Dad gets bonus points for somehow figuring out that the way back back of the storeroom needed to be investigated and...
Dad gets bonus points for somehow figuring out that the way back back of the storeroom needed to be investigated and finding mice. I have no idea what visual clue tipped him off, because there weren't droppings. Upon inspection, however, there was a bag of rice that had been nibbled and a bag of dried egg noodles likewise. Put out traps, and behold, small rodents. So far, we've only caught two and no other food stuffs seem to have been pillaged. Traps remain out, and strategies for relocating foodstuffs are under consideration.
Oddly, the two mice may have been different species. One, which I didn't see personally, was probably a house mouse, as it was described as gray. However, the one I did see was hopefully just a field mouse/white footed mouse, not a deer mouse, as the latter is more likely to carry nasty things. They look awfully similar, with their brown coats and white bellies. It'd be odd to see either, really, since we live in a suburb, and not one of those lets pretend we live in the woods ones, either. In fact, a large number of the trees that were lining the streets were destroyed by a freak storm in Oct 2006.
Oh, well, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully, it's a brief aberration. In the decades my parents have lived here, there have never been mice in the house.
#musmusculusdomicilium
Oddly, the two mice may have been different species. One, which I didn't see personally, was probably a house mouse, as it was described as gray. However, the one I did see was hopefully just a field mouse/white footed mouse, not a deer mouse, as the latter is more likely to carry nasty things. They look awfully similar, with their brown coats and white bellies. It'd be odd to see either, really, since we live in a suburb, and not one of those lets pretend we live in the woods ones, either. In fact, a large number of the trees that were lining the streets were destroyed by a freak storm in Oct 2006.
Oh, well, we'll see how this goes. Hopefully, it's a brief aberration. In the decades my parents have lived here, there have never been mice in the house.
#musmusculusdomicilium
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