Another One Bites the Dust

We realized too late that our traps are actually for rats and not for mice: all the chocolate bait was eaten without so much as a snap. They must have thought that it was chocolate happy hour.

Today we had folks from the housing department come to check out the mice problem. They'll be bringing us some special glue to put down as well as some smaller traps to hide out of Gusi's reach. That is reassuring but they also told us that it would be about a month before all the mice were gone. Great.

When PapaGus came home (Gusi was already asleep) we were getting ready to have dinner together when all of a sudden we saw a mouse in the hallway. I ran to close all the doors to the other rooms to leave the mouse no place but the hallway while PapaGus chased him underneath our crate. (We had a crate brought to our house full of temporary essentials like linens, plates, coffee pots, etc., that sits in our hallway until our own things come and we return the borrowed ones. The crate is massive and heavy.) He then grabbed the umbrella, lifted up the crate, moved it a few inches and dropped it down and was ready to attack. But he had already done the deed. When he dropped the crate as he moved it, it fell on the mouse and killed it. It was easier than he had thought. PapaGus was so proud that he took a picture of his catch. I still cringe at the thought of this Kodak moment. He may not be much of a trapper, but he's a great hunter.