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"This is not us! Th... th... this is some hop dream! It's a dream, Tommy! I'm praying to you! I can't die! I can't die... out here in the woods, like a dumb animal!"


"You can't kill me... look in your heart."

I let him go. He's the example! But he has a lot of friends down in the basement. You know what the mice round here say, right? There's always free cheddar. Down at Pyat's Mousetrap.

Date: 2009-10-13 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sassy-fae.livejournal.com
Yay! One down [number redacted] to go!

What method of capture did you use?

Date: 2009-10-13 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
Five down!

Three in a Tin Cat, one in a snap trap, and one in a "Predator" humane trap.

Date: 2009-10-13 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katepufftail.livejournal.com
"Miller's Crossing" is an amazing movie :)

It's probably the bag that he's in, but when you say "I let him go," I can't help but to add on "into the lake, like a litter of unwanted kittens."

Date: 2009-10-14 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
It would have been even funnier if I'd thrown him into a bag of kittens!

Date: 2009-10-13 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicodemusrat.livejournal.com
Cute li'l troublemaker.

"Mice"... Are you sure that's a mouse?

And rats go for peanut butter bait even more than cheddar.

Date: 2009-10-13 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
Definitely a mouse - just an extreme closeup. I mostly use peanut butter, or bits of pecan.

Date: 2009-10-14 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmsword.livejournal.com
I find this quiz is helpful in that department: http://www.ratbehavior.org/QuizRatOrMouse.htm

Date: 2009-10-14 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
I got 11 out of 12!

Date: 2009-10-14 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eggshellhammer.livejournal.com
I got 12 of 12. You fail at rats!

Date: 2009-10-14 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kianir.livejournal.com
Rats are much larger, much less stinky, and much more wiley. My significant other fostered a single mouse once, and after a couple of days its cage stank to high heaven, worse than a week of communal rat shit.

Date: 2009-10-13 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zorinlynx.livejournal.com
Mice are so cute. It's a shame that an animal that is so adorable is also such a pain in the ass. :)

Date: 2009-10-14 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
And a huge mess. I moved some boxes on a lower shelf and... ug.

Date: 2009-10-13 09:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catarzyna.livejournal.com
He's huge! Or at least he seems to be.

Date: 2009-10-14 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
He's just very, very close to the camera. I used the macro lens.

Date: 2009-10-14 12:46 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-10-13 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robin-d-laws.livejournal.com
That isn't Mr. Poison Eater, is it? Because I'm not sure you're doing the world a favor by loosing him into the wild to spread his toxin-immune DNA through the mousy gene pool.

Date: 2009-10-13 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
It's one of five I've caught since the weekend - four in humane traps, and one in a snap trap. I have several snap traps set up, but ahve to rebait them over and over, without success.

Date: 2009-10-13 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] relee.livejournal.com
Ha-hah! You got 'em! Way to go Pyatster.

Date: 2009-10-14 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
Five down, an unknown number to go!

Date: 2009-10-14 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dagoski.livejournal.com
Hey, be careful with this exile program. Last time Canada did something like this, the US wound up with cajun rednecks.

Date: 2009-10-14 01:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bodhifox.livejournal.com
I found a recipe for a chocolate mouse torte, thinking you might be able to use them that way, but it doesn't say how many mice go into each... in fact, it doesn't really mention mice. Hmmm.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1613,151185-231197,00.html

Date: 2009-10-15 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
Farley Mowat has several recipes for mice in Never Cry Wolf, though it's unclear if he actually ate any...

Date: 2009-10-14 02:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrs-dm.livejournal.com
Have you thought of getting a cat? A good mouser would earn his/her keep. And there are plenty of already-spayed and vaccinated kitties at the shelter. They really aren't that hard to look after and the girls would love it.

Date: 2009-10-14 01:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] thebitterguy
Piet's got allergy issues with cats. That's why he can only come to my place for 45 minutes at a time.

At least, that's what he tells me.

Date: 2009-10-14 01:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
This is sadly true. I am still wheezing from Erin's Aunt Jean's longhaired cat, on Monday.

Date: 2009-10-14 02:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waiwode.livejournal.com
My absolutely favourite movie.

Doug.

Date: 2009-10-15 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyat.livejournal.com
We only take yeggs what's been to college!

Date: 2009-10-14 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hossblacksilver.livejournal.com
Just soes youse knoes, the horse mafia will be more than glad to give the little guy, 'a ride he can't refuse'.

Date: 2009-10-14 01:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] thebitterguy
So what kind of head does the horse mafia leave in someone's bed?

Date: 2009-10-15 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hossblacksilver.livejournal.com
That's why I've said for years that the horse mafia is the meanest, when you cross the Godfather you wake up to find the head of a Sicilian in your bed. n_n

Date: 2009-10-15 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commanderteddog.livejournal.com
I like you mouse... I kill you last.

Date: 2009-10-15 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hossblacksilver.livejournal.com
Say hello to my leettle friend.

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