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Adzeth: Suddenly mice.
Noticed a mouse in my room. Was like "wha, huh, where the poisons at" and it turned out they've eaten all the poison already, and I had forgotten a bagel on a table which probably attracted 'em. Anyway, a pursuit began. I was armed with an old juice can thing, was going to trap it, then travel far into the wilds and throw it somewhere relatively far from any houses. It managed to hide behind the washing machine and now it's surrounded by a ring of rat poison. Oh well, it would've probably returned and eaten some poison anyway. I'm not exactly afraid of mice, but my first encounter with one was one of those "woke up, there's a mouse on your pillow right in front of your face" freak outs and now I instinctively think they're trying to climb up my nose or something..
That is a benefit of having a cat. Rodents want nothing to do with a cat, and will stay out of the house. I have had some in my attic, but none so far downstairs.
The climbing up your nose and ears thing always freaked me out with roaches after I saw a TV news story where a lady went in to a doctor because she was having problems with her hearing. The doctor pulled out a roach from her ear canal.
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Adzeth: Suddenly mice.
Noticed a mouse in my room. Was like "wha, huh, where the poisons at" and it turned out they've eaten all the poison already, and I had forgotten a bagel on a table which probably attracted 'em. Anyway, a pursuit began. I was armed with an old juice can thing, was going to trap it, then travel far into the wilds and throw it somewhere relatively far from any houses. It managed to hide behind the washing machine and now it's surrounded by a ring of rat poison. Oh well, it would've probably returned and eaten some poison anyway. I'm not exactly afraid of mice, but my first encounter with one was one of those "woke up, there's a mouse on your pillow right in front of your face" freak outs and now I instinctively think they're trying to climb up my nose or something..
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jjsimp: That is a benefit of having a cat. Rodents want nothing to do with a cat, and will stay out of the house. I have had some in my attic, but none so far downstairs.
The climbing up your nose and ears thing always freaked me out with roaches after I saw a TV news story where a lady went in to a doctor because she was having problems with her hearing. The doctor pulled out a roach from her ear canal.
Mine caught a bat a while back. I haven't had one in my room since.
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tinyE: Mine caught a bat a while back. I haven't had one in my room since.
We used to have a cat, and I've no idea what it was trying to do to that deer, but the deer didn't like it, and I learned that a deer might try to bite a cat if aggravated.
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tinyE: Mine caught a bat a while back. I haven't had one in my room since.
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Adzeth: We used to have a cat, and I've no idea what it was trying to do to that deer, but the deer didn't like it, and I learned that a deer might try to bite a cat if aggravated.
Cats will tear up anything smaller than they are, but they usually avoid anything bigger than they are. Although, I have seen a few cats put some large dogs in their place with a quick scratch with their claws.
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jjsimp: Cats will tear up anything smaller than they are, but they usually avoid anything bigger than they are. Although, I have seen a few cats put some large dogs in their place with a quick scratch with their claws.
Yeah, contrary to popular belief, dogs are actually quite pacifistic, especially when compared to the murdermachines that are cats. Just as a sidenote, I love both.
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jjsimp: Cats will tear up anything smaller than they are, but they usually avoid anything bigger than they are. Although, I have seen a few cats put some large dogs in their place with a quick scratch with their claws.
The deer was definitely bigger than the cat :D
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jjsimp: That is a benefit of having a cat. Rodents want nothing to do with a cat, and will stay out of the house. I have had some in my attic, but none so far downstairs.
I always heard that and thought it was true, but sometimes mice will go into a house with a cat. A mouse will occasionally get into my parent's house and they have a cat. They are usually very small, possibly adolescents, so maybe they don't have enough experience to know its a bad idea.
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CrowTRobo: They are usually very small, possibly adolescents, so maybe they don't have enough experience to know its a bad idea.
I'm confused: Are we talking about mice or parents in general?
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CrowTRobo: I always heard that and thought it was true, but sometimes mice will go into a house with a cat. A mouse will occasionally get into my parent's house and they have a cat. They are usually very small, possibly adolescents, so maybe they don't have enough experience to know its a bad idea.
It does happen from time to time. I had a big tom cat when I was a kid, and he found and killed a large field mouse that was stealing food from his food dish. My cat was very proud and lead us to his kill, and of course was rewarded with Cat Treats.
My cat is usually the first one to notice any bug that might be wandering around. I had one cat, that was one of the best fly catchers I have every seen. Jump five feet in the air and snag it with a paw or it's mouth. Usually just liked ripping the wings off and watching it walk on the ground.
Damn, I think we really derailed this thread.
Ha! Caught a mouse and threw it in some bushes half a kilometer away.
..but where there's one, there's another. Time to go overboard with the poisons, and to keep the juice can contraption nearby.
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tinyE: Mine caught a bat a while back. I haven't had one in my room since.
Wait, bats are flying mice, pigeons are flying rats, right? I didn't pay much attention in biology class.
Post edited June 11, 2013 by F4LL0UT
Whenever I see someone saying "should of", a little part of me crawls under the table and starts throwing toys at people.
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Adzeth: Whenever I see someone saying "should of", a little part of me crawls under the table and starts throwing toys at people.
You read lips? :P
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Adzeth: Whenever I see someone saying "should of", a little part of me crawls under the table and starts throwing toys at people.
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tinyE: You read lips? :P
No, but I'm watching youu! Pedal faster! Pedal for your master!

edit: I've no idea where that came from :D
Post edited June 11, 2013 by Adzeth
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tinyE: You read lips? :P
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Adzeth: No, but I'm watching youu! Pedal faster! Pedal for your master!
Well I can read lips. The problem is I rarely get to do it because very few girls actually walk around naked.