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Apr. 23rd, 2009

  • 3:22 PM
WrenDraco
I scraped a chunk of flesh out of the main knuckle on my left middle finger, and scored two grooves out of the underside of my right arm (right where it rests on things like chair arms and tables) on unexpectedly pointy objects at work, and now they are iiiittttcchhyyyyyyyy with healing, the one on my arm in particular is driving me frantic with the itchy. >_< I have a bandaid over it so I can't really scratch. Rawrg.

This is what is occupying my mind instead of studying for my last, and most difficult, exam tomorrow afternoon. D: Stupid Active Health class, why must you be full of calculations for heart rate, and yet no calculators are allowed at the final exam? Arrrgh.

Four mice have been caught in the trap so far (one of them just had a foot in there, I released him far away outside and wished him luck in any place that is not my apartment). With the one Mercury caught that means there were at least five mice in our house. Hrm. I'm hoping that's all of them, I've seen no new signs since I cleaned everything yesterday, and now that I've removed every food source I could think of and sealed everything away, they should take the warming weather as a cue to go back outside anyway.

But I can't really work up to getting actually annoyed, it's a gorgeous day and there are chickadees taking turns at the window feeder (whenever Mercury isn't scaring the daylights out of them by leaping at the glass).

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[info]ironthunder wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 12:44 am (UTC)
Be sure to make sure the area under the fridge has been cleaned out. And if you have on going issues, speak to your landlord about sealing up the exterior of the house better.
[info]wrendragon wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 01:26 am (UTC)
I hadn't thought of under the fridge, thank you! I'd been seeing them in the bathroom and under the kitchen sink (there's an adjoining wall and a space full of piles between the two, I think there is/was a nest in amongst the pipes where we can't get in), that's where I'd stored Mercury's treats. I've cleaned that up, though, and all of Mercury's untouched treats are sealed in tupperware now.

My landlord came down and looked around today and couldn't figure out where they'd be getting in, sealing up the house might be a nice idea anyway considering how drafty and cold this place can be. :X But I have a feeling they may be coming in along the pipes somehow.
[info]jeanlucpikachu wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 12:52 am (UTC)
Sometimes I daydream of how happy I would be in a world where *all* pointy objects were replaced w/ something round and/or padded.
[info]wrendragon wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 01:27 am (UTC)
My skin would be so much less marked!

I've also got a large and ugly mysterious bruise on my left elbow, no idea how that even happened. O_o
[info]pariah_ink wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 04:05 am (UTC)
Gestation period is about 19–21 days.
Litter of 3-14 young.
5-10 litters per year.
Can breed as early as five weeks old.

Doesn't take long for two mice to become a whole lotta mice. :/
[info]wrendragon wrote:
Apr. 24th, 2009 04:22 am (UTC)
Oh, I know. But a huge colony couldn't possibly live in the small space in which they appear to have their nest, and if we've removed the parents then the babies won't make it on their own (I just hope there aren't any babies in the wall, that would be a problem!).
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