though... Joyce Oh, I am thoroughly convinced that killing them is not the idea for him at all, and when he does, it's not intentionally-- although he does kill them anyway. He is so disonsolate when they stop moving, and has no interest in eating them. Why he puts them in my shoe? I don't know. I thought maybe to confine them. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:15:53 GMT, yodeled:
O J wrote: That's what I'd want to know! It sounds like you're lucky to have a hunter in the house. He doesn't seem to be dispatching them very effectively, though... Joyce Oh, I am thoroughly convinced that killing them is not the idea for him at all, and when he does, it's not intentionally-- although he does kill them anyway. He is so disonsolate when they stop moving, and has no interest in eating them. Why he puts them in my shoe? I don't know. I thought maybe to confine them. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ |
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... No, we cannot yet drop the curtain on the Night of the Mousies. I heard a noise awhile ago, and switched on the light-- and saw Stinky with *another* mouse in his mouth! (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) And-- YES! He was AGAIN headed straight for what seems to be the designated drop-off-- MY SHOES. This mouse was still alive, though, and when Stinky put it down, it managed to hop out, and outrun him to behind the bookcase, and parts unknown. Stinky is now sitting in front of the bookcase, mightily willing the mousie to come out again. The adventure continues. Thanks for two very nicely written and amusing posts! P.S. I'm really glad we don't have mice! |
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... No, we cannot yet drop the curtain on the Night of the Mousies. I heard a noise awhile ago, and switched on the light-- and saw Stinky with *another* mouse in his mouth! (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) And-- YES! He was AGAIN headed straight for what seems to be the designated drop-off-- MY SHOES. This mouse was still alive, though, and when Stinky put it down, it managed to hop out, and outrun him to behind the bookcase, and parts unknown. Stinky is now sitting in front of the bookcase, mightily willing the mousie to come out again. The adventure continues. Thanks for two very nicely written and amusing posts! P.S. I'm really glad we don't have mice! |
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message ... No, we cannot yet drop the curtain on the Night of the Mousies. I heard a noise awhile ago, and switched on the light-- and saw Stinky with *another* mouse in his mouth! (Oh yes, and BTW, where the hell are all these mice coming from, anyway? :P) And-- YES! He was AGAIN headed straight for what seems to be the designated drop-off-- MY SHOES. This mouse was still alive, though, and when Stinky put it down, it managed to hop out, and outrun him to behind the bookcase, and parts unknown. Stinky is now sitting in front of the bookcase, mightily willing the mousie to come out again. The adventure continues. Thanks for two very nicely written and amusing posts! P.S. I'm really glad we don't have mice! |
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On Fri, 20 Aug, Theresa wrote:
---------------------snip---------------------- Why he puts them in my shoe? I don't know. I thought maybe to confine them. ---------------------snip---------------------- Just be glad Stinky doesn't do what my DH's cat when she was a teen and young woman, the oft-mentioned Puss Puss, did. There was, as was common there and then, a screened back door that was held by spring pressure alone. An enterprising cat could grab the door with his or her claws and pull it open enough to gain access. Puss Puss would go out, get herself a mouse, kill it, bring it home, and lay it on Lynda's pillow. Then back outside for another mousie. Some days there would be four of them lined up. Lynda went through a lot of pillow slips. Regards and Purrs, O J PS: How many mousies do you think Stinky could fit in a pair of your shoes? |
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