Annabelli Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 Pale, do you fancy taking a quick trip to the UK to sort out this dead rodent problem I've got?I'm trying to figure out whether we acquired the dead mouse along with the 2ndhand packing boxes over a year ago...I just had the boxes stored in my front room, not packed tightly together, so I didn't squash the mouse...or whether my cat Pushka caught the mouse many months ago and it got stuck somehow between said boxes...it hasn't decomposed yet, so anyone got any ideas how old the corpse might be?Baby Mice are very small and can get into anything. A mouse, rat, or other rodents can live for a very long time without food and water (nutrition as we know it) and still grow to full adulthood. It could be that the lone mouse lived by eating the litter or might have been the parent mouse who consumed the litter to survive. Cats put their "catch of the day" in the most unique places especially if they know that you will take it away from them. We caught one of our cats trying to paw a dead mouse into the VCR a few years ago. Occasionally, he would go in there and paw the front of the VCR. I looked in there with a flashlight and found some yarn, a screw, and a couple of kitty treats!!! LOL Quote
pushka Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 I get what you're saying Annabelli, and wouldn't be surprised if what you described was the case...however, concerning Pushka's hunting habits..if she manages to kill the mouse or bird she's after, she usually deposits it near our front door, or inside the living room, the rodents she's previously caught have been quite tiny, but this was deffo bigger..fortunately for me, my daughter bravely removed the mouse from the house, it wasn't as difficult to detach from the box as I'd imagined it would be...there's no signs of any other rodent presence (with 3 cats in the house I would be surprised to find anything but dead rodents) so hopefully we're not infested!! :) Quote
Palerider Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 Pale, do you fancy taking a quick trip to the UK to sort out this dead rodent problem I've got?I'm trying to figure out whether we acquired the dead mouse along with the 2ndhand packing boxes over a year ago...I just had the boxes stored in my front room, not packed tightly together, so I didn't squash the mouse...or whether my cat Pushka caught the mouse many months ago and it got stuck somehow between said boxes...it hasn't decomposed yet, so anyone got any ideas how old the corpse might be?LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........I have to ask my wife...... Quote
susieSA Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 <div class='quotemain'>Pale, do you fancy taking a quick trip to the UK to sort out this dead rodent problem I've got?I'm trying to figure out whether we acquired the dead mouse along with the 2ndhand packing boxes over a year ago...I just had the boxes stored in my front room, not packed tightly together, so I didn't squash the mouse...or whether my cat Pushka caught the mouse many months ago and it got stuck somehow between said boxes...it hasn't decomposed yet, so anyone got any ideas how old the corpse might be?LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........I have to ask my wife...... And while you are there Pale... My address is: ......... Quote
Palerider Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 <div class='quotemain'><div class='quotemain'>Pale, do you fancy taking a quick trip to the UK to sort out this dead rodent problem I've got?I'm trying to figure out whether we acquired the dead mouse along with the 2ndhand packing boxes over a year ago...I just had the boxes stored in my front room, not packed tightly together, so I didn't squash the mouse...or whether my cat Pushka caught the mouse many months ago and it got stuck somehow between said boxes...it hasn't decomposed yet, so anyone got any ideas how old the corpse might be?LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........I have to ask my wife...... And while you are there Pale... My address is: ......... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............. Quote
pushka Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 LOL Susie and Pale...bring your partners and we can have a barbie in my massive garden!! Have to be in the Spring or Summer of course, so you have time to save up.. :) Quote
Palerider Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 LOL Susie and Pale...bring your partners and we can have a barbie in my massive garden!! Have to be in the Spring or Summer of course, so you have time to save up.. :) Quote
pushka Posted January 5, 2008 Report Posted January 5, 2008 Yeah..I know, money I could put you all up, if my kids stayed at their dad's house tho.. :) Quote
StrawberryFields Posted January 7, 2008 Report Posted January 7, 2008 Hey Pushka I still wanna come :) Quote
pushka Posted January 7, 2008 Report Posted January 7, 2008 Hey Pushka I still wanna come :)Great!! I look forward to seeing you all :) Quote
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