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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
Sue, I really have been enjoying this thread. Thanks! You can be sure that I will be checking under all the pillows when we get back to the camp! 
Last year we had a mouse that kept cleaning out the traps without setting them off. One night while watching a movie, this very tiny mouse ran across the room and mayhem ensued. Mac and Bailey tried to catch it, but it was too fast and it slipped away to parts unknown.  The next day, the little critter came out into the open and Mac caught his first mouse! I think it surprised him a bit. He seemed wonderfully proud of himself as were we. He was a good boy, dropping it when I asked him to. I expected him to eat it. 
Later that afternoon, tiny mouse number two ran across the living room into the back bedroom. Both dogs trapped it under the radiator, where I was able to grab and dispose of it. Such fun... good dogs. Hopefully new ones haven't moved in over the winter! |
Hi Celia. I was envisioning you grabbing that mouse trapped under the radiator and started laughing pretty hard! Years ago, I would have been standing on a chair screaming for hubby. But after my 1st encounter with a bat in the cottage, that has all changed! I arrived one morning and stoked the wood fireplace insert. Left the door a little ajar to allow some air flow while I unpacked boxes in the kitchen. Walked back into the living room a few minutes later and noticed something, like a dark little ball, on the carpet a few feet away from the fireplace. It was a little dark in there so I'm just standing there looking at it, thinking, WOW that looks furry. No sooner had I finished that thought, the furry ball unfurled itself and started crawling along the carpet. I screamed BAT and made a bee line for the bathroom closing the door (it was not a small bat!). So now I'm alone and thinking what am I going to do!
I came out slowly, didn't see anything, and ran to get a heavy coat and hat, then got the heavy lumberjack fireplace gloves. Walked around but couldn't find the bat. All of a sudden it is flying around my head! Another frantic escape to the bathroom screaming all the way. After i finally calmed down, I grabbed a towel and slowly came out looking for it. Found it hanging on the curtain on the door going outside. I walked up quietly, scooped it up in the towel and ran out the door with it. I was pretty proud of myself. Otherwise, I would have been jailed in the bathroom until Bill arrived later that day!
And if you want to hear the story of the 2nd bat encounter that
Bill had, just say so. It was even funnier than mine! Suzie Bat Catcher, that's me!
Sue