Got mice?!

[Greybeard]

Interesting Irish.

I 'used' to (seems there is never a 'used to' however) run an all-breed rescue. I don't hunt or fish (don't confuse that with being a tree hugger folks) because I really [ETA-DON'T!  ) enjoy killing animals for any reason. I can skin any animal I'm given however. I used to work in a pelting factory skinning mink.

Anyway, I have always had some opposition to breeding and selling small animals. Especially around any holiday (Easter is high on the list). Folks don't seem to understand they are giving a life (albeit an animal life) to some ungrateful and ignorant children to take care of. The blind leading the blind in most cases. I have rescued many dogs and cats because the owners didn't understand that the cute little thing grew into a Mastiff, a Rottweiler, or a Great Dane.

We are fostering two kittens right now that were abused (and they are only 5 weeks old). Not liking animal is someones choice, abusing it is altogether different. I carry a gun and on more than a few occasions would have liked to blow the fingers off those that abuse animals for fun.     

[philo_beddoe]

Agreed, even though we have complete dominion over all animals, that dont mean waste em all, nor does it mean save em all. We need to be good stewards. I carry too, amen.

[philo_beddoe]

I have been taking a mouse a day in the shelter, better than near the truck I guess. I'll stop setting traps when I have two or three days of no results.  I have been putting a mouse trap under the truck every day too, but nothing.

[Greybeard]

It's not like the world will run out of mice, nevertheless, they are really hard to butcher. 

[philo_beddoe]

Good news, no mouse this morning. I found a few pieces of acorns on top of the intake though, so i set a trap under the hood. We'll see what happens. The acorns could have been there though, pre-last mouse.

[Irish_Alley]

you ever seen Australia's mouse epidemic 

[philo_beddoe]

No, is it really bad?

[Irish_Alley]

http://davescienceblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/mouse-plagues-terror-of-australia.html
"The 1993 assault was Australia's largest recorded mouse plague and an estimated 500, 000 tons of wheat was destroyed by the rodents over the plague's 6 month duration, which is enough to feed the entire state of Utah (USA) for 4 years! The mental trauma of the plague and the loss in the livelihood of farmers was enough to drive at least 6 people to suicide and many farmers chose to abandon their livelihood and leave the at-risk areas in the south, for good."

[philo_beddoe]

Good grief! Half a billion mice! I only have about 3 or 4 to deal with. They need more dingo's or something to keep them in check.

[Irish_Alley]

when you have a pile like this then you "might" have a problem

[LTZ C20]

Can you imagine the smell of that pile?

[philo_beddoe]

LTZ you totally took my post, was gonna say the same thing. We all know the smell of one dead mouse in the wall or wherever, but imagine that pile! Imagine that pile jammed behind your dash pad? Ha!

[LTZ C20]

Leave it to us Aussie's to do something like take pictures next to a pile of mice the size of a bulldozer bucket.

[Greybeard]

So I guess the rabbit population down under is in check now? For a species that didn't belong there they did a LOT of damage back in the day. Mice ewww...

[Jason S]

Good grief! Half a billion mice! I only have about 3 or 4 to deal with. They need more dingo's or something to keep them in check.

When I lived in western Oklahoma, many people there claimed that when farms were abandoned during the dust bowl the rodent population skyrocketed.  Further, it was claimed that with the increase in the rodent populations, the rattlesnake population boomed - which in turn led to the first "Rattlesnake Roundups"...

Maybe all they need are some Western Diamondbacks...