Worst Possible Move for a Mouse .....

Daft bugger. Looking for somewhere a few degrees warmer than out there now, see? House Mouse. Obviously decided it was time to move into a house for the winter. Bad choice, coming here. Just to add to it all though; Silly bastard turned up in my Pest Control storage room! I mean ....!

I also keep my sack of horse meal and my bin bag in there. Horse meal means I keep it scrupulously clean ~ not wanting to attract mice, obviously. And the bin bag means I'm opening the door and popping my head in, umpteen times a day. That's how I spotted him.

Just slinging something in the bin this evening. Saw something out the corner of my eye and was just in time to confirm it was a house mouse, as it bolted round or under something. Thought then; " Here we go! ".

Had to feed the Dogs and horses though. Gave Rosie a damn good brushing out. Came back in here to start settling down for a bit. Eventually wandered back out there and remembered the mouse. Set a few traps and got back to what I was doing.

Hard to imagine how he got in there. Pretty solid and sealed up little room, that one is. Probably something to do with the old fire place or the door frame. No matter. Thought to check the traps twenty minutes later and there he was. Magpie food.

Makes me laugh, really. Mr Average Family Man will see a mouse. Go out and buy A trap. Set it as if he's after an elephant. Place it in a terrible spot. Couple of days later, perhaps catch a mouse anyway, due to the sheer volume of traffic. Then brag to all and sundry what a fine and noble chap he is. Real genetic throw back to the Hunter - Gatherers. Thinks he caught " The Mouse ", see?

No. The buggers are in here now. Place is a right fucking mess, just now too. Building work going on throughout. Even got an entire floor to put down, one of these fine days. That'll stop a lot of them, of course. But, I know the craic. It's very much Game On from here on in. Time to get the traps out, in force.

Get my poster up in town too .....