Sunday, December 14, 2008

Sunday morning hike

The only thing that will get my husband and older son up and out on a hike at 8 am on a Sunday morning - mice caught in the mouse trap! It is a catch and release type of trap, after all we do respect all creatures, we just do not like them roaming our home. We have had trouble with mice. I can no longer keep silver ware in the drawers or pots and pans in the cupard , I had to find special mice proof areas.

So Ryan and I woke up this morning and discovered the trap had mice so Ryan ran upstairs to tell his dad. Tony wanted to keep them as pets though - not going to happen!
They love Heidi's food and I have found numerous stashes of dog food in this little bathroom and around the kitchen!




It was actually a nice morning for a walk - not too fridgid and the sun was shinning, that is always a plus.

up into the woods far away from the house -
Ryan enjoyed the ice skating along the way.
finally a spot to release the guys. One came out and once he realized he was outside took off pretty quick. Unfortunately the other one did not survive. apparently the other mouse and he had a fight. They did not mention anything about that on the box when my husband bought it. It upset him a lot when he saw that.
Well the trap is back in the house waiting, hopefully things will go better this time. Sorry guys but you need a new home.

1 comment:

RunninL8 said...

Those traps are great! We had a ground sqirrel problem a few years ago-they were eating through the screens to get into the house. We just released them accross the river to make sure they didn't come back.