ReadingPhilly wrote:we used to get mice fairly frequently when i lived in fairmount because the girls always left dirty dishes in the sink. the mice would then not be able to get out of the sink. i always just scooped them up in a cup and took them over to the community garden across the street. found out the british girl would hold them down with a wooden spoon while running the water until they drowned.

CalvinBall wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Have you (or your landlord) called an exterminator?

landlord sucks and he drags his feet on everything. for example, our windows sometimes leak during bigger rain storms. the plaster between the bottom of the frame and the floor has some decent cracks and peeling because of this. we have told him and he is just like it is an old house.

Slowhand wrote:Well, there goes azrider’s theory.

CFP wrote:Last time I trapped a mouse I got him in a takeout soup container and hurled him from the front porch into the street. Wonder if he survived

azrider wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Have you (or your landlord) called an exterminator?

landlord sucks and he drags his feet on everything. for example, our windows sometimes leak during bigger rain storms. the plaster between the bottom of the frame and the floor has some decent cracks and peeling because of this. we have told him and he is just like it is an old house.

the landlord's kinda right... this ain't the motel 6 your're staying in here. gotta expect some small issues here and there.

CalvinBall wrote:

azrider wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Have you (or your landlord) called an exterminator?

landlord sucks and he drags his feet on everything. for example, our windows sometimes leak during bigger rain storms. the plaster between the bottom of the frame and the floor has some decent cracks and peeling because of this. we have told him and he is just like it is an old house.

the landlord's kinda right... this ain't the motel 6 your're staying in here. gotta expect some small issues here and there.

water puddles on the floor.

we are paying him to live here. he is a bad landlord.

Slowhand wrote:Knock on wood, no domicile I’ve ever lived in has ever had any rodents. Growing up, many neighbors had citrus trees and I’d spot the occasional fruit rat outside, but that’s it. Had a lot of black racer snakes around which I’m sure helped.

azrider wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Knock on wood, no domicile I’ve ever lived in has ever had any rodents. Growing up, many neighbors had citrus trees and I’d spot the occasional fruit rat outside, but that’s it. Had a lot of black racer snakes around which I’m sure helped.

and probably many other non native invasive species. florida ain't a state, it's an overgrown exotic pet store.

CFP wrote:Hasn’t helped that my cat seems somewhat inept when it does come to mice. She’ll have one in her mouth but then sort of drops it and won’t finish the job.

My parents had a cat back in the day who got one. My mom woke up to a mouse on her chest in the middle of the night and the cat right there. He never sat in anyone’s lap and hated contact. Funny creatures they are.

Slowhand wrote:

azrider wrote:

Slowhand wrote:Knock on wood, no domicile I’ve ever lived in has ever had any rodents. Growing up, many neighbors had citrus trees and I’d spot the occasional fruit rat outside, but that’s it. Had a lot of black racer snakes around which I’m sure helped.

and probably many other non native invasive species. florida ain't a state, it's an overgrown exotic pet store.

Very true. Pythons are out of control in south Florida and moving north. You don’t even need to be licensed anymore to go out and kill them. A friend of mine makes money on the side doing that. He has invited me to come along a few times. I’m not afraid of snakes, but I’ve politely declined.