Have I Got The World's Smartest Mice In My Garage ?

[NDA]

blueg33 said:

Get a cat

Works a treat, we have no mouse problem any more although quite a few dead ones to pick up off the lawn

My cats are surgeons.

They leave examples, actually presentations that could grace The Lancet, of their dissections - usually with individual organs set to one side.

I would not want to come back as a mouse. Being hanged, drawn and quartered looks like Butlins in comparison.

[Mubby]

paintman said:

Mubby said:

your lucky its the lawn, for me its the front room carpet!!!!!

Ours finds it amusing to drop a live one in the house & then sit back & watch the fun

knows that game alllll tooooo well

[Jasandjules]

paintman said:

Ours finds it amusing to drop a live one in the house & then sit back & watch the fun

A mate has a cat who does that then watches the dog chase them..... And the other cat will lay there even when a mouse runs over his feet........

[smileymikey]

For some reason they seem to go absolutely nuts (sic) over peanut butter??

Sounds silly but we used old fashioned traps with this on them and mouse problem went away

[blueg33]

NDA said:

My cats are surgeons.

They leave examples, actually presentations that could grace The Lancet, of their dissections - usually with individual organs set to one side.

I would not want to come back as a mouse. Being hanged, drawn and quartered looks like Butlins in comparison.

Mine do that too. The older cat peels the mouse taking the skin off whole. Its really quite horrible

[Gretchen]

NDA said:

blueg33 said:

Get a cat

Works a treat, we have no mouse problem any more although quite a few dead ones to pick up off the lawn

My cats are surgeons.

They leave examples, actually presentations that could grace The Lancet, of their dissections - usually with individual organs set to one side.

I would not want to come back as a mouse. Being hanged, drawn and quartered looks like Butlins in comparison.

Mine too. I think she enjoys a surgically removed piece of Liver, possibly with some Fava Beans and a nice Chianti, it wouldn't surprise me. The rest of the mouse being intact, and often left lying next to it's spouse and several off-spring, lined up like regimental soldiers. All dead. It's quite disturbing, especially the precision that's used.

Sometimes they're brought in through the bathroom window, they're usually the live ones.

The best was a beautiful Blue Tit fledgling, all squashy on my lounge rug, at 3am, under my barefoot.

As for the family that took residence in my barn once, I took to surprising them with the back of a good old fashioned garden spade. None have dared since.

[c8bof]

Mice *love* Nutella. I know this because of the 13 that I have caught so far under the kitchen units with their wee faces jammed firmly into the Nutella smeared on the traps. At least it was happy way for them to go.

I have two cats. The mice must have posted up warnings about the cats as the mice never venture further out from under the units.