Posts Tagged ‘how to catch a mouse’
The Secret Life of Mice
Mice may seem dumb enough, but in fact they are fairly smart. They are one of the few animals with anything that resembles problem solving skills (other animals who have these kinds of skills are primates, elephants, and parrots; all the brainiacs of the animal kingdom). Mice can plan ahead, recognize patterns, and run through [...]
How to Catch a Mouse Without Ever Seeing It
When I moved into my new apartment everything seemed in order. It was clean and pest free, or so I though. At night however I would hear squealing and shirking from the walls and radiators vents. At first I thought ghosts, but then I realized I was dealing with a much more serious problem, mice. [...]
Catchmaster Traps Work Well
I walked into work this morning and asked my friend how was his weekend. He paused, and I said, uh-oh, what happened. He said I didn’t get much sleep. I asked why. He said, we have a couple of mice. We had to find out how to catch a mouse, so we bought a couple [...]
Prevent Rodent Dinner Parties With the Best Mouse Traps
Clean your home to prevent mice from running rampant. When you leave crumbs out, it’s like inviting the mice over for dinner. The smell of your cooking is like a special postal delivery to the home of the mice. Mr. Mouse says, “Mrs. Mouse, did you see that David invited us to dinner tonight?” “Yes [...]
The Best Mouse Traps and I Are to be Reckoned With
When I first noticed that we had mice I called the exterminator. He showed up and left a $259 bill on my table for putting down some glue traps for mice. I thought it was money well spent. Last week upon my return from Boston for the weekend, I noticed that our hallway smelled really [...]
The Best Mouse Trap is Not the Board Game
Ever play the board game Mouse Trap? The whole point is that you’re the mouse and you have to escape from a series of cleverly baited traps while simultaneously trying to get your opponent caught. You’d get an occasional “Oh no!” exclamation and the whole thing was a bunch of laughs. In reality, however, when [...]
How to Catch a Mouse
It’s one of the oldest questions around. How to catch a mouse? If there was a simple answer then peolpe would not be asking this after so many years. But the truth is that mice are very curious creatures, and can get to anywhere really fast. They have a resilience that is almost admirable. But [...]
The Bubonic Plague and Catchmaster
Rats are disgusting. I was in the subway last night and I watched one climb over the rail. He had a bald patch on his large hindquarters, probably from a rat fight, and he was maybe a handspan long, not including his corrugated tail. I sneered. These animals devastated Europe in the Medieval Era a [...]
How to Catch a Mouse
You woke stumbled into the kitchen and hit the light to see a mouse tail running into your stove. Blaugh! you said and turned on the light with care. There were small brown pellets scattered over your kitchen counter. Is that… it is. You sprayed it with bleach cleaner and wiped it down. You fried [...]
