Comments on: Unconventional Mousetrap

By: Carina Spring

Carina Spring — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:22:22 +0000

Very entertaining story (and comments!). Sounds like you were pretty brave with the bowl! I have had a few encounters with mice over the years, and have to admit to a bit of screeching, but I have never seen a rat – I think that would REALLY scare me!!!

By: Allie

Allie — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:41:52 +0000

In reply to Karla.

Karla – you were an animal control officer? I’m impressed. Skunks and snakes???? You the woman. Thanks for the tips, I have mint planted near my side door. Actually, it’s taking over. And I haven’t seen a mouse in a while. Hmmmm….maybe that’s it. Mint for mice. Many thanks for the tips!

By: Karla

Karla — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:08:00 +0000

UGH! I am TERRIFIED of mice! Believe it or not, I was once an animal control officer, and used to trap skunks and remove snakes from peoples homes and offices. But, a mouse or rat?? I run screaming, lol! We had one in our house last year and luckily our cat is quite the hunter. She caught it, but my husband killed it by stomping on it…EWW! I ran and hid in the bathroom and tucked a towel under the door in case it came to hide in my hiding spot. They just give me the creeps. Try filling any openings around the house with steel wool…they won’t scratch through that. Also, check your dryer vent to make sure it’s closing properly. I have heard that planting mint around the house will keep them away, but I have also heard of a product called Mouse Magic from Bonide. Maybe that will help? I hope they stay away!!

By: Ginger Worrell

Ginger Worrell — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:35:27 +0000

Allie, this will gross you out even more. When I lived in my little 4-room house in Piedmont before moving to Easley, I saw a mouse one night. Boyfriend at the time, said one mouse means there are more elsewhere so we went and bough several bags of mousetraps and he set them for me. Then thy started going off, click…click…bam…click….. He’d release the trap, dispose of the mouse and reset and then again we heard click….click….click. Before the night was over, we had caught 13 mice in my little house. I was thoroughly horrified but it was in the country across from a fishing lake and surrounded by kudzo….perfect home for mice when they weren’t terrorizing me! And this is a TRUE story. I was thoroughly sickened by the whole situation!!

By: Barbara Child

Barbara Child — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:40:19 +0000

Funny how such a small pest can make us shriek and fall apart! You tell it so well!

By: Allie Taylor

Allie Taylor — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:22:09 +0000

In reply to Barbara B.. Ha ha. A broom and a bowl. Your resourceful mother. Bowls really come in handy in a pinch. I remember sitting high on a second bunk in my high school dorm room as the maintenance man, Syd Veysey, chased a mouse around my room. I'm not sure what I thought it might do to me. I guess age and experience have given me courage.

By: Allie Taylor

Allie Taylor — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:15:45 +0000

In reply to Linda Jenkins. Oh my goodness Linda. Reminds me of the rat in the sugar bowl in West Virginia in Jeannette Walls' Glass Castle book. Thank God for hockey sticks, huh? (Husbands too.)

By: Allie Taylor

Allie Taylor — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:12:15 +0000

In reply to Susie. Susie -- I think I may REMEMBER this flying squirrel story. Oh my word. In your OFFICE???? We're having a blizzard here, so I'm just THOROUGHLY entertained by these awesome stories. You were victorious over that flying squirrel. HA!THANK YOU!!!

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:06:11 +0000

Great story!! And even better the way you tell it. =) We did have a mouse in Easley, but our flying squirrel story is better. It got in our walls through the basement, via many holes in the ground. Of course he was most active at night while we tried to sleep. After several attempts and catches-and-release by Jac (who did not want to kill it), he kept returning. (I did tell him that letting the little thing go in the woods near our house was not a deterrent.) Finally, we set a little trap on top of the cement wall in the basement…in my office. One day while I was typing on the computer, I heard a scratching sound. I turned around to see a little rodent staring right back at me with his round, dark eyes. I stifled a scream and immediately got Jac, who put him, trap and all, in the back of his pickup truck, drove out to a wooded area near the Southern Wesleyan campus, and set him “free.” He never returned…thankfully.

By: Linda Jenkins

Linda Jenkins — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:20:43 +0000

Love this story. It brought back a memory of a day during my first marriage. I lived in a mobile home a short distance from the Air Force base. I woke to the rhythmic tap, tap, tap of something coming closer and closer to the bedroom. When I peered over the side of the bed, I came face to face with a rat, Naturally, I screamed. My then husband grabbed his hockey stick, chased the rat into the kitchen. The rat met his demise at the end of a hockey stick. The very thought of a mouse or a rat still makes me shudder. I don’t think I would be wearing those clog slippers again.