uninvited guest

[the_siobhan]

I'm sitting at my computer and I turn to speak to Axel. Out of the corner of my eye I catch a quick movement in the middle of the office floor.





"Cute" is definitely an evolutionary defense mechanism. We let him go out by the tracks.

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[kat1031.livejournal.com]

How the heck did you catch him?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Dropped the tupperware container right on top of him.

[kat1031.livejournal.com]

Nice. You must have lightning-fast tupperware dropping skills.

[the_axel]

He was moving really slowly - like he didn't realize he was in a room of giants.

He curled up against the intake to the fan heater when we caught him - which is the coldest place in the room.

When we released him out back, he moved off slowly & made his way under the heel of my foot before scurrying into the underbrush.

I figure he was too young to really understand what a predator looks like. Hopefully he won't try to make friends with one of the neighbourhood cats...

[inulro.livejournal.com]

In my experience (which is admittedly with fancy mice rather than the wild variety), they're really fast as soon as they can move. If you can catch a wild one, you either got very lucky or he was sick.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

He was pretty quick once he started running into the brush. He was really young though, we figured he was mostly confused.

[http://users.livejournal.com/cincinnatus_c_/]

L. caught one of those (deer mice) in a bowl once (as she was just relating elsejay--apparently mouse season started this weekend!). It seemed kind of stupid and/or blind. She put plastic wrap over the bowl and it jumped up and down, bouncing off the plastic wrap, in a hilarious way until she took it outside.

[eveofdstruction.livejournal.com]

Poor thing. Sounds like he might have been sick. Or maybe he has toxoplasmosis.

[kat1031.livejournal.com]

I'd probably have (much to satorisearching's shock and dismay) put him in a tank and named him Hanta.

[blackavar.livejournal.com]

Heh. Our rat Yersinia would probably enjoy the related naming convention.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

If I ever get another rat as a pet, I'm naming him Rattus Norvegicus.

[geekers.livejournal.com]

That's the name of one of my rats in Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates.

[kat1031.livejournal.com]

*giggle* I like rodents. satorisearching learned that he too, likes rodents... just not the surprise variety. We had a Long Conversation about non-negotiated pets.

They were the longest lived mice I've ever had. Little pet store mice that made it 18 and 23 months respectively.

[fragilemuse.livejournal.com]

awww! he's so plump and adorable! =D

[lilactime.livejournal.com]

Wait... how did my party mouse get to your house?

Everyone else in our building has roaches or (shut your mouth) bedbugs. Us... we've got mice. Specifically one mouse who has his own little highway around the office and living room, with most of his route behind the safety of bookshelves and cabinets. He comes out to party every few weeks, just to remind us that he's here.

He does the flash in the corner of my eye thing and then makes a beeline for the AC vent where he squeezes through the slats so comically I can't bear to set a trap for him.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Mice will eat roaches and bedbugs, so you probably have the better side of the deal.

[lilactime.livejournal.com]

Yeah, from having mice, roaches and moths (argh, those fucking moths) at the other place, all of our food is stored in jars or tupperware. So party mouse isn't getting much to eat except for what might fall under the stove or fridge. And he appears to mostly keep his poop to himself, so we're co-habitating fairly well.

[sharkskitten.livejournal.com]

:: grinz :;

When John caught a baby mouse that had been left behind we landed up adopting him. i agree with 'cute' as an evolutionary defense mechanism.