fowlbird Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Get a cat! that's a good idea - it's how we had meeces in the first place - the cats brought in live ones to play with Then there was the time George came in through the window with a wriggling mouse in his mouth then ate it (still wriggling) in front of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Get a cat! that's a good idea - it's how we had meeces in the first place - the cats brought in live ones to play with Then there was the time George came in through the window with a wriggling mouse in his mouth then ate it (still wriggling) in front of us Cat 1 Mouse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I totally understand all the risks and why you really wouldn't them in the house but they are soooo beautiful That photo is lovely. Fortunately, my lot usually only ever bring us dead meeces apart from this lucky little chap Alfie came charging across the garden with him by the scruff of the neck, dropped him at Ashley's feet whereby said little chap shot between his legs, Ashley then picked him up and brought him into the house for "safety". A rather fraught hour later, I had eventually managed to catch him in (of all things) an empty box of cat biscuits He was absolutely beautiful. We took off for a quick trip in the car and released him in a lovely spot on the edge of town I'm so soft where animals are concerned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Is that a magic eye picture?! I can't make anything out in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Yes, I didn't like to be the first to say, but I can't see it. Did it run away quickly? I squinted at the photo for a few minutes, but was too polite to say anything, until now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 If you wait until the box is moved you can see the little fella run off towards the top of the screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 What can I say? He was a bit on the speedy side :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Ah. It's not a pic, it's a film. Double click on it and it will open up (possibly in a new tab or window) and then you can watch it as a film. Which it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 That is one fast little fella! They move so quickly, I once had a tiny mouse run up my body and hide inside my french plait (I was about 10 years old I think!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Speedy Gonzalez . I moved the eglu off the patio today and found lots of little black droppings just beside where it had been sitting . Not sure what they were after - the grub gets taken in every night . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Mice, I tell you! We have got mice! They are soooo cute. Little brown lads and lasses with big geeky ears. The first one I saw I thought was a baby, but the second one was the same size. Soooo cute. But, sadly, I guess I must do something about it! We have been finding poo in our top oven for about a week ( dont tell Mostin and ShaunW - they came for Tea ). We have one of those plug in thingys, so I plugged that in and gave the oven and everywhere a good clean so it smells nice and fresh and unappealing to the little meece folk. This morning, I went to top up their feed from the plastic bin I keep it in, and there was a little chap sat in there, unable to get out! Well, what was I to do??? I thought he was a youngun, so I gently tipped him out, into our understairs cupboard where all their feed and corn is stored (accessed from outside the house). I couldn't turf him out into the cold with no family, what with him being a littlun and all . ANyway, about half an hour later my partner sees another little meece trotting along the kitchen floor! Well, he was the same size, so either he found his way there fairly quickly, or the first chap wasn't a littlun at all! Anyway, we are off to Ikea tonight to invest in some of those lovely metal bins with lids that omleteers were discussing a while back. Just wanted to share! I have a phobia about IKEA since going there with my mate 'Laney' (Karen). 'Just need a few essentials'...... she said! It's a wonder the suspension didn't break on the car!! We call her 'WAG' and there she was in her high heels, trotting round practically tearing the products of the shelf in a frenzy. Never again. I often find poo in my oven. It's called my cooking according to my partner. I do love mice (not wild ones though - the greyhounds are quite welcome to them). A friend of mine breed black and tan coloured mice. They are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Whack him on the head. Egluntine I never took you for the violent type! I'm glad the film was explained, I thought it was a magic eye type, impossible to see photo! You will all be pleased to know that our mice situation has not got to the epic proportions seen in that American film. Phew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 We had mice/ rats a couple of years ago and our expert ratter (cat) couldn't do anything about it because they were in the loft and inside the walls. Never actually saw a live one, just heard them (rather horrible when one runs up the inside of the wall by your head at night time!) and saw them dead in the trap. Have you got someone else who could actually "do the deed" for you so that you don't have the actual deaths on your concience? I'm glad you've decided that you do have to do something though. Good luck Euurrrhhhh! Makes me cringe! With the previous cold winter i read in the paper that a lot of people were experiencing rats closer to the home, or even within it! *shudder* Sure enough, we had one in the loft, and it chewed through the cables to the lighting, and was even trying to chew through the ceiling to get into the kitchen!!! We put some poison in the loft and that seemed to have put pay to that blighter. It should have thought itself lucky it didn't actually get into the kitchen. My greyhounds would have made short work ot that. Disgusting creatures, rats. Full of disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 ....I'm glad the film was explained, I thought it was a magic eye type, impossible to see photo!... Same here, had no idea it was a film, very good JooJoo. Despite being terrified at the thought of mice in the house and a visit to Ikea, in equal proportions, I have found this thread very entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Ikea is wonderful full of all sorts of things you never knew you really desparately need! And, on the way out you can have a yummy hot dog and drink of pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Not sure I can read this link without getting stressed. Have you got rid of the meece yet? I had a thought - take them down to Ikea- plenty of nice places for them to hide in. It is nice to read this link after the others many which are understandibly so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 According to an earlier thread, hens eat mice..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I had a thought - take them down to Ikea- plenty of nice places for them to hide in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 How are the mice HEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I often find poo in my oven. It's called my cooking according to my partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 This subject will run and run, it makes me giggle everytime I look at it even thou I cringe at the same time. In our last house we were watching the telly one night and the curtain started moving ( it was winter so no open windows) I grabbed OH arm and dug in nails in terror then bravely shook the curtain - a small furry body dropped out I screamed and either OH or the mouse screamed - ok we all screamed and the blighter shot into our wicker chest. We dragged said chest to front door and tipped everthing out including meece!! I didnt know then that they should be rehoused a long way off so it probably ran round the back and straight back into house We got our cats a week later and then - no meece just a smell of recently neutered ginger tom - our house was on the market - air freshners everywhere but NO MEECE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 We have got chicken feed in metal bins, Ive cemented up the gaps into the kitchen, cleaned and bleached kitchen worksurfaces. Next doors killer cat has been going in and out of said chicken feed cupboard (we've left the door open to encourage cats in). There have been no positive sightings of choclate drops for a few days. Phew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 You cruel woman, I can't believe you chased that poor defenceless mouse away and left it without any chickenfeed and then set the cat on it. Especially after it left you all those chocolate drops. Will you sleep tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Dont think you're cruel - very brave to take on these furry fiends!! well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Well done HEN, sounds like you should have Egluntine round to see them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
