Well the mice had have a simply marvellous time in all the camping gear over the winter.

[Slubberdegullion]

The tiny little bastards.

The agos play teepee has been chewed to buggery so that is in the bin.

They have set up camp inside the fold up chairs (outwell armchair delux ), and have chewed various holes in both and the bags. They obviously have a thing for toggles as toggles from various bags have been removed and placed inside the chairs.

There is mouse piss and shit over everything else, includng all the blankets and sleeping bags. Thank GOD they haven't eaten the sleeping bags or the tent side panels.

They have also done an exceedingly good job at secreting away the bird peanuts into every nook and cranny they have managed to squeeze their syphillitic little bodies into.

Well they are all going to DIE now.

And I am going to start cleaning every single sodding item of our camping stuff.

forget traps slubber POISON tis the only way.

GOT THE BASTARD.

Ooh no Bariatric then they bugger off and shrivel and decompose behind the freezer.

No a quick blow to the back of the head in the jaws of death is the way to go.

Rats though...

[major full on oo-ey]. The thought of catching a rat in a trap has made me come over all peculiar.

Who has seen that special Jack Russell on the telly who is giften in rat catching? He's like a little soviet missile. I love him a lot and would get him in if I had rats.

Oooh! not seen that jack russell Slubber. Saw a cat jump over our fence the other day with one in his jaws. There was one sat on our patio the other day, bold as brass.

I am very pssed off though as it means no camping in April and we had planned to go to London

Oh No MrsGok. That stinks (literally and metaphorically). Camping kit is so bloody expensive too .

I'm thinking of going to the next level above boxes with lids. I'm looking at a special plastic sheds for all my camping kit.

I am gong to look and see if we can claim off the house insurance. But untill we can get into the shed and see what is ruined then I can't do anything about it.

It also means the kids can't go into the garden at the moment annd I am gong to have to disinfect everything.

Do you have to wait until the bait is taken and the poison has had the desired effect?

gah how awful.

Rats are way, WAY worse than little mice.

[shudder] @ rats. good luck!

Well we don't fancy going out there and looking until we know they are dead [wimp emoticon]

DH is going to check the bait tonight to see if it has been taken and to renew it if it has. He will do this every couple of days until he sees it hasn't been taken. Then we will know they have finally gone.

we had mice, they seem to chomp tones of poison, loved the bloody stuff. was so relieved when the chomping stopped

Checked the shed today - no sign of mice/rats/wolves. Lakey is safe.

Big bad Lucycat must have scared them off (yeh right)

No more slubber?

I've got 6 so far. Big buggers and all. They love the crunchy peanut butter bait.

ewww 6

mice with a nut allergy? or a poison allergy?

snapping jaws of death trap allergy

Oh no the little gits.

We've had mice too in the last few month and we know they've been in and around the room where all camping stuff is so i'd better get it all out and checked seeing as we've just decided we're going camping again this year.

I'd go and check Phoenix. It would not be funny if you got to the campsite only to find lots of little holes in your tent.

omg so not happy for you - and very tempted to run out to the garage to check beloved gear.

Can I lend you two voracious cats, who can kill leaves and paperwork? The chickens will happily eat mice for you, but they tend to have to be immobile for reasons of easy catching. They may well poo on remaining camping gear.

It is pants. Mice once invaded my house and pooed in my cake. The nice man from the council came round and did killing in the end, as we didn't manage to do it.

Am planning trip to Caseys, but only want a chair with a bit to put my feet up. I have multicoloured trugs, and will be heartbroken if we have mouseage. Am going to have to check tomorrow now, aren't I?

(ponders if I can take chickens camping).

having read this page now. ew ew ew ew ew.

btw, have you been pinging them into our garden - saw rasputia the cochin with a pair of legs and tail disappearing down her beak yesterday. Not tempted to eat the next egg she lays.

You do have to check Bramble. The destruction was quite bed, the piss and poo everywhere was horrific.

Do you want my dead mice for your chickens? Would a chicken eat a whole mouse?

I must not and cannot go to casey's this year. at all. EVER. No more kit this year for me. I wish you well on your chair with putty up foot bit shopping trip.

NO I HAVE NOT BEEN MOUSE PINGING

urgh

oh pants. The cat line up of mutilated rodents has been quite impressive this year.

I would prefer not to have mice for the ladies. ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew

I think mouse pinging would be a fab sport for the 2012 olympics. You would just need a sturdy sports bra and some rodents (stunned). Whether you would do it as David and Goliath sling shot style, or a dennis the menace style would affect pointage.

But I digress. I shall investigate tomorrow. At least the camping bunting is kept in the house.

When I remove the mice from the traps, rigor mortis has fashioned them into quite a pointy and aerodynamic pose. You could fit them into a minature bow...

Am so relieved the bunting is safe from harm

pondering if there is a category in the village show for this.

Mice? Mice?

Do you not realise this is the Bear Grylls of parenting sites? Could you not have brought us Komodo Dragons at the very least

LOL @ Norma. Sorry. I've let the side down.

bramble ummm

Funniest vegetable
Pot of 5 fresh herbs
Artfully arranged dead mouse: theme 'At The Seaside'

excellent. Cyril Fletcher would have been proud.