With the field crops harvested and the temperatures falling, I should have anticipated the Great Mouse Invasion of 2012. But ever the optimist, I assumed we would disarm Mickey and Minnie with our preemptive garage mouse trap maneuvers. Those efforts were a failure of epic proportions, but all was not lost since the experience led to these three mousy thoughts for Thursday.
- The good news is that, thanks to the early plethora of traps in the garage, no mice have invaded my car…yet.
- The bad news is that, with the garage full of miniscule landmines, Mickey, Minnie, the mouse with the peg leg, the one driving a pony cart, and a cast of thousands relocated to our house. They like it so much, they party all night, every night, though their ranks are thinning, thanks to our newly established trap line.
- Maybe Disney will celebrate their purchase of the Star Wars franchise with an intergalactic foray starring Micky and Minnie movie. So maybe we can capitalize the Great Mouse Invasion of 2012, live trap our cast of thousands and send them–for a hefty finders fee–to California to become stars.
What do you do when the wildlife moves in? How do you keep that from happening? Leave a comment.
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I feel your pain, Jolene! Last weekend I heard a little noise and a mouse boldly ran across my desk. The next AM I found things knocked over on my desk and the little bugger had stored birdseed in my bronzed baby shoe. Now I also know why 3 pictures fell off the bookshelf and the glass broke as same mouse or another was setting up his winter home inside a clock on same shelf. I bought stock in Decon and haven’t seen any since but I’m sure some are lurking somewhere!
Good to know you have unwanted visitors, too. Hiram found the hole where they were getting in and plugged it. In the last week we’ve caught over a dozen mice…our worst invasion in 21 years. Most years, we don’t have any. Hopefully, things will be under control soon.