Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 1:07:03 GMT -5
AS most of you know, I've restarted my feeder mouse colony since October of 2011. This time I invested in glass 10 gallon aquariums. Now am up to 8 tanks. Breeding is going well, but not enough to really feed the ferrets - just treat them. THe mouse colony resides in my bathroom. squeak,clack clack goes their wheels all hours of the day and night, if I close the bathroom door the noise doesn't bother me as much.
There are 5 to 9 adults in each tank and bunches of babies so squeaks are commonly heard also.
Last night though I left the door open as I watched TV a movement caught my eye. Knowing the ferrets were in their play area I focused on the movement and it was a white mouse! How did YOU get out? ZIP! I scampers behind the roll top desk! There is a ferret tunnel behind that desk but the mouse doesn't go IN the tunnel, it goes UNDER the tunnel!
I sneak past the mouse and into the playpen, whisper to Whoopi and scoop her up. I tell her to "get that mouse! FInd the mouse! Get the mouse," and put her down behind the desk. Pick up the tunnel and she zooms in on the escape artist.
But he's a fast mouse and zooms back to the hallway. Darting between some dressers and under the vacuum cleaner! Whoopi is hot on it's tail. But gets stymied at the vacuum. SO I tilt the vacumm up and the mouse squeezes ino the beater brush compartment! Whoopi can't get into that space and she gets frustrated. keep looking at me to DO SOME THING MOM! GET IT OUT FOR ME!
Yeah,ok little girl. Flipping the vacuum completely over there are instructions embossed on the bottom plate how to remove the cover. Unscrewing the cover opens the compartment, but the mouse is NOT there. Examining the machine it's evident that the mouse's ONLY escape route is into the hose and from there into the bag! Yuck! I pull the hose off andtry to look through it, but its too long. so I shake it and hear a faint scratching as the mouse looses its grip. HAH! Gotcha!
The hose gets vibrated vigorously and finally the mouse plops down on the bathroom floor. Whoopi has been watching me intently through all this and she pounces on the mouse, but it's dusty from the hose and she SNEEZES repeatedly! Finally she regains her composure, clamps down on the mouse and takes her prize with her back to the playground.
I reassemble the vacuum cleaner and thankfully there are no spare parts leftover either!
THink the mouse got on top of a water bottle and pushed open an unlatched cover. At least those "smart genes" won't get passed down!
Cheers,
Kim
There are 5 to 9 adults in each tank and bunches of babies so squeaks are commonly heard also.
Last night though I left the door open as I watched TV a movement caught my eye. Knowing the ferrets were in their play area I focused on the movement and it was a white mouse! How did YOU get out? ZIP! I scampers behind the roll top desk! There is a ferret tunnel behind that desk but the mouse doesn't go IN the tunnel, it goes UNDER the tunnel!
I sneak past the mouse and into the playpen, whisper to Whoopi and scoop her up. I tell her to "get that mouse! FInd the mouse! Get the mouse," and put her down behind the desk. Pick up the tunnel and she zooms in on the escape artist.
But he's a fast mouse and zooms back to the hallway. Darting between some dressers and under the vacuum cleaner! Whoopi is hot on it's tail. But gets stymied at the vacuum. SO I tilt the vacumm up and the mouse squeezes ino the beater brush compartment! Whoopi can't get into that space and she gets frustrated. keep looking at me to DO SOME THING MOM! GET IT OUT FOR ME!
Yeah,ok little girl. Flipping the vacuum completely over there are instructions embossed on the bottom plate how to remove the cover. Unscrewing the cover opens the compartment, but the mouse is NOT there. Examining the machine it's evident that the mouse's ONLY escape route is into the hose and from there into the bag! Yuck! I pull the hose off andtry to look through it, but its too long. so I shake it and hear a faint scratching as the mouse looses its grip. HAH! Gotcha!
The hose gets vibrated vigorously and finally the mouse plops down on the bathroom floor. Whoopi has been watching me intently through all this and she pounces on the mouse, but it's dusty from the hose and she SNEEZES repeatedly! Finally she regains her composure, clamps down on the mouse and takes her prize with her back to the playground.
I reassemble the vacuum cleaner and thankfully there are no spare parts leftover either!
THink the mouse got on top of a water bottle and pushed open an unlatched cover. At least those "smart genes" won't get passed down!
Cheers,
Kim
We're catching one mouse at a time.
