Late this morning I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Since then I have had similar occurrences and just confirmed it’s another damn mouse. Those fuckers are next to impossible to evict. I am at a loss for not only how they are getting in but how they manage to stay alive. The traps have never been put away but I just freshened up the bait. I expect that one of the three of them that are setup down here will catch this bastard. I don’t look forward to that but I would like this nightmare to end.
I placed an order for some of Grandpa Gus Extra Strength Mouse Repellant. It’s pouches that are filled with essential oils that mice hate. It is supposed to drive them out. I will put a couple around the inside of the house but the bulk of them are going in the attic. I have been putting off going up there because I am honestly afraid of what I will see. I do not plan to get off the ladder. I have done some research and now know how to walk in an attic but considering my luck I would still manage to step through the cathedral ceiling. I don’t want to risk that or perhaps landing on Gator, much less injury or death to myself.
I really don’t want to call an exterminator but I kind of feel like I am throwing money out the window while driving down the interstate. I am patient but only to a point. I know mice leave behind pheromones' to help others find their way around, which is how I have managed to get a couple here in the basement. One of them shifty fuckers figured out the way down here and presto. Hopefully, this Grandpa Gus’s stuff smells bad enough to them they just leave and were done. I’ve seen all sorts of ultrasonic plug in devices. I’ve got a couple from back in the day when they came out. I’ve plugged them in but they are just a flash in the pan to get your money. They don’t do a damn thing so far as I can tell.
I don’t want to spend or pay a bunch of money to remedy this problem but I do need them gone. Cleaning up after they leave is another project and that is where the big money comes in. So long as it doesn’t smell I am content to leave it for someone else to fix. At some point I do see the light where I will walk away from this place but now just isn’t that time, especially with the economy on the verge of collapsing. At the same time I don’t want the house to fall down around me or on me because of mice. I think I’ve been really lucky thus far but I say that not having been up in the attic.
I do know that the heat isn’t good for them and it’s a furnace up there this time of year. I feel the heat just walking into the garage. I also have the packs of pellets that I bought that is supposed to suppress their ability to want to eat or drink and cause them to die of kidney failure. I really didn’t want to put that out but everything says it’s safe even if a cat or dog eats the mouse it won’t harm them. It’s not like traditional poison which will do harm to a cat or dog if they consume the mouse, presuming the mouse ingested it.
It’s been quiet here and I kind of thought they were all finally gone now that summer arrived but I can clearly see that is not the case. The biggest problem is how fast they can reproduce and multiply. Clearly they know this place is like heaven for them but the free ride is about to come to an abrupt halt one way or another. They are a danger to me and to Gator. I don’t want to lose her prematurely, even though she is up there in age. I also can’t imagine her trying to chase down a mouse or that she would be that effective but I suppose with a little adrenaline in the system anything is possible even if only for a few minutes. When I researched how to get rid of them one of the funny things the article I was reading said was get a cat. They have to know or sense Gator is in the house, I just honestly think she isn’t much of a threat to them.
Well time to hit up my next meeting. Been a busy and crazy ass day. I wore my unlucky T-shirt two days in a row and I think that is what cursed me today. I’m going to wash this thing and put it away, maybe put it on next year if I feel like testing the waters.
Wish me luck!
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