View Full Version : Mouse Gets in a Jam....
125gJoe
09-19-2005, 11:36 AM
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL932/715239/5528780/112432802.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL932/715239/5528780/112432798.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL932/715239/5528780/112432756.jpg
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL932/715239/5528780/112432754.jpg
No worries, the mouse is ok.... :D
Holly9937
09-19-2005, 11:39 AM
OMG!! He looks terrified in the last 2 pics :eek: !! Very funny... Off to post my own animal sites
Debra Mark
09-19-2005, 11:49 AM
hmmmmm....maybe THAT'S why my printer keeps squeaking....;)
zacdl
09-19-2005, 12:25 PM
I remember seeing this on Snopes. It was undetermined. They said the picture is real, but that mouse could have been placed there when it was dead.
kveeti
09-19-2005, 12:27 PM
He looks pretty stuck... but (taken from a proper food storage file) "the cartilege in rodent's heads allow them to get through very small holes. A mouse can get through a hole as small as 1/4 inch. This is the size of a shirt button or pencil eraser."
greeneyedlady
09-19-2005, 12:30 PM
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, we get field mice trying to come in the house when it starts to get cold, that's what the cat's for;)
TheMightyQueenPixie
09-19-2005, 3:10 PM
I thought for sure this thread was going to be one of those "emergency room" stories..You know...er, uh...Nevermind....
flyingfish
09-19-2005, 5:27 PM
LOL, I could see that happening around here. We set out traps, and if the mice aren't terribly injured or dead when we get to them we set them loose in the empty lot across the street. (I'm sure they probably come back for food, but we just can't bring ourselves to kill them directly.) I have found a "nest" once or twice in my box of aquarium stuff. I guess it's a contagious hobby. :laugh:
LOL.....my husband was driving off to work one morning when he looked down where the windshield wipers sit under the hood...and saw a little furry face staring back at him...! LOL...don't know what ever happened to that little guy, but maybe after John got where he was going it decided to vacate to more stable territory..
Holly9937
09-19-2005, 9:10 PM
Well, if we're on mouse stories... I found a dead one in my glove box last year (not sure why he died, he made himself a nice bed of shredded tissue in there), I also found a dead one under my bathroom sink in a towel. I had found him (alive) earlier that day in my makeup bag!! I was rummaging through it without looking and felt something soft, so I looked down to find a little mouse looking up at me :eek: !! The poor thing snacked on one of my sponges, which I think is what killed him!
Usually my one cat will catch them, but not kill them or hurt them so we have to "rescue" the mouse. If you take them at least a mile or two from your house they won't come back, they'll just go to someone elses house ;)
Tyler718
09-19-2005, 10:24 PM
I thought for sure this thread was going to be one of those "emergency room" stories..You know...er, uh...Nevermind....
:laugh: LOL :laugh:
LOL, I could see that happening around here. We set out traps, and if the mice aren't terribly injured or dead when we get to them we set them loose in the empty lot across the street. (I'm sure they probably come back for food, but we just can't bring ourselves to kill them directly.) I have found a "nest" once or twice in my box of aquarium stuff. I guess it's a contagious hobby. :laugh:
Probably the most painless ways to dispatch a rodent (which, by the way, I highly recommend you do, remember that rodents were half of the reason the black death killed most of Europe a few centuries ago, fleas being the other half, and rodents bring fleas into your house).
Use something to hold it down so you can grab his tail with a pair of pliers, and sharply swing and snap him on the floor. Friend of mine does this when feeding mice to his ball python. The pliers keep him from getting bit. This sounds violent but the mouse feels nothing other than a pinch on the tail, I promise! I do know a guy I bumped into at the lfs that claims he feeds mice (wild caught from his house!) to his arowana-- mice alive and swimming for dear life. I'd like to see that.
Now with that being said, one of my favorite pets is a big ol rat. I don't have one right now, but I have in the past, and when properly cared for (ie, give them room to play in a big cage) they are clean, happy, and quite tame. Feed them well! I think a grossly obese rat is a hilarious sight.
mishi8
09-20-2005, 1:00 PM
Probably the most painless ways to dispatch a rodent (which, by the way, I highly recommend you do, remember that rodents were half of the reason the black death killed most of Europe a few centuries ago, fleas being the other half, and rodents bring fleas into your house).
We've got mice in our garage again this year. They started looking for a home when the weather turned chilly this August (yeah, our summer was virtually non-existent!) I really hate having to trap them...tried using live traps last year, but then you have to let them go miles away from the house or they'll come back. I especially hate having to clean up after them. Hanta virus can be carried by mice, and all it takes is to inhale dust from their dropping to get sick. It was only a couple of months ago, and only an hour's drive from here that a person contracted Hanta virus and died.
flyingfish
09-20-2005, 1:06 PM
originally posted by Mako: Use something to hold it down so you can grab his tail with a pair of pliers, and sharply swing and snap him on the floor.
:eek:
Kasakato
09-20-2005, 1:14 PM
Looks fake. The last picture the most. There is no shadow where its whiskers are on the black toner cartage. There also is a small difference in the quality of the picture.
Holly9937
09-20-2005, 1:49 PM
Although I actually use live traps, my cats end up being my real "live trap". Boy do they get pissed when we try to get the mouse away from them :laugh: . I admit to being scared of a 20 lb. growling cat ;)
ashdavid
09-20-2005, 5:47 PM
:laugh: LOL :laugh:
:pc:
125gJoe
09-20-2005, 5:51 PM
... .... There also is a small difference in the quality of the picture.I cropped the last picture. Unless you have a high megapixel photo, cropping will blur the photo. This is a good reason to buy the highest megapixel camera you can -- if you are in the market for one. Sometimes cropping is the only way to make an ok picture a great picture..
Kasakato
09-20-2005, 8:54 PM
I didn't know you did it! I thought someone just zoomed in.