You'll probably call me a wimp, but still, this sucks.

Living in a new home at the edge of a field has had some disadvantages. One of those manifested itself in the form of a mouse living in our garage. For some reason, it took a particular liking to our lawn mower and lived under it.

Over the weekend I installed a weather stripping on the bottom of our door to keep the little guy out. I came home on Monday afternoon and the little bastard had clawed up my weather stripping and my door frame. My attempt had failed, or so I thought.

So I came home tonight and I was going to go to Home Depot and hook up some mouse traps. I accepted the fact that he would die, which was something I didn't want to do, but I'm tired of this guy living in our garage. So I get home and I'm checking his normal hiding places and as I go to check the lawn mower I see him.

I freeze - usually the mouse runs anytime we even think about getting near it, but this time it's frozen. It's almost as if it's...dead.

Turns out, I installed the weather stripping and he was IN the garage. The clawing on my door frame and weather stripping were his failed attempts to get OUT. Even though I was going to kill him anyway, and this made it easier, I feel bad that he starved and had to suffer a bit instead of dying instantly with the whip of cold steel.

As a side note, mice don't live too long without food. Sheesh, even we can last a few weeks without food and at least 5 days or so without water, he croaked nearly overnight. Anyway, I feel bad he suffered, but I feel worse that I, of course, was the one who had to pick him up with a shovel and put him in the garbage can. Thankfully garbage day is two days away!

 

f***ing pansy

 

I highly doubt he died from starvation. If he really was that hungry he would have made a dash for it when the garage was open. They can last a few days with no food, he would not have died that quick from it.

mice are rather resourcefull when it comes to stuff like that, he might have just been old

 

well I don't know about a ****in pansy, but it is something u shouldn't stress about...its like killing an ant...its no big deal.

-Zoeb

 

everything has karma points, even thoes friggen ants we all hate so much

 

Actually he probably died from eating chunks of weather stripping. You big meanie.

 

Like I said, I don't feel bad that he died, just the way I think he died..suffering. That just sucks, regardless of what you are (mouse or no).

 

Dude...If i had a dollar for every mouse I've killed in my research...um...well let's say I'd be able to buy a new turbo or something.

ps. It's getting a little cold to be wearing a skirt...you GIRL! j/k

 

I actually like mice, only there's not much meat on them.


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"…axles of evil…" - george w. bush

 

Its not like the rat was Stuart Little , but If it makes you sleep at night just remember all rats go to heaven.

 

No way he starved...and unless you've got an airtight garage, there's almost no way he could have been trapped inside, either...mice can fit through the tiniest cracks, and you can be sure there are at least 4-5 ways in and out of the garage that you don't know about.

So unless you bought Raid-brand weather stripping, I doubt you killed him.

 

We use to have rats in our house. I wanted to get them out as soon as possible. But once I set up the bread and mousetraps and saw them dead in it I felt bad. But at least the food is safe!

 

its ok

 

Lol.