Mouse Attack - UPDATE
09 February 2003, 08:56 PM
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LMAO!!!
wait til the news gets back to the rest of its mates......there'll be mouse sh1te everywhere!!!
You could always put some bait by the rad fan
- might get rather messy when you start it up though LOL!!!
Hope you've seen the last it
Dan
wait til the news gets back to the rest of its mates......there'll be mouse sh1te everywhere!!!
You could always put some bait by the rad fan
- might get rather messy when you start it up though LOL!!!Hope you've seen the last it
Dan
09 February 2003, 11:28 PM
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Have you considered selling this story to a newspaper ?
Carry on bating your engine.
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10 February 2003, 01:28 AM
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Gavin,
If you have a better suggestion, I would really be interesting in hearing it.
I did not take this decision lightly. Killing innocent beasts by any means does not sit comfortably with my way of life.
Agreed, there may be more than one mouse. One may just climb up into to the engine bay for warmth; another may be the destructive one who has holed a coolant pipe twice.
Either one could, next time, go for a safety critical element in my car.
When considering the safety of my family, I really don't believe I have any other choice.
Again, if you've an idea that I'm missing, let's have it.
Also, to be clear, the intention of the inclusion of the “fire” picture was not to be nasty. I wanted others to understand that I’d disposed of the carcass responsibly. Sticking it in the bin could potentially have introduced the poison into the local food chain.
I’m open for comment / criticism.
If you have a better suggestion, I would really be interesting in hearing it.
I did not take this decision lightly. Killing innocent beasts by any means does not sit comfortably with my way of life.
Agreed, there may be more than one mouse. One may just climb up into to the engine bay for warmth; another may be the destructive one who has holed a coolant pipe twice.
Either one could, next time, go for a safety critical element in my car.
When considering the safety of my family, I really don't believe I have any other choice.
Again, if you've an idea that I'm missing, let's have it.
Also, to be clear, the intention of the inclusion of the “fire” picture was not to be nasty. I wanted others to understand that I’d disposed of the carcass responsibly. Sticking it in the bin could potentially have introduced the poison into the local food chain.
I’m open for comment / criticism.
10 February 2003, 10:03 AM
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Murderer..............
You obviously have a few bob,or you would have bought a WRX like me,so to my point.
Build a garage a cheapo pre-fab one will do,and leave the mice alone.
Have you watched the film Stuart Little?
Well I suggest you do,mice have feelings,and families,and cars,and boats and stuff.......
Later Yoza
You obviously have a few bob,or you would have bought a WRX like me,so to my point.
Build a garage a cheapo pre-fab one will do,and leave the mice alone.
Have you watched the film Stuart Little?
Well I suggest you do,mice have feelings,and families,and cars,and boats and stuff.......
Later Yoza
10 February 2003, 10:05 AM
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ROFLMAO!
I also drive an STi7, and I also had a run-in with a mouse. Here is my true story:
I have a pet corn snake at home.
I feed it mice (preferably live ones).
One friday afternoon I had a few errands to run, and decided to pick up a snack
pack for the snake whilst I was in the area.
I ordered ten weener mice...and told the guy to double bag them, as last time
one of the gnawed through the brown paper bag, and I had to hunt for it in my
boot...
Well, he double bagged them, and we (the mice and I) were off...I put the two
(double bagged) bags of mice in the passenger footwell (so I could check up on
the little *******s)...and good thing too! As I pulled up in front of my
garage, I saw one of the mice making final escape preparations - it had eaten
through both bags...I stopped this attempt just in time, and "marked" the
guilty party as one of the lucky duo that would enter the snake's cage alive...
OK...got to the cage...popped in two mice...started euthanasia procedures on
the rest...oh, crap! Only 7 left! Should have been 8...euthanise them all, pop
them into freezer (wife doesn't appreciate this)...
Went outside to car...saw one very cute looking white mouse sitting in
passenger footwell...its nose all twitchy, cuty pie! So, I open the passenger
door, reach down for it...gone! It ran under the passenger seat! So, I get down
on my hands and knees, in the warm afternoon sun...aha, it's behind the seat,
under the winscreen sun-shade thingy that I keep there...decide oh, well, you
wanted it this way, you little pest...
I quietly open the rear door...and slam down on the sunshade...it gives me
great pleasure to lift up the shade...fully expecting to find a nice flat
weener-mouse sandwich...nothing! It got away! Smarter than I thought!
It's not under the seat any longer...I close all the doors (want to make sure
it stays in the car - no use searching for something that got away hours
ago...)...I start a thorough search...half an hout later I spot it! In the
passenger footwell (again), right on top of the top edge of the carpet covering the ECU
etc housing...I sneak up on it...I actually manage to touch its tail before it
disappears behind the carpet! It is heading straight for the ECU! With all the
wiring! And this is one chewy mouse!
Out comes the toolbox...up goes the side sill...out goes the carpet...and off
goes the ECU cover...nothing! Go get the maglite...crawl around for ages...find
nothing...it has disappeared!
Decide, screw that...I have a few options...
1. Fumigate the car
2. Leave car in sun, so mouse can bake to death
3. Put cat in car
4. Put snake in car
5. Leave food and drink in car to keep mouse away from seat covers, wiring,
boost-gauge hose, etc etc etc...for the rest of its life
6. Use 300 year old technology...mouse traps!
I choose (6)...
1 and 2 would have worked, and given immense satisfaction...but the smell would
not have been worth it...How do you find a missing, rotting mouse in a car?
3 and 4 would have had their own problems
5 would have been the safe way...
But using (6), there was always a chance that I could get the little ******* in
a semi conscious state...so I park the car in the garage and set to work...(I'm slightly agitated by this stage)
We had 2 small mouse traps, so I loaded them with bread, put one behind
passenger seat, and one in front...
Checked them a few hours later (by now it's about 8 pm)...there was Stuart
Little chewing away at a piece of bread...next to the one trap! He had stolen
it off the trap!
Frustration sets in...I jerk open the back door, and lurch for Stuart...the
trap catches me on my pinkie...f#$%!!!!!!!!
Stuart is gone again! I check beneath the seat...mmm, that's funny! Two
squarish plastic pipes down there...the aircon system! The mouse was in the
aircon ducting all along! Ha! I load the trap again...set it to ultra
sensitive...and place it right infront of the pipe openings...
I check the traps at about 10 pm...still nothing, but the bread is still
there...I go to sleep a troubled man...I can just imagine Mr Little chewing away at my lovely blue seats, or my beautifully red-stitched gear lever, or steering wheel, or...the ECU wires...!
First thing next morning I'm out to check the traps...Front one,
nothing...Aircon outlet ones...you little beauty! I am the master of my
universe! No mouse messes with me!
Little mister stuart little is being turned into snake **** as we speak...
Oh, yes, forgot to mention, don't read this if you are of a sensitive nature. And yes, just for in case you wondered, I DID get great satisfaction out of feeding little Stuart to Lou'ie, the snake...
I also drive an STi7, and I also had a run-in with a mouse. Here is my true story:
I have a pet corn snake at home.
I feed it mice (preferably live ones).
One friday afternoon I had a few errands to run, and decided to pick up a snack
pack for the snake whilst I was in the area.
I ordered ten weener mice...and told the guy to double bag them, as last time
one of the gnawed through the brown paper bag, and I had to hunt for it in my
boot...
Well, he double bagged them, and we (the mice and I) were off...I put the two
(double bagged) bags of mice in the passenger footwell (so I could check up on
the little *******s)...and good thing too! As I pulled up in front of my
garage, I saw one of the mice making final escape preparations - it had eaten
through both bags...I stopped this attempt just in time, and "marked" the
guilty party as one of the lucky duo that would enter the snake's cage alive...
OK...got to the cage...popped in two mice...started euthanasia procedures on
the rest...oh, crap! Only 7 left! Should have been 8...euthanise them all, pop
them into freezer (wife doesn't appreciate this)...
Went outside to car...saw one very cute looking white mouse sitting in
passenger footwell...its nose all twitchy, cuty pie! So, I open the passenger
door, reach down for it...gone! It ran under the passenger seat! So, I get down
on my hands and knees, in the warm afternoon sun...aha, it's behind the seat,
under the winscreen sun-shade thingy that I keep there...decide oh, well, you
wanted it this way, you little pest...
I quietly open the rear door...and slam down on the sunshade...it gives me
great pleasure to lift up the shade...fully expecting to find a nice flat
weener-mouse sandwich...nothing! It got away! Smarter than I thought!
It's not under the seat any longer...I close all the doors (want to make sure
it stays in the car - no use searching for something that got away hours
ago...)...I start a thorough search...half an hout later I spot it! In the
passenger footwell (again), right on top of the top edge of the carpet covering the ECU
etc housing...I sneak up on it...I actually manage to touch its tail before it
disappears behind the carpet! It is heading straight for the ECU! With all the
wiring! And this is one chewy mouse!
Out comes the toolbox...up goes the side sill...out goes the carpet...and off
goes the ECU cover...nothing! Go get the maglite...crawl around for ages...find
nothing...it has disappeared!
Decide, screw that...I have a few options...
1. Fumigate the car
2. Leave car in sun, so mouse can bake to death
3. Put cat in car
4. Put snake in car
5. Leave food and drink in car to keep mouse away from seat covers, wiring,
boost-gauge hose, etc etc etc...for the rest of its life
6. Use 300 year old technology...mouse traps!
I choose (6)...
1 and 2 would have worked, and given immense satisfaction...but the smell would
not have been worth it...How do you find a missing, rotting mouse in a car?
3 and 4 would have had their own problems
5 would have been the safe way...
But using (6), there was always a chance that I could get the little ******* in
a semi conscious state...so I park the car in the garage and set to work...(I'm slightly agitated by this stage)
We had 2 small mouse traps, so I loaded them with bread, put one behind
passenger seat, and one in front...
Checked them a few hours later (by now it's about 8 pm)...there was Stuart
Little chewing away at a piece of bread...next to the one trap! He had stolen
it off the trap!
Frustration sets in...I jerk open the back door, and lurch for Stuart...the
trap catches me on my pinkie...f#$%!!!!!!!!
Stuart is gone again! I check beneath the seat...mmm, that's funny! Two
squarish plastic pipes down there...the aircon system! The mouse was in the
aircon ducting all along! Ha! I load the trap again...set it to ultra
sensitive...and place it right infront of the pipe openings...
I check the traps at about 10 pm...still nothing, but the bread is still
there...I go to sleep a troubled man...I can just imagine Mr Little chewing away at my lovely blue seats, or my beautifully red-stitched gear lever, or steering wheel, or...the ECU wires...!
First thing next morning I'm out to check the traps...Front one,
nothing...Aircon outlet ones...you little beauty! I am the master of my
universe! No mouse messes with me!
Little mister stuart little is being turned into snake **** as we speak...
Oh, yes, forgot to mention, don't read this if you are of a sensitive nature. And yes, just for in case you wondered, I DID get great satisfaction out of feeding little Stuart to Lou'ie, the snake...
10 February 2003, 10:31 AM
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Top tip for anyone traping mice, use bits of Mars bar they love it.
You'll catch the whole family.............
By the way Stuart Little isn't real, and they can't drive cars, they are just a pain in the AR$E.
You'll catch the whole family.............
By the way Stuart Little isn't real, and they can't drive cars, they are just a pain in the AR$E.
10 February 2003, 11:27 AM
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i like this story - it amuses me.
i have suffered at the hands of the little *******. they were infesting our house at one point.
however i dealt with them.
this included catching one with my bare hands as it ran accross the kitchen worktop! euuugh! mucho disenfectant and vigorous handwashing.
i embrace the irradication of rodents.
weava
i have suffered at the hands of the little *******. they were infesting our house at one point.
however i dealt with them.
this included catching one with my bare hands as it ran accross the kitchen worktop! euuugh! mucho disenfectant and vigorous handwashing.
i embrace the irradication of rodents.
weava
10 February 2003, 11:27 AM
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Numptie
Sorry haven't read your original post, but did it do any damage ?
Reason I ask is that lifted my bonnet the other day to top up my water bottle and noticed loads of pieces of that foam tubing that cover the airconditioning pipes had been chewed off, and also started on the actually air con pipe itself !
I do live near fields, but not in the middle of nowhere....
Cheers
Nick
Sorry haven't read your original post, but did it do any damage ?
Reason I ask is that lifted my bonnet the other day to top up my water bottle and noticed loads of pieces of that foam tubing that cover the airconditioning pipes had been chewed off, and also started on the actually air con pipe itself !
I do live near fields, but not in the middle of nowhere....
Cheers
Nick
10 February 2003, 11:32 AM
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NICKBG - yes it did do some damage, chewed through the coolant hose causing lots of steam etc. Also chewed some other cables/plastics etc, though these aren't critical and can be replaced at some point.
You don't want to know how much those air-con hoses cost (£100+ each!!), so I'd try to stop the problem before it gets any worse.
John
You don't want to know how much those air-con hoses cost (£100+ each!!), so I'd try to stop the problem before it gets any worse.
John
10 February 2003, 11:46 AM
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Looks empty in the photos, or severaly lacking any screenwash
... and it did actually run out this morning severaly
BTW - QP 12:03 ?
10 February 2003, 05:12 PM
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Are mice like Tigers - once they get a taste for something they keep coming back and all that. What if there was a whole family of them !
The poison looks most humane way of getting rid - we had to use a mouse trap once - now they aint nice
I'm with you Numptie - safety first - mouse activist later !
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My mouse has stopped working
I'll get me coat ...
The poison looks most humane way of getting rid - we had to use a mouse trap once - now they aint nice
I'm with you Numptie - safety first - mouse activist later !
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My mouse has stopped working
I'll get me coat ...