[ squeeeeek ]

sooooooo... we brought a stove that we had stored in garage upstairs & there was a mouse in it!

it shot behind the fridge stayed there for a while & then made a bee line for the hole in the wall by the radiator.




one of the reasons we got a cat was because i read that the mice smell the cat & leave... mmmmmmmmm that works NOT!! we live in an old house with lots of holes in & out of places so we do get a mouse or two from time to time. i set humane traps, put them in a cage & then drive them a few miles away & drop them off in an allotment (so they'll have food!). i can't help it, i'm an animal lover & can't bear the thought of killing them. luckily my husband just lets me do all this crazy stuff & helps me too.

the other day james brown (our siamese) was in mouse mode & was sitting waiting for one to come out from behind a trunk. i couldn't take it... so my son oscar & i threw a towel over the it, i scooped it up & we ran outside to let it free. when i opened up the towel the mouse had magically disappeared!! which meant i hadn't caught it in the first place!

so the mouse that had been living in the stove found it's way into the bath, i thought i'd try out my towel trick again! as i covered him up, really fast, he let out a little scream! i scooped him up with both hands held him firm but not too tight & then found myself in the most ridiculous position! my husband was in the garage & couldn't hear me, i was stuck in the house with all the doors shut unable to use either of my hands because they were holding the mouse in the towel with a rescue team consisting of a 2 & 4 year old. i tried flynn, the 2 year old first ~ i urged him to open the door, he gripped hold of the handle trying really hard to turn it... that was going no where fast, so i called for back up, oscar, who after about 10 goes & me being his cheerleader because he wanted to give up, opened it!! yeahhhhh! we all dash outside i open the towel... the little mouse looked at us & then tried to bury further in the towel... arhhhhhhhhhh!

i look at mike... he looks at me... then says you want to keep it don't you!? well it is cold outside... YES!! so he puts the cage together & i pop him in (the mouse that is!!) i've named him gordon ramsey, he loves cookers after all!!!