Tom & Jerry

We have a Jerry, and not just 1 but his whole family has moved in. I think we need to find a Tom to help us out. Although, with his success rate I'm not sure Tom would do us much good.

Before we left for Hawaii Kevin and I noticed some mouse droppings in the garage. Now, most houses have mice and especially in older homes there are usually far more convenient places to enter. Kevin says he wouldn't mind so much if they'd just stay in a corner, use the bathroom outside, and not have allot of sex. Well, mice don't really care what we think and have decided our house is nice and cozy place to breed and build a little home for their family!

They are pretty cute huh? Not when they make babies like the Octomom! I hate having to kill them. I'd rather set a live trap and get them and move them somewhere else but there are often just too many to make that practical. We decided against poison because it's a slow painful death and they often go into your walls or crevices and die! We went old school and set the snap traps. I hate thinking about it but to us it's the most humane since it kills them instantly. The week before we left we had already caught 12!!! I asked my dad to keep the traps set while we were away and they caught another 12-15! 98% of them were caught in the garage so I wasn't too worried but my mom said she saw one under our sink, in our garbage (ALIVE), and one in our basement laundry room! Great-they've moved into the Houghton Hotel! Still not too worried with them under the sink but I went into the hall bathroom one night, flipped on the light and saw one run across the floor and bolt into Kevin's office! Oh no! Not OK little mousy! We bought 8 more traps and set them up EVERYWHERE! I think we might have gotten the last 2 under the sink (including the one that ran into the office)! I was laying in bed one night and heard "SNAP" in the kitchen! That's the first time I heard it, although its become a game of how many we can catch and how often! Little f$#&ers aren't welcome here! It's been days and no more have taken bait. They are either getting smarter or we are some damn good mouse hunters!

Now, onto organizing and cleaning up the garage so they can't hide! It's full of mouse poop so I'm not too excited about this project!

If our dogs wouldn't eat it, I'd get a cat to do the dirty work of keeping the mice out!