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To think the bloody mouse had a cheek

21 replies

Mrsdavidcaruso · 25/01/2014 00:03

Just had a mouse in the kitchen and watched it drink from the cats water bowl before casually strolling away.

Managed to 'hoover it up' and put it outside the little fecker.

BTW in case anyone wants to know my three cats are sound asleep 1 in front of the fire and 2 on the sofa and the puppy is on DS bed also sound asleep.

Remind me once again why I keep cats????

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cozietoesie · 25/01/2014 00:08

Mine would likely look on indifferently to a whole marching band of the blighters going past. And they can get real bold.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 25/01/2014 00:15

hoover it up and put it outside

was it alive?
injured?
did you kill it, put it out of it's misery?

not my favourite creatures , wild mice, but I would always 'dispatch' it humanely,

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Mrsdavidcaruso · 25/01/2014 00:16

Oh gosh no I didn't kill it I sucked it up and emptied the bag in the garden
it ran off.

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Caitlin17 · 25/01/2014 03:30

I have 4 cats. Didn't stop a mouse casually sauntering around my kitchen.
3 of the moggies are hunters. We go through phases of them catching mice outside, bringing them in and torturing them whilst I try to get the mouse off them before it's too injured to release. I usually drop a bowl over the mouse and slide an LP record under the bowl and then release it out to front garden. If put out the back garden they find them again.

I have twice had to dispose of mice which had been so badly injured they were paralysed but not dead. Cats had lost interest and just left them twitching but unable to move. This sounds brutal but the only thing I could think of was to scoop them in to a plastic bag, put it in front of car wheel and drive over it. Very quick and very effective.

NewtRipley · 25/01/2014 05:06

This made me laugh

I walked into this tableau a few months ago:

One little waddling (well-fed) mouse wandering around the hallways; another eating out of the cat's bowl while the cat looked on in interest.

Don't believe Tom and Jerry. I think they may be planning the Revolution together.

pettyprudence · 25/01/2014 05:09

I only have mice because I have cats the buggers bring them home very much alive and dump them in the living room and then just watch them

NewtRipley · 25/01/2014 05:12

My cat is actually a crap hunter. She brings in mice or birds with rigor-mortis and tries to palm them off as her own work. I think she's conning me while they plan the Revolution together

wherethewildthingis · 25/01/2014 07:10

Went down to the kitchen Monday morning to make myself a marine for work, open the breadbin.... You guessed it, beady eye staring back at me! Embarrassed to say I screamed like a girl and ran! What gets me now is that he has probably been in and out of there lots of times while we have been merrily eating the bread..... Bleurgh!

Voerendaal · 25/01/2014 07:23

You tried to make a marine for work?

Vajazzler · 25/01/2014 07:39

Can you share that marine recipe? I'd love a marine!

We've also had mice thanks to our stupid cats bringing them in and then letting them run off! Had one living in our sofa once. Judging by the amount of droppings we found once we realised that's why the cat kept staring at the sofa it must have been there a week or so. Bloody cats!

wherethewildthingis · 25/01/2014 07:49

Hmmmm delicious marine..... Yum! Trouble is its very hard to get them to stop doing pressups in your lunch box
sarnie even!

londonrach · 25/01/2014 07:51

Not seen a mouse for ages. Feeling left out. Can raise you two urban foxes for your mouse....

Vajazzler · 25/01/2014 07:53

Oh :-( thought I was going to bag myself a tasty marine. You're right though- not so convenient to get in your lunch box. Might raise a few eyebrows at work too.

Hoppinggreen · 25/01/2014 08:14

Mmmmmmmm Marines!!! I like mine smothered in Mayo

GoodnessKnows · 25/01/2014 08:23

Ha ha ha
Like a cartoon!

JuliaScurr · 25/01/2014 08:23

just got rid of mice with Olbas oil and mothballs. They hate strong smells (smell soon fades)

GoodnessKnows · 25/01/2014 12:55

Must try that one! Lol

chemenger · 25/01/2014 13:02

My cat brings mice in to live with us all the time. I once woke up nose to nose with a mouse who had been(presumably) deposited on the bed during the night. More recently a mouse ate the wiring in our dishwasher, which was not cheap to repair. Maybe a few mothballs in the cupboard under the sink would be a good idea. Cats are a waste of space from the point of view of keeping mice out.

zizzo · 25/01/2014 13:06

Aaargh chemenger!!

You have to put a mouse at least 2km away to ensure it doesn't find its way back into your house.

My mouse in my student house ate all my Easter chocolate once :( I was not happy!

LisaMed · 25/01/2014 13:08

linky to cheezburger pic here

A mouse walked in front of three cats in our living room and got away. I told them they were all sacked. They ignored me.

The smell of the cats allegedly keeps the mice out. Also next door has a lean, mean mousing machine that is decimating the street's rat population. If necessary I could borrow this.

OP - just think how bad it would be if you didn't have mice.

itsnotthateasy · 25/01/2014 13:09

My cat is actually a crap hunter. She brings in mice or birds with rigor-mortis and tries to palm them off as her own work. I think she's conning me while they plan the Revolution together

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