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This morning’s Mother’s Day surprise was a mouse running across my toes in the bathroom. Five (!) cats in the house are no help at all, of course. But brunch smells really good, so looking forward to that - and missing my mom. First Mothers’ day without her.
This is my mom. She hated mice too - and would have laughed at today’s adventure.
Daughter 2 is adamant that we need to trap and release. So the peanut butter is out, but not, apparently, attracting mouse.
Husband is not overly concerned . So he went to walk dog, says he’ll root around for mouse trap later. Meanwhile - mouse poop!
But at least the dog is happy.
3 p.m. update: Mouse still on loose. Everyone is very concerned.
Husband can’t locate any traps and doesn’t feel this meets criteria for an emergency store trio. He has a new plan: He’s going to let the cats deal with it. “I’m not sure how it got through our defences,” he says.
Our defences are more interested in playing with each other - in case he hasn’t noticed.
Back from family bike ride. #mouseinhouse situation is still the same. (Except we have no clue where it is.)
Husband, an @APEGA_AB engineer, does not seem to be capable / interested in applying his excellent problem solving skills to this issue. Anyone else have that issue? Engineering is only for the office?
Maybe I need to pull out some of the communication and engagement skills I learned at @SocialAtHome to try and get this figured out.
We’ve had these critter issues before, when we lived near @fish_creek and in @cityofnorthbay Hubby says mouse won’t listen to him, so he needs to wait until the cats “flush it out.” I’m not going to hold my breath. Stay tuned.
This is now going to be my focus. It’s Mother’s Day, so I’ve decided #mouseinhouse is not my responsibility.
Excellent Mother’s Day dinner. No one looking for the mouse right now - we got them to pose for a pic - first time with the Ontario crew here. #yycpets (FYI, All are rescues. Most from @CalgaryHumane #adoptdontshop )
Going to bed. Guessing I still have #mouseinhouse. Anyone know if they ever just leave on their own? This thread might continue tomorrow.
