in our garage. It wasn't a cute little dancing Mickey or Minnie either. This was a disgusting, scurrying little rodent. Mice have babies. Mice have friends. Mice have big parties and if not stopped they will invade your home. Did I scream when I saw the mouse?
Yes!Me? I don't overreact
My husband said he doubted I had really seen a hideous creature and said it was a leaf blowing on the floor of the garage. Ha! I went out the day of the mouse sighting (two years ago on 9-21-09) and bought every mouse trap and means of rodent elimination the hardware store had in stock. I even bought one of those little mouse machines. No, it's not a
treadmill for mice but it is supposed to emit high pitched sounds which drive the little devils screaming and outside. Once outside, they go into the neighbors garage.Warning Signs
I posted signs with a picture of a mouse in a trap that read: "Mice are not allowed in this garage, enter at your own risk" Right, so maybe mice can't read but you just never know, do you?
Preventative Measures
Each year about this time I purchase fresh mouse
poison. The first year I spent nearly $65.00. I have it down to less than $10 now. I put the little blocks of tasty mice death entrees on a pale blue sheet of paper. No, not to give them place mats but this way I can see if they nibble on it.Two years ago I also had a friend install metal flashing around the inside of the garage and put some traps in the storage room. The friend claims he never found any captured critters but I bet my husband just told him to say that.
Clean Garage
Someone told me that mice will eat birdseed. So much for feeding our fine feather friends. The birds can go somewhere else and scrounge for food. Our garage has never been cleaner. I have been known to sweep the garage floor in the middle of winter. Obsessed? No, just vigilant.
So, remember that autumn breezes bring mice. Mice are evil.
Enough said.
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