We left off with Robert deciding to take a look under the house for mouse entry points into the house and/or heater vent system.
But before he could get around to it, Simba had a little adventure.
I was working away one morning, tapping along on the keyboard. Simba kept annoying me by trying to get behind my desk and sort of in a corner next to the desk. I thought he brought a snake in the house again (though it was late in the year for snakes) so I went to do a catch and release.
It was a mouse.
I squeaked as it ran at me. I was not afraid of the mouse; it startled me. And the kids came running to see what the commotion was about. My squeaking over a mouse amused them.
Simba grabbed it and started to wander off down the hall. Adam and I tried to get Simba outside with his prize because I didn't want a half-eaten mouse hidden somewhere in the house for me to play "find the stink" with. He then dropped the mouse on his way outside and Leia dove after it as it ran under the bench in the entry way. The mouse ran away from her and was quickly caught by Simba and almost as quickly dropped again. Mousie then ran under the couch. I lifted the couch and the cat caught it again and ran to the kitchen and dropped it by the pet food dishes. The mouse stopped moving so the cat lost the last bit of interest he had and was starting to walk away. I thought the mouse was dead and I grabbed a paper towel (to minimize germs) and I went to pick the mouse up to toss.
It was not dead and moved when I touched it. I squeaked again. Again, from surprise. But again, this amused my children to no end.
Mouse jumped into Yoda's food bowl and held still. I took bowl, mouse, and cat outside and released the mouse on the porch for Simba to finally finish hismeal game in peace.
Simba wandered off . . .
I thought - whatever, the damn thing is outside and I have to go back to work and left it at that.
Robert then finally emerges from his room. After I explained what the kids were trying to tell him all at once - with the main point of their story being "and mom squeaked!" - he checked the porch and found Simba with his paw in one of my outside shoes (that were left on the porch covered in mud from the barn) and in the toe of that shoe - the mouse.
He humanely took care of that mouse who probably would have passed anyways being he had ran all over and been in a cat's mouth at least 4 times that morning.
To be continued . . . .
It was a mouse.
I squeaked as it ran at me. I was not afraid of the mouse; it startled me. And the kids came running to see what the commotion was about. My squeaking over a mouse amused them.
Simba grabbed it and started to wander off down the hall. Adam and I tried to get Simba outside with his prize because I didn't want a half-eaten mouse hidden somewhere in the house for me to play "find the stink" with. He then dropped the mouse on his way outside and Leia dove after it as it ran under the bench in the entry way. The mouse ran away from her and was quickly caught by Simba and almost as quickly dropped again. Mousie then ran under the couch. I lifted the couch and the cat caught it again and ran to the kitchen and dropped it by the pet food dishes. The mouse stopped moving so the cat lost the last bit of interest he had and was starting to walk away. I thought the mouse was dead and I grabbed a paper towel (to minimize germs) and I went to pick the mouse up to toss.
It was not dead and moved when I touched it. I squeaked again. Again, from surprise. But again, this amused my children to no end.
Mouse jumped into Yoda's food bowl and held still. I took bowl, mouse, and cat outside and released the mouse on the porch for Simba to finally finish his
Simba wandered off . . .
I thought - whatever, the damn thing is outside and I have to go back to work and left it at that.
Robert then finally emerges from his room. After I explained what the kids were trying to tell him all at once - with the main point of their story being "and mom squeaked!" - he checked the porch and found Simba with his paw in one of my outside shoes (that were left on the porch covered in mud from the barn) and in the toe of that shoe - the mouse.
He humanely took care of that mouse who probably would have passed anyways being he had ran all over and been in a cat's mouth at least 4 times that morning.
To be continued . . . .
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