Remember the mouse fiasco? This escalating to an all out battle.
I came home last night at a loss of what to make for dinner. Hunting through the cupboards is usually how I manage to devise a plan for a simple meal (read: where’s the fucking Kraft dinner gone?). Rooting through the fridge, going through the cupboards and spinning the lazy susan, spin, spin spin, until… WTF? There’s sugar all over. There’s holes in the… ohmydamn. They’ve gotten into our food.
Oatmeal, Splenda, Jello, granola bars.. those fuckers got into everything, in what seems like overnight since I was just in there yesterday morning. It appears that a party has taken place without my consent. Teaches me for thinking that the cat can be trusted.
Fuckin’ cat. Cute. But completely useless.
Tell me this. Who do you know that owns a cat, and has mice in their house? Can’t think of anyone, right? *thumbs pointing to chest* Me. I am the only person I know. And I know a lot of people.
Am I surprised? Not in the least since my cat is afraid of his own damn shadow.
So we went out and bought traps, set them and waited with baited (pun intended) breath; not even an hour later.
SNAP!Â
Ohmygod! Mike! Check it! Mike! Ew! Check it!Â
Nothing.
That bugger took the peanut butter and ran. All four traps. Empty.
Mice 4, Humans 0
Baited them again and waited all night. Nothing. Mike checked the traps in the morning to see that none of them had any peanut butter left.
Mice 8, Humans 0
By this point I am pissed. We’re being taunted by them. Taunted! By! Mice! Gahhhhh! I will not tolerate this behaviour. Someone is going down.
Traps baited with cheese. Cheese wedged underneath the metal trapper thingy. I. will. not. be. defeated.
SNAP! bang! bang! bang!
The definitive sound of something caught. In the trap.
Ohmygod! Mike! Get it! Get it! There’s something in the trap! Â
Mice 8, Humans 1. Glorious one.
Let that be a lesson.
Now pack up and ship out muthafuckas!
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My kitties killed a mouse in our house once….It was GROSS! I was coming down the stairs when I first saw it. I thought it was a rose………….It’s body was the blood read rose part, and it’s tail the stem. EWWWWWWW!!!!!
I can’t believe that mouse got in your food n’ stuff!
LOL I was noticing mice dropping in the garage, on top of my air tight dog food container and on top of my christmas storage bins; already lost some valuable Christmas decoartions due to mice burrowing into a box and then a nice paper mache snowman my son had made inthe 5 grade! So last year I switched everything to snap lids and plastic bins–but the damn things could smell the dog food!
Anyway, I bought a new bag of dog food. So I put the remains of the food that was in the container in a 5 gallon bucket, emptied the new bag in to the dog food container and poured the remianing food from the 5 gallon bucket on topp. Snapped it shut and went about my business.
Next day Joe goes to wash his truck with the 5 gallon bucket, reaches in to grab his sponge and there sits an adorable looking furry creature, otherwise known as a mouse. I convinced him not to kill it and to release it across the concrete channel near our home (aren’t I nice!)
The crumbs from the dog food atrracted the little thing, but 5 gallons was too big a bucket to climb out of LOL
Now if I could just convince him not to shot the bunnies coming down into the yard–they are soooooo cute, but so destructive…and you know men and any reason to be able to shot or cause bodily pain.
Hope you eliminate all your little mice–in the house, particularly the food supply, they lose ALL their cuteness!!!!
I hate those damn things! I saw one yesterday scurring around the curb near Wendy’s as I was grabbing my lunch. Yeah, that’s just what you want to see. Gave me the damn goosebumps, but I still ate my salad anyways! Good luck…
*shivers* …in the FOOD!!!!!
First of all, the cat needs to be fired. He ain’t doing his job, or needs more training. But he can train on the streets.
Second, we had a mouse in my old place once. The only thing that worked was inhumane traps.
ROFL! Im sorry Im lauging…but this is hysterical!….
My cat is completely useless too…well except for the fact that he pukes all over the house….
if you go here: http://redblogpics.blogspot.com/
(Scroll down to the fourth picture)
you will see that we have what I think may be the same cat.
is your cat also afraid of bugs, sounds, the dark, the hairballs she pukes up, bunnies, and the dust motes flying in the sunbeams?
if so, I think we may have a pair of cloned cats
Coolness!
Add me to your list of people with useless cats. We bought a house that was unoccupied by humans for six months and a family (read… small town) of mice moved in. What’d the cat do? Look at them, squat down, and let us know one was there. When the mouse moved, she bolted! Damn animals!
I’m linking to your blog from mine… you and I have the same sick humor… it’s great! Keep up the good work here!
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