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July 14, 2005
The new housemate, continued
Trust me to get invaded by an adroitly skilled mouse with brains.
My brother (who apparently knew about the mouse for over a week before telling me) laid down a couple of the traditional back-breaker traps, baited with chocolate. The mouse lifted the chocolate off one without setting off the trap. My brother stuck another piece of chocolate down as firmly as he could. The mouse dutifully ignored this bait. Hmmm, we thought to ourselves. Smart mouse.
My humane mousetrap, of which I had such high hopes, has failed me. I think the mouse is small enough to sneak between the bars of the cage, eat the bait, and leave as it suits him. Damn! Foiled again! He must have just lived off the bait for a week; I think in retrospect I crushed too many M&Ms and pistachio nuts. I thought I was awful smart, using that bait. I couldn’t stop nibbling at it myself, it was that good.
So. The bait was taken with the mouse untrapped. I’ve wrapped wire mesh around the cage part of the trap, and hopefully if he goes in this time he won’t get out. I put in another pile of my delicious bait but he’s not gone near it yet, that I can tell.
I hope I catch him soon. I’m starting to feel like an evil farmer facing off against Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Posted by Oliver at July 14, 2005 05:44 PM
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