What's on your mind today?

[Buddy]

Yes. Though I feel like this should be a fad. When one reaches 6000 posts, everyone changes their avatar to something related.

[DeterminedJuliet]

Yes. Though I feel like this should be a fad. When one reaches 6000 posts, everyone changes their avatar to something related.

Agreed. Also, shiny plaque? What kind of shiny plaque?! Shiny is good!

[Sweetdeath]

Agreed, budhorse. And, oooh shiny~

[Buddy]

Agreed. Also, shiny plaque? What kind of shiny plaque?! Shiny is good!

Agreed, budhorse. And, oooh shiny~

It was for my FFA end of the year banquet. I got it for being on the Parliamentary Procedure team.

[Amicale]

I do indeed have unexpected guests at my place. The variety with thin, long little tails and scritchy toenails. They're running around, just over my head, overtop the ceiling tiles. I've been hearing them for a couple hours... the skitter and pitter patter. I'd assume I was just hearing things, and ignore it, but I saw one right through my fluorescent light, and clearly saw its itty bitty toes. 

Greaaaaaat. Just great. Now I will have to try explaining to my kiddo why a) she can't have them as pets and b) why Mama wants to kill them. Sigh.

I'm not going to have any fans around here for this, I tell you.

[DeterminedJuliet]

Booooo. Get a kitty-cat!

[The Magic Pudding]

These traps have been developed only to catch mice, not to kill them. It leaves up to the catcher the future of the mouse. The materials and the mechanics used are not aggressive, which makes it a friendly mousetrap. Clear glass, metal springs, paper clips, metal nut.

I wonder if Gawen knows about these things, good source of protein.

[Recusant]

Interesting, but no self respecting mouse is going to stay in the first two of those.

There's a product called "Trip trap mouse trap" that is sold in the UK which does a fine job of catching mice without harming them. You have to check them regularly of course, otherwise you kind of defeat your purpose. I prefer them to the other live-catch mouse traps because they're made out of clear plastic which allows you to easily tell whether you've caught anything. I've found them available online at Amazon UK and here. Rats are more problematic, of course, but they do make live catch traps for them as well.

Having caught young (not baby) rats by hand with a towel before (I'm not talking about pets), I can't recommend it.

[Tank]

Agreed. Also, shiny plaque? What kind of shiny plaque?! Shiny is good!

Agreed, budhorse. And, oooh shiny~

It was for my FFA end of the year banquet. I got it for being on the Parliamentary Procedure team.

Congratulations!!

[The Magic Pudding]

Interesting, but no self respecting mouse is going to stay in the first two of those.

You could be right.
I once found a two litre juice bottle standing next to a low shelf with many dead mice in it.
If you recreated something like this, gave them a reason to go in there it could be effective.

[Guardian85]

I do indeed have unexpected guests at my place. The variety with thin, long little tails and scritchy toenails. They're running around, just over my head, overtop the ceiling tiles. I've been hearing them for a couple hours... the skitter and pitter patter. I'd assume I was just hearing things, and ignore it, but I saw one right through my fluorescent light, and clearly saw its itty bitty toes. 

Greaaaaaat. Just great. Now I will have to try explaining to my kiddo why a) she can't have them as pets and b) why Mama wants to kill them. Sigh.

I'm not going to have any fans around here for this, I tell you.

When in doubt...

[Amicale]

Eh, I have a cat. She's been meowing at the ceiling for part of the night, it's funny.  Even funnier because she'll stare at the ceiling, mew, and then lick her lips!

I'll have to set traps in areas I think the mice might come down, ie, my room, laundry room, etc. Thing is, they're in the ceiling - one ran right across my light, so they might not WANT to come down. Grrrr. Eh, maybe they'll move out on their own... *suspends critical thought and crosses fingers* 

In other news, setting my own work hours is awesome, having someone I need to start working with at 6 am... not so much.

[Guardian85]

I just came back from a meeting that pretty much turned out to be a job interview. With a little luck I might make supervisor.

[Tank]

I just came back from a meeting that pretty much turned out to be a job interview. With a little luck I might make supervisor.

That's good. As long as you want to be a supervisor 

[DeterminedJuliet]

I woke up this morning feeling quite icky.