More mouse trouble.
Monday, November 22nd, 2004 12:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanJust when I thought I was winning, I find that I may just have relocated the little bastards.
In a flurry of activity, I have just tossed out all dry goods in my kitchen with the exception of the single box of OXO veggie cubes the mice hadn't burrowed into. Over the next couple of days I shall have to remember to get something to line the shelves with again, once I have stripped out the stuff that's already there and cleaned the shelves with bleach to get rid of the unwelcome little presents the bastards have left.
Unfortunately the big blitz on the kitchen will have to take place the weekend after next, as I am away this weekend coming. It is clearly going to be a job that requires a significant amount of time, and I am not going to do it when I get in from work The partial and changing disruption to the place is too much to be hassled with during dark winter nights when there is very little room to maneuver in the first place.
So in the meantime, there will be no teabags, no sugar, no anything dry. Tins and bottles only for the time being. There will, however, be more portions of poisoned grain. That should speed up the de-mousification process - there will be nothing else for the little buggers to eat, so they should get through that much quicker. Luckily I rarely cook anyway, and the kitchen gets used mainly for storage and making coffee (and tea, usually, but not again until I am satisfied that I am the only person using the place).
So I need to get more traps, too, so I can turn the kitchen into a fortress, like the bedroom.
This is going to give me the excuse I need to get rid of a LOT of stuff.
In a flurry of activity, I have just tossed out all dry goods in my kitchen with the exception of the single box of OXO veggie cubes the mice hadn't burrowed into. Over the next couple of days I shall have to remember to get something to line the shelves with again, once I have stripped out the stuff that's already there and cleaned the shelves with bleach to get rid of the unwelcome little presents the bastards have left.
Unfortunately the big blitz on the kitchen will have to take place the weekend after next, as I am away this weekend coming. It is clearly going to be a job that requires a significant amount of time, and I am not going to do it when I get in from work The partial and changing disruption to the place is too much to be hassled with during dark winter nights when there is very little room to maneuver in the first place.
So in the meantime, there will be no teabags, no sugar, no anything dry. Tins and bottles only for the time being. There will, however, be more portions of poisoned grain. That should speed up the de-mousification process - there will be nothing else for the little buggers to eat, so they should get through that much quicker. Luckily I rarely cook anyway, and the kitchen gets used mainly for storage and making coffee (and tea, usually, but not again until I am satisfied that I am the only person using the place).
So I need to get more traps, too, so I can turn the kitchen into a fortress, like the bedroom.
This is going to give me the excuse I need to get rid of a LOT of stuff.
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Date: 2004-11-22 02:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-11-22 04:51 am (UTC)Bit awkward with a dog in the house, especially when the dog isn't much bigger than the mice, and belongs to the landlady...
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Date: 2004-11-22 05:14 am (UTC)It didn't seem to work at first, but in conjunction with getting all our dry food into high cupboards, it did for our mouse problem. It's also helpful in that if you trap or poison, you still have a problem with mice coming in from other rooms - this just keeps them out of your room...
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Date: 2004-11-22 05:40 am (UTC)