Animals in the house

[Lamp]

Last night, opened the front door, there was a frog on the front step:

This morning, went to put a shoe on, thought there was a sock in it, when I tipped the shoe up, a mouse ran out of it & scampered under the bed. Got the bed up, thought I had it trapped, the fecker run past me and UNDER the closed bedroom door! I can't even put my finger under the door when its closed. Amazing animals.

Frogs, mice...lol

 

[old.Tohtori]

MArried life with kids, ain't it grand

 

[caLLous]

Frogs, mice...lol

Lol, yeah. What other incredibly common animal do you think will show up next?!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Lol, yeah. What other incredibly common animal do you think will show up next?!

A wild caLLous appears!

 

[TdC]

tbh I'd not be pleased with the mice (unless you're a tea swilling vega-hippy who cherishes all such creatures), but other than that I can relate: had a large garden snail as a guest for a while: I presume he came in to my bedroom for warmth or coolness or safety or whatever, and it was amazing watching it come gliding in and out at all hours considering the step it had to negotiate to actually get in my bedroom.

I was less pleased with a mouse, who first revealed itself to me while I was on the loo in the dark watches of the night. it ran in my toilet area and straight up my leg. suffice to say it scared the hell out of me until I realized what it was :-/

 

[Tuthmes]

Lamp = Noah and the end is nigh!

 

[Raven]

My mum had a bat in the house a few months back.

 

[old.Tohtori]

My mum had a bat in the house a few months back.

I'll have you know that i've never had wings.

 

[Uara]

we had a baby stoat/weasel in our lounge last night. God knows how it got there, but I think its out of the house now. Haven't spotted it since this morning when we put some cat food next to the conservatory door to lure it out.

 

[Lamp]

Just back from B&Q armed with 2 live bait traps. Apparently you have the check them every 6 hours to "avoid undue distress to the mouse"

When I catch it, I'm going to take it to East London so it feels at home. Probably end up in a curry in Brick Lane

 

[Ormorof]

i lived in a house with a mouse infestation once, kill them fast and kill them quickly - my housemate was all like "oooh no the cute little things we have to be humane and use a humane trap and these magic sonic anti mouse emitters"

total. utter. bollox.

the mice were crawling all over that stupid "anti mouse emitter" didnt give a shit, and everytime you catch a live mouse you have to take it 3km+ (about 2 miles) away from your house or it just comes back

total mouse deaths was around 100-120+ i stopped counting once it got that high - and the only reason it got that high is cos the 2 girls i lived with were pissing about with the humane traps over xmas while i was away for 3 weeks!

 

[dysfunction]

Yes best to kill the mice. It sends a message to the other mice around

 

[Wazzerphuk]

What a load of absolute bullshit.

 

[Lamp]

Wait until you see your bag of Chinese food move across the kitchen work-surface, carried by a pack of MSG-addicted furballs. Then judge.

 

[DaGaffer]

Yes best to kill the mice. It sends a message to the other mice around

Nuke 'em from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

 

[dysfunction]

Nuke 'em from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

Exactly! Kill kill kill!

 

[Zenith.UK]

Lol, yeah. What other incredibly common animal do you think will show up next?!

Spiders.
Lots and lots of spiders.
Big ones, little ones, ones in-between. Lots of them.

I've got 6 "guests" on one side of the kitchen (which I'm decorating atm). I've "evicted" about 12 more. That's just the kitchen! Don't get me started on how many are in the house altogether!

In the 5 years I've been here, I've never had a rodent problem afaik. I think the local kitties decimate any population of small animals. We don't seem to have mice, rats or even small birds around here. The small birds that we do see rather sensibly stay off the ground.

 

[Mey]

We had a mice infestation. Spotted the first one Saturday Night, said we'd go get some poison on Sunday. Before I could put the poison down one of the fuckers ran straight passed me in broad day light, cornered him and killed him with a broom. This seemed far easier than waiting and trying to find dead mice bodies so we continued the watch over the next three days brained about twenty mice. They make the most awful noise when they realise they are fucked.

 

[Bahumat]

Poo in the kitchen and then piss all over it. The wife must then poo onto your poo and wee.
The mice will be gone by the end of the month. I promise you that!

 

[TdC]

We had a mice infestation. Spotted the first one Saturday Night, said we'd go get some poison on Sunday. Before I could put the poison down one of the fuckers ran straight passed me in broad day light, cornered him and killed him with a broom. This seemed far easier than waiting and trying to find dead mice bodies so we continued the watch over the next three days brained about twenty mice. They make the most awful noise when they realise they are fucked.

student housing I once lived in had a shitload of mice. once I had a lovely fresh baker's bread and forgot to put it away. Cheeky fuckers went through the plastic wrapping, and hollowed out the entire loaf in a couple of hours. Pretty damn impressive given the ratio of mouse to bread 0o

 

[old.Tohtori]

I must be a natural predator of all tiny animals, or i live in some serious urban bunkers, 'cause i've never had any kind of fauna in my apartment. Well, spiders, but they eat other creepier stuff so they can stay

This must be the thing about the UK where you all live in houses of some sort?

 

[TdC]

Well, spiders, but they eat other creepier stuff so they can stay

there's creepier stuff than spiders? wtf do you Finns have to deal with? goblins?

Spoiler

 

[old.Tohtori]

Duckfaced women who make heartsigns with their hands.

 

[TdC]

erugh

 

[old.Tohtori]

Saves you from the awkward moment in the morning when you try to kick the female out as politely as possible;

"Oh no, you sleep on as long as you want. Oh Spiderella, snack time!"