tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post6591132876460437963..comments2024-03-26T19:09:09.890-05:00Comments on Backsies Is What There Is Not: Ding Dong, The Mouse Is DeadDyanne @ I Want Backsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-84556839508963298892021-07-18T08:03:57.527-05:002021-07-18T08:03:57.527-05:00It's always something!It's always something!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-56297997365450868222021-07-14T23:44:08.062-05:002021-07-14T23:44:08.062-05:00🐀😂😂😂😂😂😂🐀😂😂😂😂😂😂Lisa Tomeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482274278221869756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-87491394709611162852021-07-13T21:00:00.329-05:002021-07-13T21:00:00.329-05:00I had mice in my preschool classroom a number of y...I had mice in my preschool classroom a number of years ago, and they went right for the candy I had in a cabinet. I would have baited the traps with Smarties! But you know how you can't tell a husband anything sometimes... :) I tried to get him to smush the peanut butter deeply into the trap, but he gave them a peanut butter buffet instead! I hope I don't have to use your gumdrop info, but I have filed it away just in case!Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-1361680654411654972021-07-13T20:57:26.274-05:002021-07-13T20:57:26.274-05:00I can't believe we both had mouse issues this ...I can't believe we both had mouse issues this week! We use glue boards for brown recluse spiders, but yeah, not my choice for mice. Many years ago, my grandma's neighbor used glueboards to catch a mouse, and when she caught one, and of course, it was still alive, she tried to free it. Let's just say that didn't go well for the mouse.... In case you need to know this, if, say, your cat gets caught in a glueboard that was in a closet he wasn't supposed to be in in the first place, you can get him loose by pouring some vegetable oil over the area that is attached, and it immediately releases. This brings you another problem, called trying to wash vegetable oil off a cat!<br />Being compared to Patrick McManus is a high honor - thank you! (I'm not going to lie, when I first saw that, I read it as "Patrick Mahomes" and was puzzled!)Dyanne @ I Want Backsieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946323852124525597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-9019576619433620942021-07-13T19:40:11.990-05:002021-07-13T19:40:11.990-05:00For future reference, mice prefer gumdrops, and yo...For future reference, mice prefer gumdrops, and you just put a smidge on the trap, pressed down so s/he can't just get the food without setting it off.<br /><br />Let's hope you don't ever need that info.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814181789754982227.post-1648294806528630012021-07-13T01:29:44.512-05:002021-07-13T01:29:44.512-05:00Okay, Dyanne, I think the two of us need to get of...Okay, Dyanne, I think the two of us need to get off this mousy path we are on, or rather our cars are one. See #2 on my post this week. BTW, we had put out one of those sticky glue traps one time in the house because we had seen a few wolf spiders on occasion, and the traps work great for those. When we found a live mouse stuck to the trap one morning, we decided not to use them anymore. One's options are to put the mouse out of its misery, or put the trap with mouse on it outside and hope that another creature gets it or scares it to death and that they both don't get stuck on the glue trap. (Reading your retelling of this experience brought the kind of laughter reading a Patrick McManus brings. That is a compliment. Wishing you and your car a mouse-free adventures.Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.com