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Previously on "There's a mouse in my car."
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Funniest thing was when I was sharing a house in Birmingham and one of the cats brought in a live rat which ran up the stairs and into this women's bedroom while she was in there. We all thought it was hilarious. We didn't like her very much.
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So you don't have a mice problem - but got a fox problem?Originally posted by DaveB View PostDon't think I need to worry about mice where I'm staying in London. Left the patio doors open the other evening while I was eating dinner, heard a "Murrping" noise by my feet and looked down to find a cat had wandered in to say hello.
Later the same evening I looked out the window to see a fox wandering through the bushes around the lawn.
Turns out it has a Den at the bottom of the garden.
foxes are great to look at. their poo is disgusting and the noise they make during sex is enough to wake the dead.
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Don't think I need to worry about mice where I'm staying in London. Left the patio doors open the other evening while I was eating dinner, heard a "Murrping" noise by my feet and looked down to find a cat had wandered in to say hello.
Later the same evening I looked out the window to see a fox wandering through the bushes around the lawn.
Turns out it has a Den at the bottom of the garden.
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we get presents most days.Originally posted by original PM View Postcats bought me a nice present of a dead mouse yesterday
which was nice...
better than the half eaten pidgeon I got the week before

the worst was when Mrs BP bought the kids house to find a headless mouse on the doorstep. she wondered where the head was - found it a few seconds later when the cat puked it up.
she missed me that day - as she had to clean it up herself!
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cats bought me a nice present of a dead mouse yesterday
which was nice...
better than the half eaten pidgeon I got the week before
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Too much rodent annihilation going on on CUK these daysOriginally posted by bless 'em all View PostI thought that rather having a big dinner tonight I'd dine on lesser fare that I keep bagged up in my car boot. I found the cereal box has been chewed through and some little little rodent has had a chew on some plastic in the boot as well.
How the flippin heck does a mouse find it's way into a new motor?
I've got poison bait in the boot now, and nothing to eat for me dinner.
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First thing I did when I got my new motor was to put a sign in the boot ' no -mice'
and , so far, I havnt had a problem. If only everyone was as mouse-savvy as me
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I didn’t know you could still get a cereal mouse these daysOriginally posted by bless 'em all View PostI thought that rather having a big dinner tonight I'd dine on lesser fare that I keep bagged up in my car boot. I found the cereal box has been chewed through and some little little rodent has had a chew on some plastic in the boot as well.
How the flippin heck does a mouse find it's way into a new motor?
I've got poison bait in the boot now, and nothing to eat for me dinner.
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Lunch was roast beef & veg. So tonight it's a dvd andOriginally posted by suityou01 View PostSo your dinner was going to be snacks?
You got the munchies or summat?
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So your dinner was going to be snacks?Originally posted by bless 'em all View PostI bung a few bits & pieces in a bag for snacks etc in the week. This week I forgot/couldn't be arsed to take it out when I checked into the hotel.
Mr Mouse (please don't let it be a pregnant Mrs Mouse) has broken in since then.
You got the munchies or summat?
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I bung a few bits & pieces in a bag for snacks etc in the week. This week I forgot/couldn't be arsed to take it out when I checked into the hotel.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostWhy do you keep food in your boot??
Mr Mouse (please don't let it be a pregnant Mrs Mouse) has broken in since then.
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Am I a bastard for leaving bait in the boot? I want the little fecker dead or gone. Preferably both.Originally posted by xoggoth View PostBastard!
My shed mouse has been at my bird seed/fat balls again. I won't leave it any supper tonight!
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